Dawn Snyder is an attorney as well as a regular contributor at Injury Lawyer News. Her special areas of interest include the relationship between the FDA and the pharmaceutical companies, circumstances surrounding voluntary recalls, and the settlement process.
The plaintiffs in hundreds of Zoloft birth defect lawsuits pending in a federal multidistrict litigation (MDL) have been granted a second chance to strengthen their claims. On January 7, 2015, Judge Cynthia M. Rufe, the judge presiding over the Zoloft MDL in the United States... Read More
A Louisiana man has filed a Risperdal lawsuit over male breast growth (gynecomastia). The plaintiff filed the complaint against Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Johnson & Johnson, and Janssen Research and Development LLC, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (Shreveport Division). Hundreds... Read More
Over the past year, news reports have brought attention to cancer risks that are increased by power morcellation with hysterectomy procedures. But gaining less attention is the risk that the procedure may spread other benign, but still life-disrupting, uterine diseases. Earlier this year, Obstetrics &... Read More
A Mirena IUD lawsuit filed in the Southern District of Illinois was recently added to the Mirena multi-district litigation (MDL) pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The case joins more than 1,000 lawsuits pending against Bayer Healthcare... Read More
A recent case management order in the Effexor multidistrict litigation has set a schedule to move cases toward the first round of trials. In the November 18, 2014, order, Judge Cynthia Rufe of the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, directed that fourteen bellwether... Read More
According to the federal district court judge in Florida who is presiding over a DePuy hip implant lawsuit, the case must be sent back to the state court because it includes a non-diverse defendant. Earlier this month, Judge Moody of the U.S. District Court for... Read More
Thousands of women have filed lawsuits against Bayer, maker of the Mirena hormonal intrauterine device, over undisclosed IUD risks. A study recently published by the American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology examines whether age is a factor in the expulsion of hormonal versus copper IUDs. It... Read More
On June 25, 2014, a Corpus Christi, Texas widow filed a federal Granuflo metabolic alkalosis lawsuit against the makers and distributors of Granuflo. The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. On September 4, 2014, the case... Read More
