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…
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
Another new Zofran lawsuit has been filed in federal court, and is likely to soon join the newly established Zofran MDL in the District of Massachusetts. The Plaintiff, a resident of Arkansas, filed the complaint in the Eastern District of Louisiana against Zofran manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline…
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…
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…
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…
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced a new bicycle recall. A total of 13 bicycle manufacturers have together recalled about 1.3 million bikes in the U.S. along with 245,000 in Canada and about 9,000 in Mexico. At issue are the quick release…
Though many men have been convinced by the drug manufacturers marketing that low testosterone levels should be “fixed” with gels, patches, and injections, science shows that testosterone levels natural decline as a man ages, and that lifestyle factors, as well, can influence them. And while…
In April 2015, an FDA advisory panel voted to include new safety information about potential heart failure side effects on the label of the diabetes drug Onglyza (saxaglipton). This was after the panel reviewed the results of the “SAVOR” trial, in which researchers found that…
On September 8, 2015, a New York woman filed a new Bard IVC filter lawsuit against manufacturer C. R. Bard and Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. She claims that after being implanted with the filter, which was designed to help prevent blood clots from reaching the…
Cook IVC (inferior vena cava) filters have been under fire lately because of a potential increased risk of vein perforation, device fracture, and migration of pieces to other parts of the body—all instances that can cause life-threatening conditions. In response to an increasing number of…
One of the issues that has come up again and again in prescription drug lawsuits is the fact that many pharmaceutical companies have promoted their drugs for off-label uses not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Though doctors can generally prescribe medications as…
