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Defective 3M Earplugs Caused Hearing Damage in Service Members

More former U.S. service members continue coming forward over defective 3M earplugs causing significant permanent hearing damage. They allege that the manufacturer deliberately withheld information about the earplugs’ problems from the U.S. government and service members to safeguard profits at the risk of those laying down their lives for our nation.William Peek and Jared...

Monsanto MDL Trial to Allow Roundup Regulatory Manipulation Evidence

The District Judge overseeing the federal Roundup cancer litigation rejected Monsanto’s bid to exclude compelling evidence of Roundup regulatory manipulation during the first phase of the trial set to begin next month, ruling that Bayer’s agrochemical unit's blatant manipulation of regulators and scientific studies was “super relevant” to the underlying question of whether the...

Military Earplug Hearing Loss Lawsuit Possible Consolidation

Former military service members continue to come forward to hold 3M accountable for military earplug hearing loss. Consequently, a request for centralization of the federal litigation for pretrial proceedings before one District Judge is now pending.Currently, there are at least eight product liability lawsuits over permanent earplug hearing loss. The lawsuits against 3M Company...

J&J Pushes Back Against $245M Defective Metal Hip Judgement

By Emily Cox Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Orthopaedics unit are fighting a $245 million metal hip judgement over dangerously defective hip implants, telling a Texas federal judge Wednesday that the injured plaintiffs failed to prove portions of their claims.J&J and DePuy filed three separate motions Wednesday, asking District Judge Ed Kinkeade to overturn...

Zostavax Lawsuits Continue to Mount

Zostavax lawsuits continue to flood the nation’s court systems as more individuals discover that the manufacturer continued marketing and selling the defective shingles vaccine despite knowing that it could cause serious injuries.Marian and Richard Pearson filed the lawsuit earlier this month in the Western District of Louisiana.According to the complaint, Marian Pearson received the...

Valsartan Lawsuit Requests Class Action Status Over Recall

A new valsartan lawsuit is seeking class action status over recalled pills from numerous manufacturers who sold and distributed generic versions of the hypertension drug that were contaminated with carcinogenic impurities.James Jones filed the complaint in the Eastern District of Missouri on September 11. According to the valsartan lawsuit, putative class members paid full...

Invokamet Genital Infection Results in Scrotum Amputation

In the wake of recent FDA warnings about the risk of flesh-eating infections from Invokana and similar diabetes drugs, a man is coming forward to take manufacturers to task for an Invokamet genital infection that ended in partial scrotum amputation.Lee Letourneau filed the complaint in the District of New Jersey earlier this month. He...

Attune Knee Manufacturers Conspired to Hide Dangers

A new lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Orthopaedics subsidiary over their proprietary knee implants causing permanently debilitating injuries alleges that the Attune knee manufacturers actively conspired to conceal the device’s significant safety issues and defects.David Love filed the complaint against the Attune knee manufacturers earlier this month in the Western District...

Essure Lawsuits Continue to Skyrocket

Bayer Healthcare recently updated investors on the status of the rapidly escalating litigation over its permanent birth control device causing debilitating and often irreparable injuries, indicating that there are now nearly 17,000 Essure lawsuits pending in the nation’s court system and the flood isn’t expected to slow anytime soon.Essure is a permanent form of...

J&J Hid Attune Knee Defects to Protect Profits

A new lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Synthes subsidiary indicates that the companies hid substantial Attune knee defects to maximize profits at the cost of patient health.Derrick Pearson filed the complaint August 8 in the Northern District of Texas. He alleges that the companies knew that the DePuy Attune knee was...