A jury has been seated in a bellwether federal lawsuit against a transvaginal mesh manufacturer. It took a West Virginia U.S. District Court judge just two hours to seat a jury in the first federal lawsuit against a manufacturer of transvaginal mesh. Judge Joseph Goodwin whittled 18 jurors down to eight for the trial, which…
DetailsAnother study has highlighted the risk of transvaginal mesh implant products. A new study in the respected Journal of the American Medical Association seems to confirm previous concerns over the safety of transvaginal mesh products. A total of 215 women were involved in the study, and 126 of them had undergone transvaginal mesh implant surgery…
DetailsJohnson & Johnson is facing a number of hip implant lawsuits. A California judge says that the plaintiff in a landmark hip implant lawsuit did provide sufficient evidence that Johnson & Johnson’s metal-on-metal hip implant was defective. The ruling comes after J & J attempted to appeal an $8.3 million verdict against the company back…
DetailsThe jury in first Actos lawsuit to reach trial has been informed that the Actos maker Takeda has allegedly been aware of a link between Actos and bladder cancer since 2004. In the first of thousands of Actos lawsuits to reach trial, the jury in the case (Cooper v. Takeda Pharmaceuticals America Inc., CGC-12-518535) has…
DetailsA woman who lost her husband to Actos bladder cancer has been awarded a total of $8 million in damages by a California jury. A woman who lost her husband to bladder cancer has been awarded a total of $8 million in damages by a California jury who, after eight days of deliberation, ruled that…
DetailsExpert defense witness testimony in DePuy lawsuit could deal a devastating blow to the plaintiff’s case. The jury in the second DePuy hip implant lawsuit to go to trial (Carol Strum v. DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. et al, case no. 2011-L-009352) has recently heard testimony from an expert witness for the defense alleging that: The plaintiff…
DetailsTestimony began in late January over claims that the DePuy metal-on-metal hip implant was defective and that its maker, Johnson & Johnson, concealed knowledge of its defects. More than 10,000 similar lawsuits are pending in the United States, but this lawsuit, filed by Loren Kransky of Montana, was the first to reach trial. Documents indicate…
DetailsJury selection starts today in the first trial against Takeda alleging the diabetes drug Actos caused bladder cancer. There are more than 3,000 similar claims pending. The Plaintiff, Jack Cooper, is suffering with bladder cancer and alleges that Takeda’s U. S. unit didn’t adequlately warn potential patients that Actos could cause the disease. The FDA…
DetailsA Maryland judge dismissed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson over the DuPuy ASR™ hip implant after the plaintiff, a former dancer, withdrew her claim. A jury had already been chosen in Upper Marlboro, Md., when Moira Jackson’s attorney requested the withdrawal. According to the legal news website HarrisMartin.com, the lawsuit was withdrawn from state…
DetailsThe third quarter Bayer stockholder’s newsletter provided the following update about the YAZ®, YASMIN®, Ocella™ and Gianvi® liability litigation ongoing in the U.S.: As of October 15, 2012, the number of lawsuits pending in the United States and served upon Bayer was about 12,400. In addition, about 720 asserted claims were pending that have not…
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