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3M Agrees to $6 Billion Military Earplug Settlement
3M has agreed to pay $6.01 billion to individuals who claim the company’s Combat Arms earplugs caused them to develop hearing loss and tinnitus. In a bankruptcy saga that rivals Johnson & Johnson’s, 3M fought tooth and nail to resolve 3M earplug lawsuits in...
FDA Designates Latest Medtronic Recall as Class I
Medtronic, the world’s largest medical device manufacturer, is currently grappling with yet another recall. In the last few years, the company has issued a series of recalls, a substantial portion of which the FDA has classified as Class I recalls. The most recent...
Latest Talcum Powder Trial Ends in $18.8 Million Verdict
Nearly every month has produced more news in the frustrating tug-of-war that is Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder litigation. The legal battle over talcum powder has evolved into a protracted struggle involving Johnson & Johnson's insistence on bankruptcy...
Talc Supplier Whittaker, Clark & Daniels Files for Bankruptcy
Talc supplier Whittaker, Clark & Daniels filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on April 26, 2023, blaming a “deluge” of lawsuits claiming its talc products caused thousands to develop ovarian cancer and mesothelioma. Although the controversy surrounding Johnson &...
Judge Orders 3M Earplug Settlement Negotiations to Resume
Judge M. Casey Rodgers, presiding over the 3M earplug multidistrict litigation, has ordered the parties to resume settlement talks. The decision to revive 3M earplug settlement negotiations comes as an appeals court recently heard arguments to overturn four early...
Camp Lejeune Lawsuits in Federal Court Reach 900
Camp Lejeune lawsuits have flooded a federal court in North Carolina as more claims pass the six-month administrative threshold. More than 900 Camp Lejeune water contamination claims have been filed in court since the passing of the Honoring our PACT Act in August...
EPA Proposes New PFAS Limits for Drinking Water
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working to reduce six per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water. PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals," are a notorious class of toxic compounds that have garnered widespread concern. Studies have...
Judge Criticizes 3M Hearing Loss Test Methods
Judge M. Casey Rodgers, presiding over the 3M earplug multidistrict litigation (MDL), recently held a “Data Day” on February 23, 2023, to review an analysis of records from the Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Readiness System (DOEHRS). Following the...
200 Camp Lejeune Civil Cases Filed in NC Court
More than 200 Camp Lejeune water contamination claims have been filed in a North Carolina federal court. Service members, families, and civilian employees have filed personal injury lawsuits alleging the contaminated water at Camp Lejeune is responsible for injuries,...
J&J, 3M, and More Seek Early Management Decisions in MDLs
Johnson & Johnson and 3M are among the companies requesting a new rule to cull “meritless” cases from multidistrict litigation (MDL) early on. The companies are taking issue with high volumes of what they consider unexamined and unsupported claims filling up MDLs....
Court Rejects Johnson & Johnson’s Bankruptcy Maneuver
On January 30, 2023, the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia dismissed Johnson & Johnson’s bankruptcy tactic. After a lengthy back and forth to determine whether J&J can legally resolve tens of thousands of talcum powder lawsuits through Chapter...
MDL Launched for Chemical Hair Relaxer Lawsuits
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) recently consolidated chemical hair relaxer lawsuits into multidistrict litigation (MDL). Federal cases that allege chemical hair straighteners cause uterine cancer, uterine fibroids, and other injuries are now...
Study Finds Cancer Biomarkers in People Exposed to Roundup
A new study identified biomarkers linked to cancer and other diseases in the urine of individuals exposed to glyphosate. Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Roundup, one of the most widely and heavily applied weedkillers globally. Thousands of people have filed...
Judge Ends 3M Earplugs Settlement Efforts
The federal judge presiding over the 3M earplugs MDL has terminated settlement mediations. Despite over sixteen bellwether trials, there is still no global settlement for over 200,000 3M earplugs lawsuits. While 3M’s bankruptcy maneuver has only further complicated...
Court Refuses to Reverse $12 Million Talcum Powder Verdict
A California Appellate Court will not overturn a $12 million verdict won in a talcum powder asbestos claim. The plaintiff alleged that Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder and Colgate’s Cashmere Bouquet gave her mesothelioma. J&J and Colgate requested an appeals...
Pfizer and Sanofi Settle California Zantac Lawsuit Before Trial
Pfizer and Sanofi settled a Zantac lawsuit originally scheduled for trial in February 2023 in California. The heartburn drug manufacturers opted to resolve the litigation before its court appearance. This resolution to the first of four Zantac claims slated for...
MDL Judge Dismisses Federal Zantac Lawsuits
The federal judge overseeing thousands of Zantac claims in MDL-2924 issued an order that will result in the dismissal of Zantac lawsuits. Judge Rosenberg concluded plaintiffs failed to offer substantial evidence that the heartburn medication causes cancer. This...
Maximizing The Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) For Your Firm Podcast
Esteemed mass tort attorney and partner at The Lake Law Firm, Michael Blom, Esq., recently joined legal marketing authority and attorney Ken Hardison on the Grow Your Law Firm podcast to review the trending Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC). Mr. Blom dissects the...
Veterans File to Proceed With 3M Lawsuits Over Earplugs Received After 2008
As the end of December approaches, it has been nearly five months since 3M’s subsidiary, Aearo Technologies, filed for bankruptcy to resolve litigation concerning the company’s defective earplugs. This announcement paused all lawsuits that allege faulty 3M earplugs...
MDL Judge Dismisses Over 1,000 Zostavax Vaccine Claims
The federal judge presiding over the multidistrict litigation housing claims that the Zostavax vaccine caused patients to develop shingles has dismissed 1,189 cases. U.S. District Court Justice Harvey Bartle cited lack of evidence as the reason for the dismissal....
Nurture Requests Dismissal of Heavy Metals Baby Food Lawsuits
Baby food manufacturer Nurture Inc. filed a motion to dismiss claims that its baby food contains high levels of toxic heavy metals. Plaintiffs in the class action lawsuits filed against Nurture allege the company has sold baby food contaminated with hazardous heavy...
ADHD and Autism Acetaminophen Lawsuits Can Proceed Against Walmart
The judge presiding over federal lawsuits that claim prenatal exposure to acetaminophen causes ADHD and autism has ruled cases can proceed against Walmart. Two mothers claim that Walmart’s over-the-counter brand of acetaminophen, Equate, caused their children to...
Elmiron Bellwether Trial Rescheduled for March 2023
A court order has postponed the first Elmiron bellwether trial to March 27, 2023. Elmiron is an oral drug used to treat interstitial cystitis, a chronic condition that results in excruciating bladder pain and pressure. While Elmiron appeared as a saving grace for many...
Baltimore Files Lawsuit Over PFAS in Water Supply
The city of Baltimore, Maryland, has filed a lawsuit against more than twenty manufacturers of Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF) and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The city filed the lawsuit on November 4, 2022, the same day the city of Philadelphia also...
Denied Camp Lejeune Victims May Have to Restart Claims
The U.S. government has stated that previously denied Camp Lejeune claimants must resubmit under the new requirements stipulated in the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022. In response to Camp Lejeune plaintiffs, the government explained individuals need to notify the...
Johnson & Johnson Could Face Talcum Powder Cancer Lawsuits in U.K.
While a federal appeals court has yet to determine whether Johnson & Johnson can move forward with its bankruptcy tactic in the United States, the company may have to address similar talcum powder cancer cases filed in the United Kingdom. A group of lawsuits has...
Judge Denies 3M’s Request to Retry $50 Million Earplugs Verdict
The 3M earplugs litigation has produced substantial verdicts for plaintiffs. Amounts have ranged from $2 million to $77.5 million in trials for service members who claim to have suffered hearing loss due to 3M’s defective dual-ended combat earplugs. Recently, a judge...
Plaintiffs Seek MDL for Hair Relaxer Injury Claims
Litigation that involves claims that hair relaxers cause uterine cancer and other adverse health effects is gaining traction. Lawsuits state that hair relaxers contain endocrine-disrupting chemicals that may account for severe injuries in users. As more individuals...
U.S. Military To Stop Use of PFAS Foam in 2024
The U.S. Government Accountability Office announced that the Department of Defense will cease its use of PFAS-based Aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) by October 2024. Thousands of lawsuits nationwide claim that prolonged exposure to Aqueous-Film Forming Foam causes...
Court Identifies NEC Baby Formula Cases Eligible for Bellwether Trials
The bellwether selection process for infants who contracted necrotizing enterocolitis from baby formula has begun. The judge presiding over the MDL concerning lawsuits against cow’s milk-based formula manufacturers has identified eight out of the possible twelve cases...
Approximately 6,000 Covidien Hernia Mesh Claims Filed
Parties involved in the Covidien hernia mesh multidistrict litigation report that nearly 6,000 cases have been filed in federal and state courts. Plaintiffs in these lawsuits accuse Covidien of manufacturing and distributing defective hernia mesh products. The...
JPML Centralizes Social Media Lawsuits
On October 6, 2022, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated lawsuits regarding social media addiction and harm among adolescents into MDL-3047. Lawsuits filed against social media platforms such as Meta platforms, Inc. and Twitter allege...
Bankruptcy Judge Pauses State Lawsuits Over J&J Talc
On October 4, 2022, U.S. bankruptcy judge Michael Kaplan temporarily stayed two state lawsuits alleging Johnson & Johnson misled consumers about the safety of its talc products while the appeals court reviews the legitimacy of the company’s bankruptcy strategy....
JPML to Consider Chantix MDL in December
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation will hear oral arguments concerning the consolidation of Chantix lawsuits into a multidistrict litigation on December 1. The anti-smoking drug Chantix, created by Pfizer, has been the subject of debate concerning the...
SoClean Amends Lawsuit Against Philips for False CPAP Statements
SoClean, Inc. filed an amended lawsuit on October 10, 2022, against Philips for allegedly false statements the company made regarding SoClean’s contribution to the 2021 Philips CPAP and BiPAP machine recall. This amendment comes nearly a year after SoClean originally...
MDL Roundup Attorneys Press Judge for Settlement or Disbanding
Plaintiff attorneys in the federal multidistrict litigation surrounding Roundup are urging the presiding judge to resolve the litigation either through a global settlement or by returning the cases to U.S. District courts. For years, Monsanto and its owner, Bayer AG,...
Juul Files Lawsuits Against FDA for Market Denial Order
This year has produced many developments in the ongoing battle between the FDA and e-cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs, Inc. Most notably, on June 23, 2022, the FDA ordered the removal of Juul’s vaping devices and pods from the market due to insufficient evidence...
EPA Withdraws Assessment That Glyphosate Is Not Carcinogenic
Roundup, a popular weed killer used commercially and residentially, has been the subject of thousands of lawsuits. To date, Roundup manufacturer Monsanto has settled over 100,000 claims that the herbicide causes cancer. Despite these settlements, thousands of Roundup...
VA Mishandled Thousands of Camp Lejeune Claims
On August 10, 2022, President Biden signed The Honoring Our PACT Act into law. This bill aims to expand healthcare benefits for veterans and includes the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022, which finally gave legal recourse to victims of water contamination at the...
Judge Denies 3M Immunity in PFAS Litigation
The judge presiding over the federal PFAS multidistrict litigation recently denied the 3M Company immunity from liability for damages caused by the toxic chemicals as a government contractor. 3M Co. attempted to convince the judge that it should not be held...
Appeals Court Reviews Johnson & Johnson Bankruptcy Tactic
On September 19, 2022, a panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments to overturn Johnson & Johnson’s bankruptcy maneuver. In October of last year, J&J created a subsidiary to transfer all of its pending talcum powder litigation. However,...
New Study Links Roundup To Convulsions In Animals
Roundup, a widely used commercial and residential weed killer, is the root of thousands of lawsuits nationwide. Claimants allege that prolonged exposure to the herbicide and its active ingredient, glyphosate, caused them to develop various forms of cancer. Recently, a...
Zantac Manufacturers Face Additional Cancer Claims at State Level
Recently several Zantac manufacturers settled the first trial for $500,000. In this lawsuit, the plaintiff alleged that he developed esophageal cancer after years of taking the heartburn medication Zantac. Esophageal cancer is one of the five cancers included in the...
New MDL Formed for Abbott Contaminated Baby Formula Litigation
Abbott Laboratories is already among the manufacturers named in MDL-3026, which focuses on claims that cow’s milk-based formula caused premature infants to develop necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Now Abbott faces yet another multidistrict litigation. The Judicial...
U.S. Navy Reports 5,000 Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Lawsuits Filed in One Month
Countless individuals have started filing Camp Lejeune water contamination lawsuits thanks to the signing of the PACT Act into law last month. The PACT Act contained the overdue Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022, which permits individuals affected by the contaminated...
Monsanto Wins Recent Roundup Bellwether Trial
Monsanto recently won the seventh bellwether trial in the Roundup MDL on September 1, 2022. This verdict was the fifth consecutive win for the Bayer subsidiary despite significant verdicts for plaintiffs back in 2018. Bayer announced that the jury determined that...
Juul Reaches $438.5 Million Settlement With Several States
Several states announced that e-cigarette manufacturer Juul agreed to pay $438.5 million to 34 states and territories. This announcement follows a two-year-long investigation into Juul’s marketing and sales practices nationwide. For years, many have accused Juul of...
Judge Appoints Settlement Master in Bard Hernia Mesh MDL
The judge overseeing the thousands of hernia mesh lawsuits against C.R. Bard recently appointed John Jackson as the settlement mediator in the multidistrict litigation. This settlement mediator will work with legal defense from both parties to potentially reach a...
Johnson & Johnson Reaches $40.5 Million Opioid Settlement with New Hampshire
New Hampshire announced that it agreed to a $40.5 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson for the company’s opioid marketing in the state. The state’s attorney general’s office chose not to join the opioid settlement back in February in which J&J and three...
First Paraquat Bellwether Trial Delayed Until 2023
The judge presiding over the paraquat multidistrict litigation recently pushed the opening bellwether trial to July 2023. Given the rising number of cases in the last couple of months, the judge moved the date presumably to provide more time for discovery. This...
Bankruptcy Judge Approves $2.46 Billion Plan for Boy Scouts
A bankruptcy judge approved a $2.46 billion reorganization plan for the Boy Scouts on September 8, 2022. This approval of the billion-dollar settlement allows the Boy Scouts to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy so it can continue operating while compensating tens of...
Philip Recalls More BiPAP Machines
On August 29, 2022, the FDA announced that Philips Respironics recalled certain bi-level positive airway pressure (BiPAP) machines that contain contaminated plastic. If the plastic reaches the device motor, it may emit dangerous volatile organic compounds. Also, the...
Jury Orders C.R. Bard to Pay $4.8 Million in Hernia Mesh Trial
In a recent hernia mesh trial, a Rhode Island jury ordered hernia mesh manufacturer, C.R. Bard, to pay $4.8 million to a man who claimed to have suffered health complications due to the company’s hernia repair mesh. C.R. Bard, a subsidiary of Becton Dickinson, faces...
First Zantac Lawsuit Ends in $500,000 Settlement
The first Zantac (ranitidine) case scheduled for trial reached a $500,000 settlement shortly before trial. Plaintiff Joseph Bayer voluntarily dismissed his case due to a settlement he reached with generic drugmakers. Bayer alleged that the popular heartburn medication...
3M Bankruptcy Maneuver Fails to Stop Earplug Lawsuits
In late July, 3M Co. announced that it intended to set aside roughly $1 billion to settle all remaining 3M dual combat earplug lawsuits. This proposed plan also included a stipulation in which Aearo Technologies, 3M’s subsidiary, filed for bankruptcy. The company...
4moms Recalls 2 Million Swings and Rockers After Infant Death
On August 15, 2022, Pennsylvania baby product manufacturer 4moms announced a recall of over 2 million MamaRoo swings and RockaRoo rockers. The company issued the recall after a 10-month-old infant died after getting entangled in the swing’s strap, and another infant...
Bellwether Trial Holds Walgreens Liable in Opioid MDL-2804
On August 10, 2022, Judge Charles R. Breyer of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California found the pharmaceutical chain Walgreens responsible for contributing to the opioid epidemic in San Francisco. Judge Breyer determined that Walgreens failed...
Johnson & Johnson to Stop Global Sales of Talc-Based Baby Powder Products
Johnson & Johnson announced that it will officially stop selling its talc-based baby powder products globally in 2023. This decision comes more than two years after the company ceased its distribution of talc-based baby powder products in the United States....
JPML Creates Gardasil HPV Vaccine MDL-3606
In a major development for Gardasil lawsuits nationwide, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated Gardasil HPV vaccine lawsuits into MDL-3606 on August 4, 2022. U.S. District Court Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. of the Western District of North...
A Dive Into FDA Recalls
In 2021 alone, FDA-regulated companies reported 427 recalls at the end of the year. On average, 1,279 drugs are recalled annually. Despite the abundance of recalls, it is not always a cut-and-dry process. Contrary to popular belief, the FDA cannot execute a drug...
Documents Reveal Other Infant Formula Companies Have Suffered Cronobacter Contamination
Infant formula manufacturer Abbott Nutrition issued a massive voluntary nationwide recall in February 2022 that further exacerbated the already strained infant formula market in the United States. Abbott pulled three powdered formulas produced at its facility in...
FDA 510 (k) Clearance
Many products in the United States receive market approval through the FDA’s 510(k) process. A 510(k) submission demonstrates to the FDA that a device is as safe and effective as a legally marketed device. This process applies to any company that wants to market in...
Lyons Magnus Recalls 53 Contaminated Products
The food and beverage manufacturer Lyons Magnus LLC issued a voluntary recall of 53 nutritional and beverage products following a potential microbacterial contamination. The company speculates that the contamination may stem from Cronobacter sakazakii, a germ usually...
President Biden Signs PACT Act
On August 10, 2022, President Biden signed into law the long-awaited Honoring our PACT Act which expands healthcare benefits for veterans. Late last month, some Republicans in the Senate voted against the bill, prompting criticism and dismay in veterans, advocacy...
Banana Boat Products Recalled Over Benzene
On July 29, 2022, Edgewell Personal Care Company issued a voluntary nationwide recall of three batches of Banana Boat Hair & Scalp Sunscreen Spray SPF 30 due to trace amounts of benzene. Edgewell is the parent company of the popular sunscreen brand Banana Boat...
Court Reverses $120 Million Mesothelioma Settlement Against Johnson & Johnson
A New York appellate court reversed a 2019 award of $120 million in a mesothelioma case against Johnson & Johnson. The plaintiff, Donna Olson, claimed that her long-term use of Johnson & Johnson’s talc-based products caused her to develop mesothelioma. The...
Judge Approves $45 Million Roundup Settlement
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria recently approved a $45 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit against Monsanto. This settlement resolves a false advertising case that differs from the thousands of Roundup cancer lawsuits currently pending under MDL-2741....
T.J. Maxx Parent Company to Pay $13 million For Selling Recalled Products
TJX Companies Inc. has agreed to pay the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) $13 million in a civil penalty for selling various recalled products. From 2014 to 2019, the company offered and distributed recalled products in its retail locations nationwide,...
Senate Blocks Camp Lejeune Bill
In a surprising turn of events, Republicans in the US Senate blocked the Honoring Our PACT Act, which would expand and improve healthcare for millions of US military veterans. This legislation would provide nearly 3.5 million veterans access to healthcare for exposure...
3M Proposes $1 Billion Trust for Earplug Victims
The 3M Company announced that it intends to create a $1 billion trust to settle the remaining 3M earplug lawsuits. This announcement comes nearly four years after the 3M earplugs multi-district litigation began. Since its conception in 2018, the federal MDL has become...
Glyphosate Found in 80% of American Urine Samples
A recent study conducted by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey found glyphosate in roughly 80% of urine samples from U.S. adults and children. The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, a unit of the Centers for Disease Control and...
Court Grants Temporary Stay After FDA Orders Juul Products Removed from the Market
On June 23, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ordered the removal of Juul’s vaping devices and pods from the market citing “inconsistent and conflicting data” regarding the safety of Juul products. The FDA’s marketing denial orders would prevent Juul...
The Camp Lejeune Act of 2022 to Provide Legal Remedy to Families Harmed by Water Contamination
The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 (the “Act”) which allows servicemembers who have been exposed to contaminated water at the Marine Corps Base at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina to bring legal action against the...
Southern Baptist Sexual Abuse
In May 2022, Guidepost Solutions, an independent firm, released a report detailing sexual abuse by the Southern Baptist Church (SBC), the largest Protestant denomination in the United States. The SBC became aware of widespread sexual abuse that took place over two...
Federal Law Bans Baby Sleep Products Linked to Infant Deaths
Crib bumpers and inclined sleepers are responsible for hundreds of infant deaths in the United States. Now, these products will be prohibited under a federal law known as the Safe Sleep for Babies Act of 2021 (H.R. 3182), following years of advocacy by parents and...
States Settle with Opioid Manufacturers and Distributors
Prescriptions for opioids skyrocketed in the 1990s as pharmaceutical companies maintained that patients would not become addicted to opioid pain relievers. Healthcare providers prescribed opioids in massive doses, leading to abuse of both prescription and...
Abbott and FDA Fail to Take Timely Action to Protect Infants from Contaminated Baby Formula
An infant in Minnesota was hospitalized with a rare and lethal bacterial infection known as Cronobacter Sakazakii after consuming infant formula manufactured by Abbott. The public learned of the infant’s death after Abbott issued a recall of its infant formula in...
Major Pharmaceutical Company Facing Dozens of Federal Lawsuits Related to Benzene-Tainted Products
At least 17 federal lawsuits have been filed against Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G) alleging that its Old Spice and Secret antiperspirant sprays contain dangerous levels of benzene, a known human carcinogen. In the past, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has...
Paraquat Litigation: Federal Judge Allows Claims to Proceed
Paraquat is a toxic herbicide that has been linked to a variety of harmful conditions, most notably Parkinson’s disease. Farmers, agricultural workers, and those who live near industrial farms are most at risk of developing this neurodegenerative condition. Paraquat...
Pfizer Halts Sale of Blood Pressure Medicine over Cancer Contaminants
In March, 2022, Pfizer voluntarily recalled its blood pressure medication, Accuretic, in addition to two generic drugs used to treat hypertension. Pfizer’s action was motivated by the discovery of nitrosamines in its blood pressure medications. On April 25, 2022,...
FDA Orders Philips Respironics to Notify Consumers of CPAP Recall
In the United States, 50-70 million adults have a sleep disorder, with obstructive sleep apnea being the most common of such disorders. The CPAP machine is the standard treatment for sleep apnea. Philips is the largest producer of CPAPs in the world. In June 2021, the...
3M Earplugs Class Action Settlement
Military personnel frequently experience significant hearing damage and loss, including tinnitus, due to explosive sounds in combat. They are routinely given special earplugs to help protect their hearing from loud noises that result from explosions and gunfire....
Johnson & Johnson Granted Approval to Implement Bankruptcy Plan to Handle Thousands of Talc-Related Lawsuits
A federal judge in New Jersey granted approval to Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to implement its controversial bankruptcy plan to handle thousands of talc-related lawsuits. Approval to create a new entity called LTL Management LLC (LTL), which will absorb nearly...
Congress Releases Report Finding Baby Food Products Surpass Safe Levels of Heavy Metals
After a two-year investigation, Congress released a report in 2021 concerning the presence of toxic ingredients in various baby foods, including those produced by Gerber, Walmart, Beech-Nut, Nurture and Plum. The Congressional report follows a previous investigation...
Hernia Mesh Lawsuits Continue to Advance in Federal and State Courts
Hernia mesh is widely used in hernia surgeries due to the low rate of recurrence. However, the high rate of complications and revision surgery has led to increased litigation in the last decade. Plaintiffs have brought hernia mesh lawsuits against surgical mesh...
Research Continues to Establish Link Between Paraquat Exposure and Parkinson’s Disease
Farmers, agricultural workers, and those who have lived near an industrial farm, and have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, may have a claim against the manufacturers of paraquat, a toxic weed killer that has been linked to the degenerative neurological...
FDA Finds that Philips Failed to Take Action After It Was Aware of Health Risks of CPAP Machine
In 2021, Philips recalled more than 15 million CPAP machines as a result of health risks associated with the degradation of the foam used in these devices to treat sleep apnea. Several serious health conditions, including cancer and lung and heart damage, have been...
Opioids: The Mass Tort of the Decade
Daily, there is something in the news regarding the opioid epidemic that the U.S. is facing. For years this has been a growing issue, affecting thousands of people. But who is to blame? There are multiple lawsuits for several reasons against companies the public...
Cool Sculpting: Weight Loss or Worry?
You have probably seen advertisements for the popular “non-surgical”, “no exercise”, “no diet” weight loss procedure called CoolSculpting. But is it safe? When CoolSculpting came out in 2005, it was all the rage in weight loss at the time it was released....
CPAP and BiPAP: New Mass Tort?
Many patients with breathing issues use CPAP and BiPAP ventilators to treat their illnesses. But on June 30th, 2021, the U.S. FDA issued an alert to the public that the Philips Respironics BiPAP and CPAP ventilators have been recalled due to potential health risks....
Surgical Staples Allegedly Causing More Harm Than Good
Surgical staples are medical staples doctors and surgeons use to close wounds after a surgical procedure has been performed. But are they safe? Read on to find out how many are claiming surgical staples caused them extreme harm and further medical complications. What...
The FDA Issues Recall of Weight Loss Drug Belviq
Belviq and Belviq XR, is a popular weight-loss drug that doctors prescribe to aid in weight loss, reduce the risk of obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, and reduce the risk of a shortened lifespan due to weight-related issues. After years of use,...
Paraquat: More Harmful than Roundup?
This year, 2021, is turning out to be a big year for mass tort cases. A potential mass tort is rapidly developing this year and could be more dangerous than Roundup. Paraquat is known to be harmful to people and can potentially cause serious health issues. Read on to...
Mass Tort Cases to Watch in 2021
Mass tort cases are cases for individuals claiming injuries caused by defective products, bad drugs, defective medical devices, or other mass negligence perpetrated to a large group of people that could have been prevented. Additionally, we are in the first quarter of...
Zantac Lawsuit Update
Throughout the United States, many people are filing lawsuits against the makers of Zantac claiming they are the cause of serious complications, injuries, and even death. But how did this happen? Many studies indicate that the cause of cancer development is N-nitroso...
PFAS: Are you Drinking Chemicals?
It is now 2021 and protecting our environment is more important than ever. However, with all the work we have done to try to keep the ocean and earth clean with recycling, reducing plastic, and much more, what about our drinking water? PFAS (polyfluoroalkyl chemicals)...
Truvada PrEP – More Harm Than Good?
People have been taking Truvada Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for many years by people who do not have HIV but who are at extremely considerable risk of getting HIV to prevent HIV infection by taking a pill every day. However, people are claiming that taking Truvada...
JET 7 Catheter Voluntarily Recalled by Penumbra
The US FDA has announced that Penumbra voluntarily recalled their JET 7 catheters. This recall is due to an increased risk of serious injuries and death in the patients using them. The device has been on the market since February 2020. Since Feb 2020, the FDA has...
Hernia Mesh Ruled as Not a “Lifesaving Device”
In a recent court ruling, hernia mesh manufacturer Bard was told they cannot claim their hernia mesh device as a “lifesaving device” in their upcoming trial scheduled for January 11, 2021. The judge who ruled this order claims Bard has no evidence to support their...
Current J&J Talc Lawsuit Update
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is a very well-known company that has been making and selling personal hygiene products and many other types of products for over 100 years. But in the last few years, many are filing lawsuits against them because of allegations that...