A Philadelphia state court jury earlier this week, concluded that Actos caused bladder cancer. Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. the manufacturer of Actos, received another setback in the conclusion of yesterday’s trial, when the jury also determined that the company acted recklessly and found that punitive damages should be awarded. Takeda Pharmaceutical…
Judge Shelly Robins, from Pennsylvania has denied the appeal of a $2 million verdict awarded in October to a plaintiff who blamed Takeda Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s drug Actos was a significant contributor to her developing bladder cancer. In an order docketed on Friday, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Shelly Robins…
Currently underway in the State Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia, there is a trial over the side effects of Risperdal, a popular antipsychotic medication. According to riveting court testimony, Johnson & Johnson (J&J), knew as early as 2001 that the medication caused boys to grow breasts. This testimony was…
There are over 75,000 women who have filed personal injury claims against the various manufacturers of the transvaginal and bladder sling products. According to sources, Johnson & Johnson has settled at least four Ethicon transvaginal mesh lawsuits. These are the first few settlements reached out of over twenty thousand personal…
The U.S. District Judge overseeing the federal Actos litigation has issued orders requiring that the Court be provided with details about each of the cases filed, information about potential settlements and motions in various state courts throughout the country. There have been eight Actos Bladder Cancer trials to date across…
There are many product liability lawsuits being filed against the manufacturers of power morcellators. The injured women claim that patients and doctors should have been warned about the risks associated with use of the medical devices during minimally invasive, laparoscopic hysterectomies. What Are Power Morcellators? Power morcellators are medical devices…
The Stryker Rejuvenate and ABG II artificial hip metal implant global settlement which was announced in November 2014, appears to finally be gaining some traction as the policy and settlement procedures are being set down. Stryker Corp. agreed in November to pay more than $1 billion to settle lawsuits over…
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation announced consolidation and centralization of all nationwide Xarelto lawsuits filed in federal courts before U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon in the Eastern District of Louisiana. Over 50 Federal Xarelto Lawsuits Bayer Healthcare and Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen Pharmaceuticals subsidiary are exposed to…
A Missouri family has recently filed an uterine cancer lawsuit over power morcellators. The deceased woman’s family alleged that the morcellator device manufactured by Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon subsidiary caused cancer to be widely spread during a robotic hysterectomy. Ethicon Morcellator Wrongful Death Claim The wrongful death lawsuit was filed…
In the first federal trial involving Boston Scientific Corp., the vaginal mesh manufacturer was ordered by the jury to pay $26.7 million to a group of four women who blamed the company’s vaginal mesh inserts for their personal injuries. Jurors in federal court in Miami found that Boston Scientific officials…