Category: Legal Case Updates
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Sprint Fidelis Litigation Update: 225 Lawsuits Filed In State Courts And Federal MDL As Of June 2008
Medtronic Wants Court To Reject All Injury And Death Cases Based On Riegel Preemption Ruling; Federal MDL Motion To Dismiss Hearing Scheduled For November 2008 (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) A July 3,…
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Newly Introduced Legislation Would Protect Legal Rights of Patients Harmed By Defective Medical Devices
Bills Sponsored By Waxman And Pallone In The House As Well As Kennedy And Leahy In The Senate Would Right The Wrong Of Riegel Decision By U.S. Supreme Court (Posted by Tom Lamb at…
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Court’s Riegel Preemption Ruling Would Be Negated With Bill Sponsored By Democrats In Congress
New Legislation Would Permit U.S. Patients To Sue Medical Device Companies If Product Caused Harm (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In the first part of June 2008 we learned that Representative Frank Pallone…
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April 2008 Accutane Trial In New Jersey Ends With Plaintiff Verdict
Utah Woman Developed Inflammatory Bowel Disease After Using This Hoffman-LaRoche Drug (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) _____________________________________________________________________ Update: Roche Wins Reversal of $10.5 Million Accutane Verdict in New Jersey Case By Jef Feeley…
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Ortho Evra, Preemption, And The New York Times: Another Drug Company Response Letter
And, We Learn About More Of Merck’s Vioxx Shenanigans — Another Benefit Of Pharmaceutical Product Liability Litigation (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) For the second time in as many weeks, it was the…
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Ortho-McNeil’s Response To April 2008 NYT Article About Ortho Evra And FDA / Federal Preemption
New York Times Reporters Gardiner Harris and Alex Berenson Bring Attention To How This Emerging Legal Issue Would Affect Drug Injury Cases (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) To our pleasant surprise, we saw…
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Zyprexa And Diabetes: Is This A Tale Of Company Greed Coupled With FDA Failure?
Alaska v. Eli Lilly Trial: Focus Is On What Was Known About This Alleged Side Effect, And When They Knew It (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) News reports about the case Alaska v.…
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Issue: Should We Be Prohibited From Filing Product Liability Lawsuits Against Medical Device Manufacturers And Pharmaceutical Companies?
Opinion: Patient Lawsuits Are A Significant Incentive For These Manufacturers And Companies To Ensure That Their Products Are Safe For Use By American Patients (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) First of all, I…