On October 9, 2015, Skipanon Brand Seafoods LLC issued a voluntary recall of all of its seafood products due to potential contamination that could cause botulism. Skipanon provides canning services for other seafood companies, and 16 more recalls followed. Botulism is a potentially fatal form of food poisoning. Fortunately, there have been no … [Read more...]
IVC Filter Lawsuits on the Rise – Consolidated
A retrievable inferior vena cava (IVC) filter is a medical device used as an alternative to anticoagulant drugs in people who are at risk for pulmonary embolism (PE) but cannot use the drugs or for whom the drugs are ineffective. There are several ways in which an IVC filter can fail, including migration of the device or broken pieces of the device … [Read more...]
Power Morcellator Lawsuit Consolidation
On October 15, 2015, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) issued a transfer order consolidating 20 power morcellator personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits into multidistrict litigation (MDL) No. 2652 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas before Judge Kathryn H. Vratil. The number of cases included in the MDL … [Read more...]
Xarelto Injury Lawsuits
More than 1,900 Xarelto (rivaroxaban) lawsuits have been filed against Bayer and Johnson & Johnson (J&J), and the number is expected to pass 2,000 soon. A recently published study, funded by Bayer, concluded that Xarelto is safe. Several other studies, not funded by the drug maker, came to far less favorable conclusions. Xarelto can cause … [Read more...]
Zofran Birth Defect Lawsuits
There are over 60 lawsuits pending against GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), maker of Zofran (ondansetron), by the parents of babies who suffered birth defects after their mothers took the drug to relieve morning sickness during pregnancy. On October 13, 2015, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued a transfer order consolidating all … [Read more...]
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