Author: djcmtas
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JPML ASKED TO CONSOLIDATE, PICK VENUE FOR PARAQUAT SUITS
Two of the plaintiffs among those who have filed at least 14 federal lawsuits accusing Syngenta and Chevron of selling the herbicide paraquat despite knowing it causes Parkinson’s disease have asked the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to consolidate the cases for pretrial proceedings. The lawsuits are spread across six different federal district courts, and…
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3rd Circ. Revives LivaNova Bacteria Exposure Suit
The Third Circuit revived a heart surgery patient’s suit against the former Sorin Group USA over claims that its heating-cooling device put him at risk of contracting bacterial infections, saying a lower court’s dismissal wrongly kept him from proceeding with his allegations in any court. Last year, the lower court tossed plaintiff Kyle Hamer’s case…
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Rare Blood Clots Prompt Pause Of J&J COVID Vaccine
Federal health officials on Tuesday recommended a pause in the administration of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine pending a review of six U.S. cases of rare and serious blood clots among more than 6.8 million Americans who received the vaccine. The blood clot condition is called cerebral venous sinus thrombosis and appeared in the…
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Outdated Experts Doom Suit Tying Diabetes Drug To Cancer
A Los Angeles judge has thrown out more than 500 claims in a coordinated proceeding alleging that diabetes drugs made by Novo Nordisk, Merck, Eli Lilly and Amylin Pharmaceuticals cause pancreatic cancer, saying the plaintiffs’ experts failed to take into account all the available scientific literature on the subject. In a 42-page ruling filed Tuesday,…
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Smoker’s Widow Asks Fla. High Court To Revive $5M Award
A smoker’s widow asked the Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday to reinstate a $5 million punitive damages award against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., arguing that a law limiting punitive damages does not apply because the cause of action predates the 1999 law. David Sales, who represents widow Mary Sheffield, told the justices in oral argument…
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FIRST TRIAL FOR 3M EARPLUGS HEARING LOSS UNDER WAY
When Staff Sgt. Benjamin Butler deployed to Afghanistan in 2012, he remembers the distinct green-and-yellow earplugs the Army issued to him as being uncomfortable and not blocking the sounds of aircraft and artillery the way they should have. He later developed premature hearing loss on one side and a ringing in his ears known as…
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Consumers Say Kraft Mac And Cheese Uses Harmful Chemical
The Kraft Heinz Co. was hit Tuesday with a proposed class action claiming the company has unlawfully failed to inform its customers that its boxed macaroni and cheese product could contain harmful chemicals that could cause adverse health effects if consumed. New York resident Gabrielle Stuve and Florida resident Jessica Nicodemo say that Chicago-based Kraft…
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Ga. Talc Co. Says Strict Liability Claims Over Cancer Too Late
A Georgia company that manufactured Johnson & Johnson talcum powder urged state appellate judges on Wednesday to dismiss as time-barred strict liability claims from a complaint alleging that the powder caused a Georgia woman’s ovarian cancer. PTI Royston LLC asked the Georgia Court of Appeals to reverse a state trial court’s decision refusing to dismiss…
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Business Groups Ask High Court To Review $2.1B J&J Verdict
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business organizations urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to review a Missouri jury’s $2.1 billion verdict against Johnson & Johnson after finding its talcum powder products gave 22 women ovarian cancer, saying the consolidation of such cases hampers defendants’ due process rights. In this injury litigation, in…
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IN THIS MEDICAL RESEARCH, THE PEOPLE ARE FAKE. BUT THE INNOVATIONS ARE REAL.
Medical researchers in Israel are using algorithms to take details from real-life data sets, scramble them, and piece them back together to create an artificial patient that largely mirrors a real patient. This helps scientists innovate new solutions without the risk of sharing a real person’s private and sensitive medical data. Read more at Wall…