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Suboxone Statute of Limitations
May 16, 2024. By Jane Mundy.
Santa Clara, CA June 2024 marks the two-year anniversary of Suboxone’s statute of limitations deadlines and lawyers predict thousands more Suboxone tooth decay lawsuits will be filed against Indivior Inc., mainly failure to warn about the risk of dental injuries. It is crucial to file a lawsuit against Indivior or other defendants before the statute of limitations passes. If not, plaintiffs may be unable to proceed with a case.
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Ozempic and Wegovy Linked to Aspiration Pneumonia
May 15, 2024. By Jane Mundy.
Los Angeles, CA Patients who have undergone surgeries and endoscopies and taking weight-loss Ozempic, Wegovy and other GLP-1 medications risk aspiration pneumonia. A study conducted by researchers in California found that patients who underwent the procedure were 33 percent more likely to suffer the complication, which can be life-threatening.
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Philips Settles Respirator Case for $1.1 Billion
May 9, 2024. By Jane Mundy.
Santa Clara, CA Philips Respironics has agreed to settle over 700 lawsuits for $1.1 billion. Since the massive 2021 recall of its faulty breathing machines and ventilators that released toxic and carcinogenic fumes into customers’ mouths, throats and lungs, more than 50,000 people have been involved in the litigation.
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Surgeons Warned to Stop Using Synovo Total Hip Implants
April 24, 2024. By Anne Wallace.
Silver Spring, MD On January 3, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an updated advisory to medical professionals warning them not to purchase or implant, and to remove from their inventory all Synovo Total Hip Systems because the devices have been substantially modified since their initial 1991 approval. The gathering storm of Synovo hip failure lawsuits is only a part of the larger picture of hip implant litigation that now also involves devices manufactured by Exactech, Smith & Nephew, Stryker, and Zimmer.
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Bard PowerPort Bellwether Trial Process on Time
April 19, 2024. By Jane Mundy.
Santa Clara, CA U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell has said that the Bard PowerPort lawsuit selections will go ahead as scheduled, despite the manufacturer arguing to delay the bellwether process. Judge Campbell is presiding over all Bard PowerPort fracture and migration lawsuits filed in federal courts nationwide.
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Ozempic Babies, Another Side Effect
April 17, 2024. By Jane Mundy.
Santa Clara, CA Women on birth control or presumed to be infertile have been reporting surprise pregnancies while on Ozempic and similar medications. Referred to as “Ozempic Babies”, they add to increasing concern over the side effects of these diabetes and weight-loss drugs. Healthcare professionals, seeing an association between these medications and unexpected pregnancy on birth control, are warning that these drugs may decrease the effectiveness of oral contraception.
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Exactech Defective Hip Implant MDL Takes Shape
March 25, 2024. By Anne Wallace.
Brooklyn, NY As of March 2024, 1,244 defective, ankle, knee and hip implant lawsuits were pending in multidistrict litigation in the Eastern District of New York. Although no trials or settlements have yet occurred, some speculate that individual hip plaintiffs may ultimately expect to recover as much as $300,000.
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Ozempic MDL and Semaglutide Update
March 15, 2024. By Jane Mundy.
Philadelphia, PA Fifty-five Ozempic and similar weight loss drug lawsuits have been centralized in Eastern Pennsylvania, with U.S. District Judge Gene E.K. Pratter at the helm of the MDL and scheduled to commence March 14 at the first status conference. The litigation claims that Novo Nordisk's Ozempic, Wegovy and Rybelsus and Eli Lilly's Mounjaro and Trulicity cause gastroparesis and other serious gastrointestinal injuries, and the companies failed to warn patients about the risks associated with GLP-1 receptor agonist medications.
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Lawsuits Allege Ozempic Caused Gastroparesis; Do You Have A Claim?
March 8, 2024. By Jane Mundy.
New York, NY As the demand for Ozempic and other semaglutide weight-loss drugs increases, more serious side effects such as stomach paralysis are being reported to medical professionals, the FDA, and attorneys.
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Chicago Hospital Settles Class Action for $55M
February 22, 2024. By Jane Mundy.
Evanston, IL NorthShore University Health System has agreed to pay $55 million to settle a federal consumer class action lawsuit that was filed back in 2007. The settlement ends 16 years of litigation over its merger with another hospital that allegedly allowed NorthShore to illegally monopolize the market and unfairly raise prices on patients.
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- Suboxone maker Indivior in Trouble with the Law Again By Jane Mundy (Feb-16-24)
- New York MDL Consolidates Growing Number of Exactech Defective Hip Implant Lawsuits By Anne Wallace (Feb-9-24)
- Weight Loss Drugmakers Face Stomach Paralysis Lawsuits By Jane Mundy (Jan-27-24)
- Problems with Philips CPAP Replacement Machines By Jane Mundy (Jan-10-24)
- Navigating Legal Challenges Faced by People With Cerebral Palsy By LAS Staff Writer (Dec-18-23)
- Exactech Hip Recall Attorney Weighs In By Jane Mundy (Nov-30-23)
- Bard to Pay $500,000 in Third Bellwether Trial By Jane Mundy (Nov-25-23)
- Attorney Discusses Bard Power Port Failures and Lawsuits By Jane Mundy (Nov-2-23)
- Exactech Implants Worn Out Before Their Time By Jane Mundy (Oct-31-23)
- Philips Cuts Deal with Owners of Recalled CPAP Machines and Lawsuit Claims FDA Fails CPAP Users By Jane Mundy (Oct-9-23)
- Experienced Birth Injury Attorneys Discuss Lawsuits and Settlements By Jane Mundy (Sep-23-23)
- New FDA Hernia Mesh Information and its Flawed 501(k) Process By Jane Mundy (Sep-6-23)
- Philips’ Objections Over CPAP Lawsuits and Another Obstacle By Jane Mundy (Aug-21-23)
- Hernia Mesh Updates: Bard Trial and FDA’s Pros and Cons By Jane Mundy (Jul-25-23)
- Plaintiff Alleges Surgical Mesh “Traumatizing” By Jane Mundy (Jun-26-23)
- CPAP Lawsuit Spike Linked to Statute of Limitations By Jane Mundy (Jun-21-23)
- Philips CPAP Recall and Test Results Update By Jane Mundy (May-24-23)
- Chicago's Healthcare Landscape: Legal Considerations for Providers and Patients By LAS Staff Writer (May-22-23)
- Trial Set for Bard Hernia Mesh Lawsuit By Jane Mundy (Apr-14-23)
- CPAP Sleep Machine Recall Update By Jane Mundy (Apr-5-23)
- In Utah Nonpatients Can Sue for Medical Malpractice (Sometimes) By Anne Wallace (Feb-7-23)
- Another Philips CPAP Cancer Lawsuit By Jane Mundy (Jan-18-23)
- Filing a Bair Hugger Lawsuit: Attorney Weighs In By Jane Mundy (Jan-3-23)
- Jury Awards Idaho Man $7.96 Million in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit By Anne Wallace (Dec-29-22)
- CPAP Recall Gone Wrong Nearing Settlement with Philips and Justice Department By Jane Mundy (Dec-14-22)
- Last-Ditch Effort for 3M Bair Hugger Appeal By Jane Mundy (Oct-4-22)
- Two More Philips CPAP Sleep Machine Recalls By Jane Mundy (Sep-9-22)
- Emergency Departments Still Overcharging Patients, Lawsuit Filed By Jane Mundy (Aug-18-22)
- Lawsuit: Philips Knew CPAP Sleep Machines Link to Cancer By Jane Mundy (Jul-28-22)
- Abbott Formula and ‘Absurd’ Loophole By Jane Mundy (Jul-25-22)
- Former Head of Third-Party Billing Company on trial for Health Care Fraud By Anne Wallace (Jul-21-22)
- Increased Emergency Room Charges Loom for Patients at Critical Access Hospitals By Anne Wallace (Jul-5-22)
- Philips CPAP Machines – More Wrongful Death Lawsuits? By Jane Mundy (May-27-22)
- Bard v. Milanesi Good News for Hernia Mesh Victims By Jane Mundy (May-17-22)
- Two Open-Heart Surgery Outcomes Involving Stockert 3T Heater-Cooler System By Jane Mundy (Apr-29-22)
- Medical Device Suppliers Hit Philips Respironics with Class Action By Jane Mundy (Apr-21-22)
- More Hospital Overcharges Lawsuits against TeamHealth “Cartel” By Jane Mundy (Apr-6-22)
- Exactech Lawsuits Claim Defective Hip Implant By Jane Mundy (Apr-1-22)
- UnitedHealthcare Cites Upcoding Fraud in Lawsuit against Emergency Room Staffing Company By Anne Wallace (Mar-9-22)
- Stockert 3T Heater Cooler System and the FDA By Jane Mundy (Mar-8-22)