It’s only in the last little over a year that we’ve heard a lot about Takata air bag recalls. But according to the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA), the company was aware of problems with its air bags as far back as 2004.…
Since the issues with the Takata air bags began, Honda has been the automaker most affected. Honda started recalling vehicles in 2008 because of air bag ruptures, and it has continued to recall more than any other automaker. Recently, Honda also started working with other…
Manufacturers of the type 2 diabetes drug Invokana (canagliflozin) are facing another Invokana lawsuit recently filed in the Eastern District of California. The plaintiff, a resident of California, brings claims against Janssen Pharmaceuticals and parent company Johnson & Johnson for failing to warn
It’s been expected for awhile, and now it’s finally happened: the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) has consolidated all federal Zofran lawsuits into one court, in the District of Massachusetts. District Judge Dennis Saylor, IV, was selected to oversee the proceedings. In the…
Onglyza (saxagliptin) is a type 2 diabetes medication that was approved by the FDA in 2009. It belongs to a class of drugs known as “incretin mimetics,” which stimulate the pancreas to make more insulin after the patient eats a meal, in order to keep…
In the story of the exploding Takata air bags, the plot continues to thicken. According to a recent article in the New York Times, back in 2010, while both Takata and Honda (the automaker most affected by Takata air bag defects) were insisting air bag…
Plaintiffs filing Xarelto lawsuits allege that manufacturers Janssen Pharmaceuticals (a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson) and Bayer AG failed to warn about a lack of antidote to Xarelto bleeding. Patients taking warfarin (the leading anticoagulant for decades) who suffer from uncontrollable bleeding
A Pennsylvania man has filed a new IVC filter lawsuit against manufacturer C. R. Bard. He filed the case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Since the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated all federal Bard IVC filter…
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) met on October 1, 2015, to hear oral arguments on consolidating all federally filed Zofran lawsuits into one court. Manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) filed a motion with the panel on July 6, 2015, requesting consolidation in a multi-distric
On September 10, 2015, plaintiffs filed a new class action lawsuit against the manufacturers of diabetes drug Invokana: Janssen Pharmaceuticals and parent company Johnson & Johnson. Representative plaintiff Rosalba Joudry, a resident of Ontario, filed the case on behalf of all persons in Canada who…
A new Bard IVC filter lawsuit has been filed in the Eastern District of Missouri. On September 28, 2015, the plaintiff, individually and on behalf of the estate of her husband, filed a complaint against defendants C.R. Bard, Inc., and Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. The…
Takata air bag recalls currently affect more than 34 million cars made by about 11 auto manufacturers in the United States. But there may be more. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently sent letters to seven more auto manufacturers because these manufacturers use…