After the controversial 2011 ruling in Pliva v. Mensing, which confirmed federal preemption for generic drugs, plaintiffs who have suffered serious injuries when taking generic drugs have been seeking another way to recover damages. The court’s decision in 2011 generally gives generic drug makers im
A Chicago woman has filed a new Onglyza lawsuit, claiming manufacturer AstraZeneca is liable for her mother’s death. The case was filed on October 29, 2015, in the Cook County Circuit Court. The plaintiff seeks in excess of $50,000 in damages. Plaintiff Claims AstraZeneca Failed…
The FDA first approved Xarelto (rivaroxaban) on July 1, 2011. A few months later, Thomas M. Burton, writing for the Wall Street Journal, noted that though the drug had been approved, it was despite the fact that FDA staff had found flaws in the clinical…
The testosterone replacement therapy MDL has been in progress since June 2014. Both sides have been engaged in pre-trial proceedings like discovery and coordination efforts with state courts. So far, the MDL court has determined that all potential bellwether trials must involve the product AndroGel,
All federally filed Volkswagen emissions lawsuits have been consolidated into one court in the Northern District of California. U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer has been appointed to oversee the pretrial proceedings. Three plaintiffs filed motions to establish a VW MDL, but disagreed on the…
Takata air bag recalls just continue to get more complicated. In a recent article in AutoNews, one vehicle owner received a notice saying he needed air bag repairs, but five months later, the parts for his Toyota were still allegedly unavailable. He continues to drive…
On November 24, 2015, a St. Louis, Missouri woman filed a new Bard IVC filter lawsuit in the Eastern District of Missouri. The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) established the Bard IVC filter MDL in August, with all federally filed cases transferred to…
Plaintiffs have filed another class action lawsuit against Volkswagen because of emissions cheating. A case was filed on November 16, 2015, in the Circuit Court of the Sixth Judicial Circuit in Pinellas County, Florida. The plaintiffs also name car dealerships Lokey Volkswagen and Bert Smith…
On November 11, 2015, a Kansas woman filed a new Zofran lawsuit against manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). She blames the company for failing to alert expectant moms to the risks of taking Zofran during pregnancy. The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the…
If you’ve been watching your television lately, you may have seen it. It’s the new advertisement for Xarelto, the anticoagulant currently at the center of over 2,000 lawsuits because of the potential for excessive bleeding injuries. Manufacturer Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Johnson & Joh
About a year ago, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated all federal Xarelto lawsuits into one court in the Eastern District of Louisiana. Since then, parties have been involved in pre-trial proceedings, including discovery and selection of potential bellwether cases
On October 29, 2015, a Chicago woman filed a new Onglyza lawsuit in the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois. She claims that her mother died after taking the type 2 diabetes drug Onglyza (saxagliptin). Manufactured by AstraZeneca, Onglyza belongs to a class of drugs…