Propecia Bellwether Trials Set for October 2016
While the pattern baldness drug Propecia has generated about $400 a year for Merck, a growing number of men have suffered serious side effects, including genital shrinkage and sexual dysfunction that continued after treatment stopped. According to the latest multidistrict litigation statistics report published in November 2014, 742 Propecia lawsuits have been consolidated before...
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Androgel Litigation Update: Testosterone Replacement Therapy Plaintiffs Growing In Number
January 2015 Update: More than 620 men have filed testosterone lawsuits against the makers of Androgel, Axiron, and other testosterone gels. The lawsuits have been consolidated into multidistrict litigation in the Northern District of Illinois (In re: Testosterone Replacement Therapy Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2545 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern...
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New Mexico Jury Awards $165 Million to Fedex Crash Victims' Family
A Santa Fe, New Mexico Jury awarded a record $165 Million verdict on Friday to the family of a woman who was struck by a FedEx big-rig truck. Mariali Venegas, 22, of El Paso, Texas woman was tragically killed on June 22, 2011. Venegas' 4-year-old daughter also was killed, along with FedEx driver Elizabeth...
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Brain Injuries In the Spotlight Again as Former WWE Wrestlers File Lawsuit
Yesterday, CNN reported that Evan Singleton and Vito LoGrasso, two former World Wrestling Entertainment wrestlers, have filed a lawsuit against their former employer, asserting the organization knowingly subjected them to the dangers of potential brain damage from concussions and repeated blows to the head. The suit was filed January 16th, and seeks damages to...
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