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Run-Up To AAJ 2017

Categories: FDA Related

Highly experienced and renowned trial attorneys will grace the most established AAJ 2017 event in Boston, motivating everyone connected to the legal fraternity. As the agenda reflects, AAJ is focusing on Mass Torts Litigation, covering a wide…

Stryker Hip-Implant Plaintiffs Prepping Up

Categories: FDA Related

From the Stryker Hip-Implant lawsuit comes the news that 3 plaintiffs had put forth a motion to remand three claims to the Massachusetts state court. All three claims were against Surgi-Care, a Massachusetts…

IVC Filter Non-retrieval proving to be a threat

Categories: FDA Related

IVC Filter lawsuits are also stirring up quite some news; the number of lawsuits being filed is going up with more incidents of retrieval problems coming forward along with incidents of dislocation and lodging of the…

No PTC label warnings for Mirena Yet by Bayer

Categories: General

Despite numerous studies suggesting links between Mirena (and other similar intrauterine birth control devices that use hormone levonorgestrel release) and pseudotumor…

Roundup Lawsuits Soar To 52,000

Categories: General

Bayer executives, in an annual general meeting, indicated that the company is currently facing Roundup lawsuits brought by more than 52,000 plaintiffs.

The general meeting…

Federal Judge Clears Way For Talc Lawsuits

Categories: General

On Monday, the U.S. District Judge Freda L. Wolfson issued an opinion, rejecting the efforts made by Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to exclude plaintiffs’ expert witness testimony, allowing more than 17,000…

J&J and Its Subsidiary Sued Over Ethicon Physiomesh Defects

Categories: General

Another product liability lawsuit was filed against Johnson & Johnson and its Ethicon subsidiary, wherein the plaintiff alleged that he had to undergo a revision surgery to have the Physiomesh removed after developing a…

PPI MDL Lawyers Called To Meet The Presiding Judge

Categories: General

‘Plaintiff Fact Sheets’ release is expected soon for the proton pump inhibitor (PPI) lawsuits which include nearly 552 federally-filed Nexium, Prilosec, and Prevacid…

Long Term Users Of Elmiron Unaware Of Eye Damage Risks

Categories: FDA Related

The growing number of Elmiron lawsuits indicate that several long term users are now learning that the interstitial cystitis drug may be the cause of vision loss and other…