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GranuFlo and NaturaLyte Accused in Heart Attacks
Lawsuits Claim SSRIs Can Cause Severe Birth Defects
Dangers of Botulism with Botox
Hernia Patients in Pain as Skin Procedure Fails
Insurance Dispute Freezes Avandia Victims’ Fund
Craft Beer Boom in Michigan
Joseph Levitt on the Food Safety Modernization Act
The Food Safety Modernization Act – A Hogan Lovells Roundtable
Monster Energy Drink Accused of Teen Death
Case Involving Burger King Employee Spitting in Officer’s Burger Goes Before WA Supreme Court
Newsbreak: Surprising Results in Three Cases
Gene Grabowski on American Airlines' Brand Challenges
Jack Bonner on Defeating Food Labeling Lawsuits
Skecher Toner Shoes Cause Severe Injuries
Actos Diabetes Drug Increases Cancer Risk
Pradaxa Causes Uncontrolled Bleeding
Dangerous Stryker Rejuvenate Hip Replacement is Recalled
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Following the discovery that the cancer hazards from exposure to asbestos was very well known within the private information and company files of companies that sold raw asbestos fiber, chose it as an ingredient to go into...more
Introduction - In product liability litigation, the determinants of causation between an agent and a disease are frequently a critical issue. In 1965 Sir Austin Bradford Hill, a British epidemiologist and statistician,...more
A worker’s wife who developed mesothelioma from second-hand asbestos exposure won a $27 million jury award....more
A federal judge will soon hear the first of four test lawsuits involving Bard Avaulta vaginal mesh.* In March, the Bard Avaulta plaintiffs involved in the federal multi-district litigation in the Southern District of West...more
Drug Injury Law: Cancer of The Pancreas: Possible Side Effect For Diabetics Who Use Byetta, Januvia, Or Victoza? Diabetes Doctors And Drug Safety Watchdog Group Express More Concern Than Ever Following June 2013 BMJ...more
Despite the existence of technology that could prevent countless injuries caused by table saws, thousands of Americans suffer finger amputations, lacerations, or hospitalizations each years due to accidents caused by table...more
The Mirena IUD has been linked to ectopic pregnancy, uterine perforation, pelvic inflammatory disease, device migration and other serious side effects....more
The da Vinci surgical robot and its components have been the subject of much criticism in recent months due to the seemingly endless problems that doctors and patients are encountering in hospitals and surgery centers across...more
Drug Injury Watch: Summer 2013 Bayer Lawsuits Update: YAZ, Yasmin, Ocella, And Gianvi Lawsuits Continue To Be Settled, With New Cases Being Filed Bayer Financial Report Shows That More Than 2,500 Venous / Blood Clot Cases...more
Drug Injury Watch: Depakote Or Depakene Taken During Pregnancy May Cause Congenital Malformations Or Birth Defects Such As Neural Tube Defects Like Spina Bifida In Addition, There Are FDA Warnings That Using Depakote Or...more
With age come infirmities and medical issues. Along with those issues come prescriptions. And sometimes those prescriptions are for dangerous drugs....more
Actor Charlie Sheen has recently made headlines for a good deed – sending $10,000 to pay for therapy dog training on behalf of a Florida teenager in recovery after falling from an amusement park ride in Wisconsin....more
Now you have been diagnosed mesothelioma Mesothelioma is an aggressive and deadly form of cancer that attacks the thin layer of cells that line the body’s organs, particularly the lungs. Symptoms can include: lower...more
Hundreds of plaintiffs injured by transvaginal mesh have joined the multi-district litigation currently active in the Southern District of West Virginia. On March 15, 2013, the plaintiffs in In Re: American Medical Systems,...more
Delaware Bankruptcy Judge Judith Fitzgerald in the bankruptcies of Specialty Products Holding Corp. (a/k/a RPM, Inc.) and Bondex International, Inc. rejected the Debtors’ “novel” claim estimation approach that reduced from...more
Auto accidents happen for a variety reasons, including speeding, tailgating, driver distraction and reckless driving. Yet what you might not realize is that car accidents are sometimes caused by vehicle manufacturers....more
Drug Injury Watch: October 2012 Infuse Bone Senate Investigation Report Criticizes Medtronic For "Ghostwriting" Of Numerous Medical Journal Articles Apparently In Order To Boost Sales Of Infuse Bone Growth Product,...more
Imagine your doctor recommends routine spleen removal surgery. When discussing your surgical options, the doctor tells you about da Vinci® - an increasingly used surgical robot. The doctor raves about the safety,...more
Plaintiffs suing Bayer Corporation, the manufacturer of the Mirena IUD, are now seeking to appoint attorneys to represent the group as liaison and lead counsel. In a letter dated April 30, 2013 to Judge Cathy Seibel of the...more
Every new parent needs to acquire a stroller, and anyone who has had children understands how important these pieces of equipment are for purposes of mobility. Every trip to the store, to a friend’s house for a party or any...more
Rhino-maker Yamaha Motor Corporation must pay $3.3 million for an unsafe 660 UTV vehicle that overturned and crushed its driver....more
Q: What is the most challenging case you have worked on and what made it challenging? A: Frankly, many of my cases are extremely challenging because I am generally defending a large corporation against a horribly injured...more
This past September, a four vehicle accident closed the eastbound lanes of State Road 54 at the Suncoast Parkway. The accident resulted from of a cement truck driving over the concrete median and plowing into two cars and an...more
Drug Injury Watch: Infuse Bone Graft: Medtronic-Funded Studies Essentially Ignored Serious Medical Complications And Side Effects Associated With Its Back Surgery Product A 2009 - 2012 Series Of Investigative Reports...more
In Harden Manufacturing Co. v. Pfizer, Inc., 712 F.3d 60 (1st Cir. 2013), one of three cases addressing Pfizer’s off-label marketing of the anticonvulsant drug, Neurontin, the First Circuit vacated the district court’s denial...more
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