In August 2017, the third Xarelto bellwether trial concluded in the U.S. District Court in Jackson, Mississippi. The jury sided with the drug manufacturers, Bayer and Johnson & Johnson. This was the third win for the defense in the consolidated federal proceedings. The plaintiff in…
There are more than 700 Roundup Lawsuits pending in the Northern District of California, where all federally-filed cases were consolidated back in October 2016. The plaintiffs involved in the litigation claim that after using Roundup for an extended period of time, they developed non-Hodgkin’s lymph
On October 9, 2017, a Texas woman filed a new Physiomesh lawsuit against manufacturer Ethicon and parent company Johnson & Johnson (J&J). She filed the case in the Eastern District of Texas, but it has since been transferred to the Northern District of Georgia where…
A New Mexico woman has filed a new Stockert 3T heater-cooler lawsuit against manufacturer Sorin Group Deutschland GmbH and the Sorin Group USA, Inc. The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota on September 8, 2017. The plaintiff claims…
When all federally-filed testosterone replacement lawsuits were consolidated in the Northern District of Illinois in 2014, District Judge Matthew Kennelly determined that AndroGel, would be the subject of the first several bellwether trials since it the most prescribed of the testosterone replacemen
According to Time magazine, the death toll from hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, was at least 103, with an estimated $200 billion in damages. That makes 2017 the worst year for hurricanes since Katrina and friends (including Dennis and Rita) blew through in 2005. In…
Individuals who have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) typically suffer from symptoms like abdominal pain, cramping, bloating, and diarrhea or constipation. Viberzi (eluxadoline), a prescription drug manufactured by Allergan, was approved in 2015 to treat IBS and help people manage their symptoms. Rece
In March 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) concluded that glyphosate, the main herbicide in Roundup, was a “probable human carcinogen” based on its link to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Shortly after that, in November 2015, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) contradicted
Over the past several years, a number of hospitals have reported infectious disease outbreaks linked to contaminated duodenoscopes. These devices are most commonly used to diagnose and treat health problems associated with the liver, bile ducts, and pancreas. The FDA has recently approved a new…
A study published in September 2017 reports that synthetic mesh, when used to help repair infected potentially contaminated abdominal hernia, may be more likely to lead to failure than biological mesh. Synthetic hernia mesh is often made of polypropylene, a type of plastic, and has…
A recent statement by the Children’s Hospital in New Orleans reports that at least 12 children who underwent heart surgery at the hospital in 2017, developed surgical site infections after their surgeries. Doctors believe the infections were caused by Mycobacterium abscessus bacteria—microorganisms
In a hernia mesh lawsuit filed on August 31, 2017, a Florida man claims that after he was implanted with a C. R. Bard mesh product during a hernia repair, he suffered serious injuries. The case is pending in Volusia County, Florida. Bard Hernia Mesh…