The anticoagulant drug Xarelto (rivaroxaban) is currently the subject of over 15,000 personal injury lawsuits pending in the Eastern District of Louisiana in a consolidated MDL litigation. Plaintiffs in these suits allege that after taking the drug, they suffered excessive bleeding events, and seek
Plaintiffs filed a petition with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) on January 26, 2017, to consolidate all federally filed Stockert 3T heater-cooler lawsuits into one court for pre-trial proceedings. The petition comes as more people across the country are seeking compensati
A Miami woman is warning other consumers to beware of their Tristar Pressure Cookers. In a recent CBS News article, the woman explained that she was using her pressure cooker to make a stew when the cooker exploded, causing her to suffer second-degree burns. The…
Plaintiffs who file personal injury lawsuits against prescription drug manufacturers typically assert failure to warn claims, which provide that the drug makers failed to provide adequate warnings about the risks associated with their products. Instead, they argue that the manufacturers overstate th
The U.S. House of Representatives recently proposed two new bills that, if passed, could seriously limit and restrict the rights of U.S. citizens to seek justice in court. The first, H.R. 985, is called the “Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017.” According to…
In October 2016, Eliquis manufacturers Bristol-Meyers Squibb and Pfizer Inc. submitted a petition to the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) to consolidate all Eliquis lawsuits into one court for pre-trial proceedings. They argued at the time that coordination would serve the conv
On January 27, 2017, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced the recall of more than 33,000 IKEA MYSINGSO beach chairs. These are foldable chairs with a wood base and an attached polyester fabric seat. The recall includes several article numbers, which all correspond…
According to a recent Case Management Order entered in the Xarelto Multidistrict Litigation in federal court (Xarelto MDL), the first Xarelto bellwether trials have been delayed. The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated all federally filed Xarelto lawsuits in December
Right now, if something goes wrong with a medical device like a hip replacement system, diagnostic tool, or surgical device, patients, doctors, hospitals and medical centers are supposed to report it through the FDA’s adverse event reporting system. Critics have reported that this system is…
Construction worker deaths are on the rise in New York, according to a recent report by the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH). Between 2006 and 2015, a total of 464 construction workers died on the job across the state, with fatality…
After a record year of Takata air bag recalls in 2016, recalls continue to rise. Several automakers have announced additional recalls, adding to the already millions of inflators that were previously recalled. Honda, the automaker most affected by Takata airbag recalls, recently announced an additio
Plaintiffs who have filed claims against Stryker regarding issues with its LFIT V40 femoral head would like to see the growing number of Stryker lawsuits consolidated before one court for pre-trial proceedings. They filed a motion on January 13, 2017, with the U.S. Judicial Panel…