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After a second jury in three months found Johnson & Johnson liable for ovarian cancer potentially caused by their talcum powder products, the company is under extreme pressure to settle its other claims.
In the latest case, a jury awarded Gloria Ristesund $55 million after she suffered from ovarian cancer potentially caused by Johnson and Johnson’s talcum products.
There are about 1,200 other lawsuits claiming a talc-ovarian cancer link filed against Johnson & Johnson.
The blood-thinner Xarelto can cause uncontrolled bleeding — a dangerous and possibly fatal side effect. Patients who say they were harmed by the drug and family members who lost a loved one to severe bleeding filed lawsuits against the manufacturer.
Xarelto is used to prevent blood clots from forming due to a certain irregular heartbeat or after hip or knee replacement surgery. It is also used to treat blood clots and to prevent the blood clots from forming again.
Lawsuits filed against the makers of Xarelto claim that the drug maker failed to warn consumers of the risk of severe bleeding that can result in death. Unlike other anticoagulant, such as Warfarin, severe bleeding from Xarelto does not have an antidote.
One of the most popular treatment for a variety of mental disorders like bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and depression, Abilify makes billions for Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company and Bristol-Myers Squibb. With sales over $6.4 billion annually, it is one of the top-selling drugs in the U.S. Abilify works by either decreasing or increasing serotonin or dopamine in the brain when there is an imbalance.
Medical studies have linked the drug to disturbing compulsive behavioral side effects that can cause injury on the lives of patients and their families.
Among these side effects is pathological or compulsive gambling, a financially crippling side effect that can destroy lives. People with compulsive behaviors will do anything to continue the chosen activity, even if it means withdrawing from friends and family and ignoring the rest of their lives.
The Kroger company has over 2400 stores in 31 states. In addition to its branded Kroger stores, the company operates or owns numerous other brands including Smith’s Marketplace, Fry’s Marketplace, Dillons, Food4less and many other stores. They also operate 700 convenience stores in 19 states. With so many stores in so many states, it is no wonder that slip and fall accidents sometimes occur in Kroger-owned businesses.
One of the most well-known slip and fall cases involved a Kroger store. In Robinson v. Kroger, the Georgia Supreme changed the state’s standard for slip and fall accident victims when it ruled that a judge could not presume that a shopper failed to act with ordinary care when the shopper’s vision may have been obscured.
In a recent case, a court ordered Kroger to pay $2.3 million to a man injured after slipping on a piece of smashed fruit. The man suffered severe spinal cord damage. It was later discovered that the Kroger store at the center of the lawsuit had intentionally destroyed the video footage of the accident.
Wal-Mart is the world’s largest company by revenue in 2015 and the largest non-governmental employer. It is also thought to be the most frequently sued private personal injury claims defendant in the country.
Due to the amount of lawsuits Wal-Mart faces, it has set up a subsidiary company named Claims Management Inc. to act as a third party insurance adjuster. The subsidiary manages, values, and tracks claims against the parent company. It handles all aspects of the process including getting information from the victims and attempting to get recorded statements. The subsidiary sometimes makes a victim feel like they are dealing with a third party who might treat them more fairly. However, it is important to keep in mind that the subsidiary is ultimately serving the interests of the parent company, Wal-Mart.
Filing a personal injury lawsuit against Wal-Mart can be tougher than filing a lawsuit against an insurance company. Most large corporations tend to settle a case quickly to either avoid high legal fees or avoid a public relations nightmare that might come along with litigation. However, Wal-Mart for the most part does not care about either. Wal-Mart tends to fight personal injury lawsuits harder than an insurance company would. Wal-Mart aggressively challenges personal injury lawsuits even when it makes economic sense to settle the claim. This is probably to discourage the filing of lawsuits.
Since first approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1989 to treat heartburn, Prilosec has been linked to numerous side effects. Some of these side effects have triggered lawsuits against the manufacturer.
Prilosec is a proton pump inhibitor. Proton pump inhibitors are a type of medication that decreases the amount of stomach acid to prevent Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) or acid reflux. They act by blocking the production of acid.
The primary symptoms of GERD are heartburn, an acid taste in the mouth, and regurgitation. Prilosec is also prescribed to treat certain stomach/intestinal ulcers and Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.
Transvaginal mesh injuries can change a women’s life and cause a lot of pain. They often require multiple medical procedures or surgeries. Even then, medical professionals make no guarantee. Recent jury verdicts and settlements against the device makers have sought to assist women in dealing with the high costs of a mesh injury.
A dog owner can usually be held legally responsible when their dog causes an injury, such as a dog bite, or causes damage to your property.
Sometimes, a fair settlement of the issue can be reached without having to file a lawsuit, but often the injured party will need to sue the dog owner to hold him or her liable to the full extent that the law allows – or to get an insurance company to move on the case.
In some states and local jurisdictions, certain dogs are considered dangerous due to their breed. When a person is bitten by a dog breed deemed dangerous by some kind of local or state law, the dog owner is much more likely to be found liable in a lawsuit. Dog breeds commonly considered by local and state legislators as dangerous breeds include pit bulls, rottweilers, wolf breed (husky), presa canarios, mastiff variations, American bulldog, and doberman pinschers.
Some patients who develop an infection after undergoing hip or knee replacement surgery have filed lawsuits against the makers of a device named Bair Hugger. The device is used in a number of hip and knee replacement surgery and may be linked to some serious side effects.
The Bair Hugger device is usually used without the patients knowledge. The device is a warming blanket used to help maintain a patient’s body temperature during surgery. Doctors utilize devices to maintain a patient’s body temperature because studies have shown that maintaining proper body temperature can reduce bleeding, speed up recovery time, and provide other benefits.
Surgical warming blankets, such as Bair Hugger, work like a forced-air heater, pushing warm air through a hose into a blanket covering a patient. The device releases warm air over a patient’s body, but also releases air under the surgical table. The air released under the table may have the potential to cause bacteria and germs to spread throughout the room, landing on a patient’s surgical site. This may cause an infection in the patient’s knee or hip, such as sepsis and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Unfortunately, these infections are very difficult to treat when they occur deep in a patient’s joint.
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