In June 2014, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated all testosterone replacement lawsuits into one court in the Northern District of Illinois. Since then, both sides have been working to select a group of potential cases for early trials. In a Case…
On May 10, 2016, five children filed a new Invokana lawsuit on behalf of their deceased mother. The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. The plaintiffs name manufacturers Janssen Pharmaceuticals and parent company Johnson & Johnson (J&J)…
In March 2015, a woman filed an Olympus duodenoscope lawsuit in King County Superior Court, in Seattle, Washington, on behalf of her husband who suffered a life-threatening bacterial infection after going through a procedure in which doctors used the medical device. A few months later,…
On November 25, 2015, Judith A. Enck, Regional Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), sent a letter to Mayor Borge of Hoosick Falls, New York, reiterating that PFOA water contamination had been discovered in the village of Hoosick Falls. She recommended that bottled water…
On April 5, 2016, the people of Petersburgh, New York, had a town meeting to discuss the water contamination crisis in their community. It started in nearby Hoosick Falls, when samples collected from the public water supply in June 2015, were found to contain more…
On March 17, 2016, a Louisiana man filed an Invokana lawsuit against manufacturers Janssen Pharmaceuticals, parent company Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp. He seeks in excess of $75,000 in damages. The case is proceeding in the U.S. District Court for the…
In February 2014, the FDA issued a drug safety communication stating that they were investigating a possible association between type 2 diabetes drug Onglyza (saxagliptin) and heart failure. After further analysis, they confirmed that the drug did increase risk of hospitalization for heart risk fail
A new study review published by the Journal of the American College of Cardiology Interventions confirms that leaving an inferior vena cava (IVC) filter in the body creates a dangerous risk of associated blood clots. IVC filters are designed to reduce the risk of blood…
As the number of Cook IVC filter lawsuits continue to increase in the U.S., plaintiffs in Canada are also seeking compensation for injuries allegedly caused by the medical devices. According to CTV News, two class-action lawsuits have been filed against Cook Medical in Canada. The…
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…
On January 12, 2016, a South Dakota woman filed a new Bard IVC filter lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of South Dakota. As all federally filed Bard IVC lawsuits were centralized in the District of Arizona last August, this case…
In June 2014, all federally filed testosterone replacement lawsuits were consolidated into one court in the Northern District of Illinois. Since then, thousands of lawsuits have joined the litigation, with about 3,500 cases currently pending there. Plaintiffs claim that the testosterone replacement
