Despite the concerns about Actemra side effects raised by a June 2017 STAT News report, manufacturers Genentech and parent company Roche are pursuing new indications for the drug, in an effort to increase sales. One of the latest is systemic sclerosis, also called scleroderma, a…
In May 2017, all New Jersey State Court Stryker LFIT V40 lawsuits were coordinated before the Bergen County Superior Court to reduce the risk of duplicative discovery and conflicting rulings. On July 31, 2017, the multicounty litigation (MCL) convened a case management conference, during which…
In June of 2014, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated all federally filed testosterone-replacement therapy (TRT) lawsuits into one court in the Northern District of Illinois. District Judge Matthew Kelley decided early on that trials would be scheduled based on the
On July 24, 2017, a Georgia woman filed a new Onglyza lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. She alleges that after she took Onglyza (saxagliptin) and/or Kombiglyze XR, which is a combination of saxagliptin and metformin, to help lower…
Metal-on-metal (MoM) hip implants have been the subject of scrutiny for many years. In 2013, for example, the FDA warned that they had “unique risks in addition to the general risks of all hip implants.” These include corrosion and fretting that can lead to soft…
In March 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) reported that glyphosate, the main herbicide in Roundup, was “probably carcinogenic to humans.” Later, on July 7, 2017, the California state Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) named glyphosate as a chemical t
After an eight-week trial in King County, Washington, a jury ordered duodenoscope manufacturer, Olympus Corp., to pay Virginia Mason Medical Center $6.6 million in damages suffered as a result of a deadly superbug outbreak. They also ordered the hospital to pay $1 million of that…
A recent study asserts that doctors are not following safety guidelines when prescribing anticoagulant medications like Xarelto and Eliquis. Both of these drugs are the subject of personal injury lawsuits that have been filed around the country. The study was published June 19, 2017, in…
On June 2, 2017, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated all federally filed Ethicon Physiomesh lawsuits into the Northern District of Georgia. Since then, more cases have joined the litigation. There are now over 80 pending in that court, with more expected…
Both Honda and Chrysler have recently announced recalls because of alleged defects that pose fire risks. The recalls affect millions of vehicles, and consumers are encouraged to contact their local dealerships to schedule repairs. Honda Recalls Vehicles Because of Defective Battery Sensors On July 1
E-cigarettes. Hoverboards. Samsung phones. All of these have been in the headlines over the last several months because of exploding batteries. Most recently, a woman’s noise-canceling headphones burst into flames while she was on a flight from Melbourne to Beijing. Sometimes these explosions cause
The Ethicon Physiomesh multidistrict litigation continues to grow in the Northern District of Georgia. All federally filed cases were transferred there in June 2017, with District Judge Richard R. Story overseeing the pre-trial proceedings. On June 21, 2017, a Georgia woman filed a Physiomesh lawsui