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Weight Loss Drug Pulled From Market After Being Linked to Cancer

Posted on: February 19, 2020. Category: Dangerous Drugs, Defective Products, In the News, Uncategorized

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The FDA recently issued a request for the manufacturer of the weight loss drug Belviq and Belviq XR (Lorcaserin) to be voluntarily pulled from the market after a safety clinical trial showed increased occurrences of cancer. In January of this year, the FDA announced that they would be reviewing the drug, as they had some …

Smith & Nephew’s BHR Still Causing Injuries, Plaintiffs Allege 

Posted on: December 16, 2019. Category: Defective Products, Product Liability

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Smith & Nephew was an early medical device company in the U.S. to obtain approval for their metal-on-metal hip replacement system named the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) system. The ‘pure’ BHR resurfacing hip surgery was soon adapted into the R3 Acetabular Total Hip Replacement (R3) system that placed a metal liner between the cup and …

Johnson and Johnson Recall Baby Powder

Posted on: November 20, 2019. Category: Civil Lawsuits, Defective Products

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On October 18, 2019, a single batch of baby powder made by Johnson and Johnson was voluntarily recalled. The FDA stated the product tested positive for asbestos, a known cancer-causing substance. In order to take “an abundance of caution”, J&J decided to recall 33,000 bottles of the product and handle damage control after. Johnson and …

FDA Calls Surgical Staplers and Staples Unsafe

Posted on: August 28, 2019. Category: Defective Products

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released reports detailing more than 56,000 medical malfunctions related to surgical staplers that were reported between 2011 and 2018. Many of these reports were not previously disclosed to physicians or the public. These reports detailed malfunctions related to various brands of medical grade surgical staplers. After analysis, the …

Recent Studies Show Harmful Effects of E-Cigarettes

Posted on: August 21, 2019. Category: Defective Products

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An increasing number of health studies and lawsuits have started to appear that raise concern about the use of electronic cigarettes – or e-cigarettes. While e-cigarettes, like the popular brand JUUL, were initially praised as a way to quit smoking or reduce some of the negative effects of traditional tobacco cigarettes, these electronic smoking devices …

Johnson & Johnson’s History with “Safe” Levels of Asbestos in Their Baby Powder

Posted on: July 31, 2019. Category: Defective Products

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The New Jersey state trial continues against Johnson & Johnson, with the pharmaceutical giant’s representative and former company toxicologist recently taking the stand. The company is facing lawsuits from four plaintiffs, all of whom have claimed that their development of mesothelioma can be attributed to their exposure to asbestos in J&J’s baby powder when they …

Allergan Breast Implants Recalled Due to Connection with Rare Lymphoma 

Posted on: July 29, 2019. Category: Defective Products

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Allergan, a pharmaceutical company based out of Dublin, Ireland, is initiating a worldwide recall of their Biocell textured breast implants and tissue expanders. An alarming amount of people who have had these implants have developed Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (BIA-ALCL), a rare type of lymphoma typically found in the scar tissue and fluid …

Roundup Verdict Cut from $80 Million to $25 Million

Posted on: July 26, 2019. Category: Defective Products

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On July 15, a federal district judge in San Francisco reduced the award Bayer and Monsanto Co. would have to pay a man who claimed that the popular weed killer, Roundup, caused his non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The California jury’s original verdict of $80.3 million would have been awarded to the plaintiff by the German company. However, …

Covil Corp Found Responsible for Wrongful Death of Firestone Employee

Posted on: May 23, 2019. Category: Defective Products, Wrongful Death

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A North Carolina jury has awarded Franklin Finch’s estate $32.7 million. Finch was a Firestone employee for 20 years, where he spent some of his time in the cure room working on replacement parts and tire molds supplied by Covil Corp. Unfortunately, these parts contained asbestos, and Finch was diagnosed with mesothelioma, which caused him …

A $2 Billion Verdict Against Monsanto in Latest Roundup Trial

Posted on: May 15, 2019. Category: Defective Products, Product Liability

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A California jury has sided with Alva and Alberta Pilliod of Livermore California in their lawsuit against the company Monsanto. They claimed that the extended use of Roundup, a popular weedkiller, played a key factor in the development of their Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The Pilliod’s say that they have been loyal customers to Monsanto, and have …

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