AndroGel drug maker AbbVie was ordered to pay both compensatory and punitive damages to an Oregon man who had a heart attack while taking the testosterone replacement medication AndroGel. The man, Jesse Mitchell, received compensatory damages of $200,000 and punitive damages of $3 million. AbbVie withheld... Read More

On March 9, four representative cases were chosen as the first to be tried in a series of bellwether trials regarding Sanofi-Aventis’s Taxotere (docetaxel). The drug manufacturer currently faces over 5,600 product liability cases alleging that the drug, prescribed for treatment of breast cancer, causes... Read More

The District Court hearing all the federal Mirena intrauterine device (IUD) claims against Bayer Healthcare plans to hold a “Science Day” in April, so that the court may hear expert scientific testimony on the link between birth control device Mirena and pseudotumor cerebri (PTC). PTC... Read More

On January 12, a New Jersey man brought a product liability suit against medical device manufacturer Zimmer Inc., alleging that the company’s Persona knee replacement is a defective and dangerous product. The Zimmer knee lawsuit further alleges that the company was negligent, and failed to... Read More

In early January, the number of Invokana claims pending in the Federal multidistrict litigation (MDL) rose higher than 1,000. The claims allege that Invokana caused patients prescribed it for treatment of diabetes to develop diabetic ketoacidosis, kidney failure and other injuries, and to undergo amputations.... Read More

A recent Pennsylvania court ruling on Risperdal lawsuits leaves drug manufacturer Johnson & Johnson open to claims for punitive damages. The lawsuits allege that the drug Risperdal caused men to grow breasts.The condition is known as gynecomastia. The cases will now be tried under New... Read More

Late December saw two events of significance regarding suits filed by patients against testosterone replacement therapy drug manufacturers. Eli Lilly Offers Testosterone Lawsuit Settlement In the first, drug maker Eli Lilly & Co. & Co. reached a global settlement in all cases pending against it... Read More

In mid-November, a federal jury found in favor of the plaintiffs who brought suit against Johnson & Johnson over injuries related to the company’s Pinnacle hip implants. The implants are manufactured by J&J’s DePuy Orthopaedics subsidiary. Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay $247 to... Read More