The US Supreme Court has just heard arguments in Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. v. Bartlett, a dangerous drug lawsuit involving a woman who was awarded $21 million verdict for serious injuries she sustained after taking the generic version of the drug Clinoril. The plaintiff, Karen L. Bartlett, developed Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and…
A tougher warning instituted by the US Food and Drug Administration this week cautions that azithromycin, a commonly prescribed antibiotic, most certainly can cause modifications to the heart’s electrical activity, which can cause some users to develop a deadly irregular heart rhythm. The federal agency had modified the drug’s warning…
A California jury ruled on March 8, 2013 that DePuy Orthopaedics knowingly produced and marketed a defective hip replacement device known as the DePuy ASR™ Hip Resurfacing System. The basis of the verdict was that DePuy (a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson) failed to warn consumers of the dangerous effects…
Loren Kransky was awarded $8.3 million in a court settlement with Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. for injuries, expenses, and damages he encountered relative to the DePuy ASR™ XL metal-on-metal hip replacement he received in 2007. This is the first of over 10,000 lawsuits that have…
A 32-year-old woman who had to have her arm amputated has filed a Yaz blood clot lawsuit against Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals. She developed blood clots after taking the Yaz birth control pill. The woman, who has a daughter, age 4, started using Yaz in 2007 and continued to do so…
A federal jury wants Merck & Co. to pay $285,000 in the drug injury case filed by a plaintiff who contends that the manufacturer did not warn her doctors about the risks involved with taking Fosamax. However, the jury did not agree with Rhoda Scheinberg’s contention that the osteoporosis drug…
With another Avaulta transvaginal mesh injury trial against C.R. Bard scheduled for trial this month, women and defective medical devices attorneys all over the US will be watching to see what happens. Unfortunately, for what maybe thousands of women, the injuries caused to them by a Bard Avaulta TVM product…
A Plymouth, Massachusetts jury has awarded the family of Samantha Reckis $63 million dangerous drug verdict for the severe allergic reaction she experienced from taking Johnson & Johnson’s Children’s Motrin 10 years ago. Samantha T. Reckis was just 7 when she developed Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN).If the trial judge upholds…
A judge has determined that no errors of law were made in the $10M dangerous drug verdict that was awarded to the family of Brianna Maya. The girl, then 3, reportedly showed symptoms of Stevens-Johnson syndrome after taking Children’s Tylenol and Children’s Motrin for a fever. Maya was hospitalized after…
At Altman & Altman, LLP, our hip implant defect lawyers represent clients throughout the US that have been injured because of faulty or dangerous medical devices. One of these devices, the Stryker Rejuvenate hip replacement system, is causing many patients post-implant complications. Unlike many of the other hip replacement devices…