Accutane® (isotretinoin or roaccutane) is considered by many dermatologists to be the strongest, most effective weapon against persistent, severe acne. It is a derivative of Vitamin A, and the drug works by reducing the skin’s production of oil. A current Black Box warning on Accutane cautions consumers about its potential…
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., the second-biggest U.S. cigarette maker, must pay $46.3 million to the widow of a Florida man who died from lung cancer in 1995, according to a Florida jury. Six state-court jurors in Gainesville voted unanimously in favor of the widow of Frank Townsend, who started smoking…
The family of a firefighter trainee killed during a training exercise has sued the city of Baltimore for her suffering and death. The mother and two children of Racheal Wilson, 29, who had been with the fire department three months, allege in their $35 million lawsuit that the exercise was…
Three women from Texas have filed Nuvaring blood clot lawsuits against Organon and Merck & Co., the drug makers, alleging that the popular birth control ring caused them to suffer from a deep vein thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism and other injuries. The Nuvaring lawsuits were filed on March 26 in…
A 25-year-old Mexican man filed suit alleging that Cardinal Roger Mahony of the Los Angeles Archdiocese and a Mexican cardinal conspired to hide a priest’s 20-plus years of child sexual abuse, exposing dozens more young victims to rape by a known pedophile. The complaint filed in federal court in Los…
A Mississippi jury has awarded $15 million to a 71 year-old oil industry worker who developed asbestosis after years of handling bags of product containing 99 percent asbestos. Plaintiff Troy Lofton, who testified at trial with tubes in his nose and ears and holding an oxygen bottle that assists his…
Attorneys filed a lawsuit against the governing body of U.S. competitive swimming and a suburban swim coach whom they claim had a sexual relationship with a teenage swimmer. The claims are the latest against USA swimming, which has come under fire recently for its handling of alleged sexual abuse cases.…
Bayer releases two studies it commissioned as proof that the drugs are safe, but other studies have found that contraceptives like Yaz and Yasmin increase the risk of blood clots more than other types of birth control pills. Yasmin, first marketed in 2001, and Yaz, introduced in 2006, are made…
Don’t ignore flashing lights, bells and other warnings when approaching railroad crossings. And in Burleson, officials were working to get that message across. After three fatalities at railroad crossings in about a year, the Burleson Police Department, along with the Union Pacific Railroad, conducted an enforcement operation at the Alsbury…
A Denton County grand jury returned a murder indictment against a chronic drunken driver on charges that he drove drunk again on Easter and caused a wreck, killing two members of an Argyle family and seriously injuring three others. John Patrick Barton, 30, is accused of causing the wreck on…