With thousands of lawsuits involving testosterone products currently pending, eight of those cases have now been selected by a federal judge for early trials. Known as bellwether trials, these first lawsuits may provide insight into how juries will react to evidence and testimony in the... Read More

An increasing number of patients have filed product liability lawsuits regarding the alleged defects of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters, which are designed to capture blood clots as they pass by in the bloodstream. Although the IVC filters are intended to prevent complications in patients... Read More

A recently filed lawsuit is alleging that the dangers of talcum powder are far more serious than most consumers realize and that the makers of talc-based personal products intentionally withheld knowledge of the risk of cancer posed to women using them and marketed them in... Read More

A Tennessee teen has prevailed against drug giant Johnson & Johnson (J & J) and its Janssen unit, receiving a jury verdict in his favor and an award of $70 million in a Risperdal gynecomastia lawsuit. The jurors in the case found that officials from... Read More

The tally of talcum powder lawsuits filed against Johnson & Johnson has again grown with yet another case having been filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California earlier this month. The plaintiff alleges that decades of using the company's Baby Powder... Read More

A plaintiff alleges long-term use of the heartburn drug Nexium led to kidney failure and the need for dialysis and a kidney transplant. The plaintiff took Nexium for nearly five years before being diagnosed with interstitial nephritis, a condition that causes inflammation of the kidneys... Read More

A Louisiana woman filed suit on June 17,  alleging that her use of breast cancer drug Taxotere (docetaxel) resulted in permanent alopecia, or a total failure of her hair to regrow following treatment with the medication. According to the complaint, drug maker Sanofi-Aventis failed in... Read More

Hundreds of IVC filter lawsuits alleging defective design, misrepresentation in marketing, and failure to warn have been leveled against Cook Medical since 2013. The complaints center around problems with the company’s inferior vena cava filters, small cage-like devices which are designed to prevent the development... Read More