December 28, 2020 — “The Court selected certain Plaintiffs to proceed with discovery in preparation for the fourth bellwether trial.” Reference: “United States District Court.” MDL – 2740 Taxotere (Docetaxel) Products Liability Litigation | Eastern District of Louisiana | United States District Court, 28 Dec. 2020, www.laed.uscourts.gov/case-information/mdl-mass-class-action/taxotere
Continue ReadingDecember 19, 2020 – Space Force revealed they will be called “Guardians.” Space Force ranks have grown to approximately 4000 members and two Air Force stations in Florida were redesignated as Space Force facilities earlier this month. Reference: Schwartz, Matthew, “Space Force Members Will Be Called ‘Guardians’, National Public Radio, Dec. 19, 2020, https://www.npr.org/2020/12/19/948375055/space-force-members-will-be-called-guardians
Continue ReadingDecember 10, 2020 – Veterans were improperly denied benefits because they could not see a doctor during the pandemic. This article states, “The VA has been trying to clear away its backlog of benefits claims for years. Designed to speed up the process, the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017 went into effect fully last year. According...
Continue ReadingMarch 30, 2018 – An Arizona jury unanimously ruled in favor of Plaintiff who claimed that she suffered injuries after receiving a G2 IVC filter device which later fractured in her body. Visit our IVC filter lawsuit page for more information. Please don’t hesitate to call us today if you think you need help with a similar case. References:...
Continue ReadingApril 13, 2018 – A day after a jury awarded Plaintiff and her husband $33 million in compensatory damages, the same jury found that an additional $35 million in punitive damages was warranted because Bard “acted maliciously or in wanton and willful disregard of the rights” of Plaintiff. Visit our IVC filter lawsuit page for more information. Please don’t...
Continue ReadingMay 24, 2018 – A Texas jury awarded a firefighter $1.2 million after finding that Cook should have properly warned the man’s surgeon of the risks of its IVC filter after it caused debilitating injuries. Visit our IVC filter lawsuit page for more information. Please don’t hesitate to call us today if you think you need help with a...
Continue ReadingNovember 2019 – A jury in Philadelphia awarded more than $33 million to a woman who was injured as a result of a defectively designed blood filter. Visit our IVC filter lawsuit page for more information. Please don’t hesitate to call us today if you think you need help with a similar case. References: Mitchell, Max. “Philadelphia Jury Awards...
Continue ReadingJanuary 6, 2020 – In the final of three bellwether trials held in the Southern Indiana District Court against Cook Medical IVC filter devices, a jury awards the plaintiff $3 million. Visit our IVC filter lawsuit page for more information. Please don’t hesitate to call us today if you think you need help with a similar case. Reference: “In...
Continue ReadingNovember 2020 – Lawsuits against C.R. Bard and Cook Medical’s claim that devices were defective. This defect makes it more likely to fracture or perforate the inferior vena cava. Visit our IVC filter lawsuit page for more information. Please don’t hesitate to call us today if you think you need help with a similar case. References: Turner, Terry. “IVC...
Continue ReadingMay 25, 2016 – Johnson & Johnson issued an “Urgent Field Safety Notice” to warn of the higher instances of hernia recurrence and revision surgery needed from the Ethicon Physiomesh Composite Mesh. This served as a voluntary recall of all unused products. However, in the U.S., this was categorized as a “market withdrawal”, not a “recall”. References https://www.moph.gov.lb/userfiles/files/Medical%20Devices/Medical%20Devices%20Recalls%202016/8-6-2016/ETHICONPHYSIOMESH%E2%84%A2FlexibleCompositeMesh.pdf.
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