For John Norrie, the recall of his HP Pavilion Notebook computer came too late. The laptop allegedly overheated, causing a fire that ripped through Norrie’s Plymouth MA home in November 2006 while he was sleeping. The house was destroyed and Norrie suffered serious injuries in the process of escaping. His…
The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that it would review of the safety of the widely used anemia drugs sold by Amgen and Johnson & Johnson after another clinical trial suggested that high doses of one of the drugs might cause strokes. In a commentary published online by The…
YAZ is the Bayer Health Care brand name for the combination of drospirenone and ethinyl estradiol. Each monthly prescription contains 24 active pills and 4 inactive pills. YAZ was widely prescribed for regulating menstrual periods, minimizing premenstrual syndrome (PMS), treating premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), preventing pregnancy, decreasing irritability and moodiness,and…
When we reviewed the litigation over AstraZeneca’s antipsychotic Seroquel in June, there was debate over whether the litigation was a bust for the thousands of plaintiffs who’d filed suits claiming the drug caused their diabetes. Delaware court judge, who had just tossed a Seroquel case on Daubert grounds, warned in…
In 2006, Yaz was approved by the FDA as treatment for premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). It was the first birth control pill to gain such approval and women sufferers of severe PMS looked forward to relief from symptoms that affected their overall enjoyment of life. About 5% of women suffer…
Several thousand lawsuits could be filed across the United States for serious and deadly injuries allegedly caused by the contraceptive Yaz and related drugs. These lawsuits are consolidated in Southern Illinois federal court, in East St Louis. U.S. District Chief Judge David Herndon has the task of presiding over the…
A recent lawsuit brought by a group of Indiana National Guardsman spotlights a controversial legal doctrine that prevents soldiers on active duty from seeking compensation for injuries sustained in war zones. The guardsman allege that a mission to help clean up a water treatment plant in southern Iraq left them…
A congressional staffer who was hit and critically injured by a Metrobus near Dupont Circle in September is suing the transit agency for $30 million, claiming that Metro should have taken the driver off the road long before the crash. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court, Amanda Mahnke…
A Philadelphia law firm filed 10 lawsuits on behalf of boys and young men who developed serious side effects – including the growth of breasts – while taking the antipsychotic medications Risperdal and Invega. The suits were filed in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Lawyer Stephen Sheller said he expected…
Palo Alto has agreed to pay nearly $1.5 million to the victim of a 2006 vehicle crash involving a city worker who was using his cell phone while driving. Silvio Obregon had asked the city for more than $5 million after the rear-end crash on Oregon Expressway left him with…