In early March 2016, Toyota announced that it was recalling an additional 331,000 vehicles worldwide because of potentially defective Takata air bags. This latest recall covers passenger-side, instead of driver’s-side, airbags in 2008 Toyota Corrola and Corrola Matrix, and in the 2008 through 2010 L
The number of lawsuits filed against Volkswagen (VW) because of its cheating emissions scandal continues to rise. Now, in response to the growing litigation, a petition has been filed in New Jersey requesting consolidation within the state, to create a multicounty litigation (MCL). This would…
The European Commission has proposed new laws to ensure vehicle compliance with emissions standards. After the Volkswagen (VW) scandal, the commission is looking at ways to gain more power to make sure that other automakers don’t get away with polluting the air. The proposed rules…
The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA’s) Pharmocovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) recently finalized their review of SGLT2 inhibitors—type 2 diabetes drugs including Invokana. They concluded that additional recommendations were needed to help minimize the risk of one potentially dangerous s
An Indiana woman, on behalf of her deceased husband, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the manufacturers of AndroGel—AbbVie Inc. and Abbott Laboratories. The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Pennsylvania on January 20, 2016. The woman claims…
A group of plaintiffs has filed a new Xarelto lawsuit in the current MDL, proceeding in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The plaintiffs include three families who lost loved ones allegedly because of serious Xarelto side effects, as well as…
According to various news outlets, including the New York Times, Volkswagen is considering buying back thousands of vehicles in the U.S. because of the diesel-emissions scandal. Last September, the company admitted to having installed “defeat devices” on its diesel vehicles, to pass environmental em
More vehicles are being recalled because of potentially defective Takata air bags. The most recent announcement comes from Daimler AG. It stated in a press release on February 10, 2016, that it would be recalling about 840,000 Mercedes-Benz and other vehicles because of certain Takata…
The European Union doesn’t trust automakers anymore when it comes to testing for toxic emissions. This is no surprise, after Volkswagen admitted last September that it had installed so-called “defeat devices” on its diesel vehicles purposely to get around emissions testing. These devices sensed when
A family that previously settled claims with Takata wants to reopen their air bag lawsuit. According to Bloomberg, the family settled a previous wrongful death lawsuit for $3 million, but because Takata didn’t disclose that they had manipulated test results before the settlement, they are…
Since October 2015, federal Zofran lawsuits have been consolidated in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Just a couple months after consolidation, manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) filed a motion to dismiss all of the cases pending in the newly established MDL, “as preempted
On November 13, 2015, a Texas woman filed a new Invokana lawsuit against manufacturers Janssen Pharmaceuticals and parent company Johnson & Johnson (J&J). She blames the defendants for the serious injuries she suffered after taking the type 2 diabetes drug. The case was filed in…