A Miami judge approved a lawsuit for class-action status over the issue of tainted drywall imported from China. The lawsuit will represent 152 families and was filed against homebuilder South Kendall Construction Corp., Palm Isles Holdings, Keys Gate Realty and Banner Supply. The lawsuit alleges that some of the drywall…
The company at the center of a massive recall of children’s Tylenol and other popular over-the-counter products tried to perform a “phantom recall” of defective Motrin by sending contractors around the country to buy up the medicine from stores without alerting regulators or the public. When faced last year with…
Plaintiff Andrew McCarrell was awarded $25.16 M in damages in his lawsuit against Roche Holding AG, maker of Accutane. McCarrell alleged in his lawsuit that his use of Accutane resulted in inflammatory bowel disease. McCarrell underwent five surgeries, including one to remove his colon. According to Bloomberg on 2/16/10, McCarrell…
Lawsuits in California state court against Toyota Motor Corp. related to sudden acceleration of its vehicles should be coordinated so they can be handled more efficiently, a judge said. Judge West said he will recommend to the California Supreme Court’s chief justice that the cases be coordinated in either Los…
Health workers tracking Libby’s plight estimate at least 400 people have died of asbestos-related illnesses — from W.R. Grace mine workers and family members who breathed in the dust they brought home in their clothes, to those who played as kids in waste piles dumped by the company behind the…
Actor Dennis Quaid has filed a lawsuit against drug maker Baxter Healthcare Corp. over two easily confused drugs that, when mixed up, almost killed his twin infants. The lawsuit claims that the blood thinner Heparin and a less potent drug, Hep-lock, have such similar labels that the two are easily…
A federal judge has issued a scheduling order for the first bellweather NuvaRing lawsuit trials in the federal Multidistrict Litigation (MDL), which involve claims filed by women who allege that side effects of the birth control ring caused them to suffer serious and potentially life-threatening blood clots. All fact discovery…
A man who claimed that he developed severe bowel problems from Accutane, an acne medication, has reached a pre-trial settlement with Roche Laboratories, the drug’s manufacturer. Roche has asked Madison County Circuit Judge to approve the Accutane settlement, according to a report in The Madison Record. The plaintiff, Peipert alleges…
Popular birth control pills taken by millions of women might be causing serious side effects, that in some cases have led to death. That’s the claim of a growing number of lawsuits. Yaz and its sister drug Yasmin are big sellers marketed to women under 35. Hormones in all birth…
The results of a new study found that the side effects of Accutane, an acne drug that is also known as generic isotretinoin, increases the risk of developing inflammatory bowel problems. The study, conducted by the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, was published March 30 in the American Journal…