Parties Select Xarelto Bellwether Cases, Litigation Moves Forward
The U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Louisiana has started the process of selecting 40 cases for the bellwether trial pool. As required…
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Morcellator Cancer Lawsuits Will Now Be Fast Tracked For Litigation, MDL 2652
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidated 15 federally filed morcellator cases on Thursday for pre-trial discovery and trial work up. The request for the Morcellator…
Lawsuit on Xarelto Claims Link to Ischemic Strokes and Other Bleeding Events
A lawsuit filed last week in state court in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania alleges that Xarelto’s recommended dosage doesn’t work for as long as is represented by…
New Study Highlights Perforation Risk of Cook Celect IVC Filters
Researchers from the University of Colorado and Northwestern University recently compared the retrievability factor of the Cook Celect IVC filter to the Reed Option filter…
Invokana Lawsuits for Renal Failure And Ketoacidosis Being Explored
Potential lawsuits are currently being considered regarding individuals who have experienced kidney or renal failure as the result of taking Invokana*, a new generation diabetes…
Xarelto and Pradaxa Pose Serious Risk of Gastrointestinal Bleeding
According to a study conducted by researchers for Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and George Washington University that was published on April 24,…
Has Purdue Met Its Match? OxyContin Case Goes to Trial in Kentucky
Purdue, maker of the painkiller OxyContin, has won dismissals in over 400 personal injury lawsuits related to the medication, has settled product liability cases involving…
Did Takata Know But Fail to Disclose Airbag Problems in 2004?
Former Takata employees have charged that the Japanese airbag manufacturer conducted secret tests in 2004 on 50 airbags retrieved from scrapyards, saying that tests were…