Category Archives: Products Liability
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Mass torts — cases in which a large number of individuals suffer harm due to a single instance of negligence — present numerous legal and administrative issues. In order to handle these cases quickly, efficiently and fairly, courts must be ready to adapt by creating systems that promote the uniform and equitable resolution of such… Read More »
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As far back as 2007, Johnson & Johnson had been warned by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to discontinue marketing its Gynecare Prolift® transvaginal mesh (TVM) implant. The vaginal mesh is a device used to treat stress incontinence. Women who have this condition must contend with involuntarily bladder leakage brought about by weak uterine… Read More »
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Doctors and attorneys across the nation are warning patients about a link between taking the diabetes drug Actos and the development of bladder cancer. Although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Actos for the treatment of diabetes in 1999, pre-approval studies found that a correlation between Actos and bladder cancer existed in lab… Read More »
