Hot on the heels of a record $72 Million Talcum Powder Ovarian Cancer verdict in February, the next talcum powder ovarian cancer injury trial has begun this week in St. Louis Circuit Court. Talcum Powder lawsuits increase across the U.S. Gloria Ristesund filed her claim against Johnson & Johnson (J&J),…
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Bard IVC Filter Injuries – How to Avoid
Bard IVC Filter Injuries can be avoided and I’ll detail how. C.R. Bard and Cook are the two major manufacturers of retrievable Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filters. Retrievable Bard and Cook Inferior Vena Cava filters have come under fire over the past 6 years as more information has come to…
Xarelto Bleeding Side Effect Death Lawsuits Increasing
As a Dallas Xarelto Bleeding Death attorney and Texas medical doctor, I would like to update my readers about the ongoing status of the Xarelto bleeding side effects and wrongful death litigation. Most recently, a wrongful death lawsuit was filed against the makers of Xarelto; Bayer Healthcare and Johnson and…
Talcum Powder Use & Ovarian Cancer
Recently Bloomberg News reported a record $72 million Talcum Powder win. Jacqueline Fox won her case against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) over talcum powder’s risk of causing ovarian cancer in women who apply the powder in their genital area. Fox died from ovarian cancer in October 2015. In February 2015,…
Xarelto Bleeding Side Effects Study Flawed
According to recent revelations in the New York Times did two major pharmaceutical companies, to protect their blockbuster drug, Xarelto, intentionally mislead editors at one of the world’s most prestigious medical journals? Several thousand injured plaintiffs have filed personal injury and product liability claims against Johnson & Johnson and Bayer…
DePuy Pinnacle Hip Lawsuit $502 M Verdict
This is an update to the DePuy Pinnacle Hip lawsuits. DePuy Pinnacle Hip implants have a tendency to fail prematurely, cause hip infections, elevated heavy metal ions and poisoning. Recently, a Texas federal jury in Dallas has awarded $502 million total to five separate plaintiffs after a lengthy consolidated trial…
Taxotere Baldness from Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy can cause permanent hair loss especially in the treatment of breast cancer . This hair loss can be permanent and devastating. Sanofi-Aventis, the maker of a popular intravenous chemotherapy drug, Taxotere, is under fire in several lawsuits claiming that Taxotere, may cause permanent hair loss or baldness (Alopecia) in…
Abilify Lawsuits
Abilify lawsuits are now being filed nationwide alleging economic losses from Abilify. Bristol-Myers Squibb and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., the makers of Abilify are under fire for the side effects of their blockbuster drug. The companies are exposed to a new product liability lawsuit, which claims that the compulsive or pathological…
Bad Things Can Happen With Bard IVC Filters
If there was ever a medical device that was rushed to market and continued to be marketed after the company knew that the device was defective, look no further. Bard and other Inferior Vena Cava filter device makers are under fire for selling a grossly defective medical device that is…
Laparoscopic Hysterectomy Uterine Cancer Lawsuit Battle
Babette Davis from Wisconsin filed a morcellator product liability lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin against Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon unit after being diagnosed with leiomyosarcoma, a deadly aggressive form of uterine cancer. According to Davis, the Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon Gynecare power morcellator…