Dallas Fort Worth Injury Lawyer Blog

April 14, 2014

Texas Benicar Chronic Diarrhea Enteropathy Lawsuit

Recently a Texas woman has filed a product liability lawsuit against Benicar drug manufacturer. The plaintiff alleged that Benicar side effects caused her to suffer chronic diarrhea problems, and severe weight loss.

Harriet Rubin, and her husband Allen, filed their complaint in the Superior Court of New Jersey. Benicar manufacturer Daiichi Sankyo removed the case to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey on March 14.

There are several Benicar lawsuits pending in New Jersey, all of them have similar allegations that Daiichi Sankyo failed to adequately research their popular blood pressure medication or provide warnings for patients and doctors about the connection between Benicar and diarrhea intestinal disease known as sprue-like enteropathy.

April 13, 2014

Viagra and Melanoma Cancer Risk

by Dr. Shezad Malik

According to the latest medical research, the blockbuster erectile dysfunction drug Viagra may significantly increase men’s risk of developing melanoma. Melanoma is a lethal form of skin cancer, if not treated early.

Viagra Medical Study: 84% Risk Increase in Melanoma

Boston researchers, found that men taking Viagra were up to 84% more likely to be diagnosed with the skin cancer when compared to men who do not use the drug. It is postulated that Viagra has a direct effect on the body’s ability to combat skin cancer.

April 9, 2014

Louisiana Jury Hammers Takeda Actos Bladder Cancer $9 Billion Verdict

by Dr. Shezad Malik

The jury in federal court in Louisiana, sent a loud and clear message on Monday, in rendering a bombshell verdict. Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. and Eli Lilly & Co. were ordered to pay a combined $9 billion in punitive damages. The federal court jury found they hid the cancer risks of their Actos diabetes drug in the first federal U.S. trial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4ItYan1QWo&feature=player_detailpage

Takeda, Lilly $9 Billion Punitive DamagesTakeda, based in Osaka, Japan, was ordered to pay $6 billion by the jury yesterday in Lafayette, Louisiana. Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly, Takeda’s partner, was ordered to pay $3 billion. Punitive damages are awarded in these types of cases to punish the companies for their wrongful acts.

April 8, 2014

Topamax Settlement In Cleft Lip Birth Defect Lawsuits

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals have agreed to settle Topamax birth defect lawsuits. Plaintiffs alleged that Topamax epilepsy drug side effects birth defects including cleft lips, cleft palates and other congenital malformations.

The Topamax global settlements were announced last week in Pennsylvania state court, stating that agreements have been reached in 76 complaints. According to a report, the drug manufacturers are exposed to face at least 60 additional cases that are centralized in Philadelphia.

State Court Bellwether Trials

April 7, 2014

Texas DePuy Pinnacle Hip Replacement Lawsuits

by Dr. Shezad Malik

DePuy Orthopaedics is exposed to several thousand DePuy Pinnacle hip lawsuits, which allege defective metal hip design and early failure of the implant. The first federal bellwether trials for the metal-on-metal hip replacement system are set to begin in September 2014, in the Northern District of Texas in Dallas.

Amost 6,000 DePuy Pinnacle Lawsuits

April 6, 2014

Louisiana Actos Bladder Cancer Trial Verdict Pending

by Dr. Shezad Malik

After 33 grueling days of hotly contested trial testimony, the first federal Actos bladder cancer lawsuit trial has ended. The jury is scheduled to hear closing arguments on Monday and then deliberations will begin.

Federal Actos Trial: The Details

April 5, 2014

J&J Loses Texas Transvaginal Mesh Incontinence Sling Lawsuit

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Good news for Transvaginal mesh and sling plaintiffs and it’s more bad news for Johnson and Johnson’s (J&J) Ethicon division in its ongoing vaginal mesh debacle. The company will have to pay out again, in these many cases to go to court over its allegedly defective transvaginal mesh products and urinary incontinence slings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xvv9cd07G8&feature=player_detailpage

Johnson & Johnson, the world’s biggest maker of medical products, was ordered by a Texas jury to pay $1.2 million to a woman who alleged that vaginal-mesh implants to treat incontinence was defectively designed. This was the first verdict against the company over those devices.

March 30, 2014

GM Ignition Switch Cobalt Car Accident Death Lawsuits

by Dr. Shezad Malik

General Motors (GM) Co., is exposed to a barrage of lawsuits in the U.S. and Canada over faulty ignition switches. According to sources, GM was served with the first wrongful-death suit involving two fatalities in a 2006 car crash. GM recalled 1.6 million vehicles in February.

Plaintiff Cobalt Death Claims

Megan Phillips, aged 17, was driving a 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt with two friends in Wisconsin when the ignition switch moved to the “accessory” position and cut power to the car. The Cobalt hit a telephone junction box and two trees and the air bags didn’t deploy. Phillips was seriously injured and her two passengers were killed.

March 29, 2014

AndroGel Testosterone Lawsuits Heading to Illinois MDL?

by Dr. Shezad Malik

More 30 AndroGel lawsuits filed in Northern District of Illinois federal court will be centralized before U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly. The testosterone injury lawsuits allege that men suffered heart attacks, strokes and blood clots that were caused by side effects of the testosterone treatment.

The Executive Committee in the Northern District of Illinois on March 14, ordered that the federal cases will be assigned to Judge Kennelly for consolidated pretrial proceedings. This pre-trial consolidation is typically seen in mass tort pharmaceutical litigation. This means that nationwide federal consolidation in a multidistrict ligation (MDL) cannot be far behind and more likely than not the nationwide testosterone cases will end up in Chicago, Illinois.

March 28, 2014

General Motors Knew About Cobalt Ignition Defects for Years

by Dr. Shezad Malik

According to a New York Times investigation, the engineers at General Motors knew about a dangerous and faulty ignition switch back in 2009. At a meeting on May 15, 2009, they knew that data in the black boxes of Chevrolet Cobalts confirmed a potentially fatal defect existed in thousands of cars.

According to legal documents, G.M. told the families of accident victims and other customers that it did not have enough evidence of any defect in their cars. In February, G.M. recalled 1.6 million Cobalts and other models, saying that if the switch was bumped or weighed down it could shut off the engine’s power and disable air bags.

G.M. Denied Liability Repeatedly