Jacky is a long-time contributor to Injury Lawyer News who believes that education is a powerful tool. She hopes to empower readers with knowledge about the pharmaceutical industry so that they may become their own best advocates.
The multidistrict litigation (MDL) proceeding against Johnson & Johnson with regard to its talcum powder products has just added a new product liability lawsuit. Plaintiff Sheryl J. Lambie joins more than 12,000 other talc powder lawsuits pending against the defendants in courts around the country.... Read More
Plaintiff Patricia Schmitz alleged in her product liability lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and Colgate that the defendants’ talcum powder products resulted in her development of mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer. Earlier in June, a California jury agreed with Ms. Schmitz and ordered the... Read More
Plaintiff Donna Olson, 66, alleged that years of breathing in particles of talc powder manufactured by Johnson & Johnson resulted in her development of mesothelioma, a rare lung cancer caused by asbestos exposure. Jurors in New York agreed with the plaintiff and ordered the defendants... Read More
Johnson & Johnson’s Chief Executive Officer, Alex Gorsky, recently refused to testify before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee hearing regarding the presence of cancer-causing asbestos in its products. The hearing was held on December 10, 2019, by the House Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer... Read More
Thousands of plaintiffs who suffered complications from Johnson & Johnson’s metal-on-metal hip implants have agreed to a substantial settlement deal. The defendants agreed to pay roughly $1 billion to settle more than 95 percent of 6,000 product liability lawsuits. That total includes the payout from... Read More
An explosive report from Reuters alleges that for decades, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not only known about the presence of cancer-causing asbestos in Johnson & Johnson’s talc powder products, but has also declined to take action to ensure the safety of... Read More
All transvaginal mesh manufacturers in the U.S. have been ordered to cease selling and distributing their products within the U.S. effective April 16, 2019. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took this drastic step after undertaking an escalating number of safety initiatives following a... Read More
As more patients become aware of the potential complications associated with proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), there have been an increasing number of lawsuits filed against the drug manufacturers. Currently, there are more than 8,400 lawsuits pending regarding the serious complications Nexium, Prilosec, Protonix, Prevacid, and... Read More
