In mid-May, a Louisiana man filed suit claiming that the side effects of Invokana (canagliflozin) resulted in a series of sores and infections that ultimately led to his left foot being amputated. The suit charges Invokana’s manufacturers, Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals,... Read More

Another product liability lawsuit was joined to the multidistrict litigation (MDL) that is proceeding in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. On May 2, 2018, Ericka Jones-George filed a complaint that alleges she developed severe complications after her doctor implanted... Read More

A New Jersey jury recently ordered C.R. Bard to pay a total of $68 million in damages as a result of the complications suffered by a woman who had two of the company’s products, an Avaulta Solo mesh, and an Align Transobturator, implanted in March... Read More

A New Jersey couple was awarded $117 million in punitive and compensatory damages from drug maker Johnson & Johnson and talc company Imerys SA, in a suit where the husband alleged he had developed the deadly cancer mesothelioma after inhaling Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder-based... Read More

Sherr-Una Booker alleged that a Bard G2 vena cava filter was defective, as it had tilted, migrated, and fractured while inside her inferior vena cava. She filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer, C.R. Bard, stating that the defendant should be held liable for her losses.... Read More

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