Weight Loss Drug Pulled From Market After Being Linked to Cancer
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 ...
Smith & Nephew’s BHR Still Causing Injuries, Plaintiffs Allege
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 R...
Johnson and Johnson Recall Baby Powder
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...
FDA Calls Surgical Staplers and Staples Unsafe
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released reports detailing more than 56,000 medical malfunctions related to surgical staplers that were reported betw...
Recent Studies Show Harmful Effects of E-Cigarettes
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 ...
Johnson & Johnson’s History with “Safe” Levels of Asbestos in Their Baby Powder
The New Jersey state trial continues against Johnson & Johnson, with the pharmaceutical giant’s representative and former company toxicologist recently ta...
Allergan Breast Implants Recalled Due to Connection with Rare Lymphoma
Allergan, a pharmaceutical company based out of Dublin, Ireland, is initiating a worldwide recall of their Biocell textured breast implants and tissue expanders...
Roundup Verdict Cut from $80 Million to $25 Million
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,...
Covil Corp Found Responsible for Wrongful Death of Firestone Employee
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 c...
A $2 Billion Verdict Against Monsanto in Latest Roundup Trial
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 ...
