Brooklyn resident Shirley Miller was turning 32 years old in 2008. A native Israeli working as a veterinarian at the Humane Society, she was crossing over Ninth Avenue at 48th Street in Midtown Manhattan on her birthday when she was struck by a Duane Reade…
For the past decade or so, manufacturers of testosterone replacement products have been telling men that a little more testosterone won’t hurt them. Advertising campaigns have created the impression that typical symptoms of aging, including fatigue, muscle loss, and reduced libido, are all signs of…
In December 2014, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) centralized all federal Xarelto lawsuits into one court in the Eastern District of Louisiana. At the time, about 50 product liability lawsuits were pending in the court. That number has now increased to about…
On March 5, 2015, two parents from California filed a new Zofran lawsuit against drug manufacturers GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). They claim that Zofran is to blame for their son’s birth defects. Their case is pending in the Superior Court for the State of California, County of…
About a month ago, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that bicycle manufacturer Trek was recalling about a million bikes due to defective quick release levers, or “skewers,” as they’re sometimes called. When not properly adjusted, these levers can become lodged in the disc…
On April 10, 2015, Illinois resident James Boyle filed a new table saw lawsuit against Black & Decker, Inc. The plaintiff claims he was unnecessarily injured when working on his Black & Decker table saw, and seeks in excess of $75,000 in damages. The case…
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) established the Xarelto MDL on December 12, 2014. Since then, all federal cases have been transferred to the Eastern District of Louisiana for pre-trial proceedings. On May 4, 2015, the court released a case management order addressing…
One Trek bicycle rider became a quadriplegic after enduring an accident on his bike. Another fractured a wrist, and a third suffered facial injuries. Trek Bicycles received reports that these three injuries were related to a quick-release lever or “skewer” that became lodged in the…
A new Zofran lawsuit has been filed in Texas. The plaintiff, a resident of Texarkana, Texas, claims that the anti-nausea drug, which she took during her pregnancy, caused serious injuries to her child. She seeks in excess of $75,000 in damages from manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).…
For several years now, anticoagulant drugs Pradaxa and Xarelto have been linked with serious bleeding events, some of which have caused hospitalizations and even death. The courts have been busy processing lawsuits filed by injured plaintiffs who claim manufacturers overstated the benefits of these
On April 3, 2015, a Montana couple filed a new Zofran lawsuit against manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), claiming the anti-nausea drug caused their daughter to be born with a cleft lip and palate. The case is pending in the U.S. District Court of Montana, Billings Division.…
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated all federal Xarelto lawsuits into one court in the Eastern District of Louisiana on December 12, 2014. At the time, 21 cases were transferred from ten districts to Louisiana. Since then, many more have joined the…