seroquel is the top selling antipsychotic drug in the united states. seroquel is the eighth bestselling drug in the world with more than 4 billion in sales last year. but attorneys generals in pennsylvania montana and arkansas contend that seroquels rise was the result of an illegal marketing campaign designed to promote the powerful drug for unapproved uses including to some of our most vulnera...
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there has been evidence since 2002 that drugs in seroquels class caused a 3.34 times greater risk of diabetes than other antipsychotic drugs which is what seroquel is supposed to be prescribed for in the first place. in september 2003 the fda began mandating seroquel patients are at great risk for type 2 diabetes. the seroquel diabetes class action lawsuit alleges that seroquels manufacturer k...
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our lawyers are now investigating potential spiriva handihaler lawsuits after the journal of the american medical association underscoring long held concerns reported that spiriva handihaler users may face increased risk of heart attacks or strokes and other cardiac problems. the spiriva handihaler generic tiotropium bromide inhalation powder is an inhaler drug used by millions of people with em...
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last month the judicial panel on multidistrict litigation jpmdl created mdl for the 11 nuvaring lawsuits pending in federal court. discovery for federal nuvaring lawsuits both pending and future will be centralized for discovery purposes in the eastern district of missouri before judge rodney w. sippel. more nuvaring lawsuits are pending in new jersey after plaintiffs defeated defendants effo...
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these are some personal injury related links from around the country this week the burlington times news has an article about north carolinas decision to require north carolina doctors to report all medical malpractice payments greater than 25000.00. these results will be released to the public. the article notes that only 4 of the doctors in north carolina in the last seven years have made mal...
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on monday the montana supreme court ruled in a 52 decision that a fathers wrongful death medical malpractice claim on behalf of his 16 year old son was timebarred. in runstrom v. allen the plaintiff son sustained a broken femur in an atv accident i wonder if was a yahama rhino atv which has been the subject of numerous lawsuits around the country. the ambulance took him to the emergency room in g...
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the california 2nd court of appeals issued an interesting opinion addressing the question of just how much of a plaintiffs personal life is fair game on crossexamination in winfred d. v. michelin north america. random comment can we all use first names in cases where there are the remotest of privacy issues in question like this court does if you are killed and your family brings a wrongful de...
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a new york times article yesterday on the zimmer durom cups problems underscores the postmarket surveillance problem with drugs and medical devices pointing to the zimmer durom cup problems that have led to zimmer recalling their hip replacement component. this is a zimmer fault they should have a system of tracking and honestly responding to reports of problems with their hip replacement compone...
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medical malpractice victims suffered a setback in kentucky last week when the supreme court of kentucky reversed the kentucky court of appeals ruling adopting the lost or diminished chance of recovery in medical malpractice cases in kemper v. gordon. this defense verdict was however reversed on other grounds because the trial court erred in excluding evidence that an expert has reached the opposi...
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oklahoma governor brad henry vetoed a bill yesterday that required oklahoma lawyers representing medical malpractice victims to obtain certificates of legal merit from a medical doctor before filing a malpractice lawsuit citing an oklahoma supreme court ruling that requiring a certificate of merit is unconstitutional. when bringing a medical malpractice action in most jurisdictions a medical malpr...
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