(Mass Tort News) Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman filed a wrongful death lawsuit today on behalf of a North Carolina couple who allege the Gardasil vaccine killed their 13-year-old son. Gardasil lawsuit attorneys Bijan Esfandiari, Michael L. Baum, Stephanie B. Sherman, and Monique Alarcon, along with co-counsel Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., filed the complaint for wrongful death … [Read more...] about Gardasil Vaccine Wrongful Death Claim Filed Versus Merck Over Death of 13 Year Old
Gardasil MDL 3606 Consolidated: U.S.D.C. Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr; Western District of North Carolina
Will Merck’s Bad Clinical Trial Conduct Be Revealed? by Mark A. York (Mass Tort News) The United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) on August 4, 2022 consolidated MDL 3036 related to Gardasil Vaccine claims, before U.S. District Court Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. of the Western District of North Carolina. The MDL is … [Read more...] about Gardasil MDL 3606 Consolidated: U.S.D.C. Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr; Western District of North Carolina
PHILIPS USA AND THE EMERGING CPAP LITIGATION: WHO AND WHAT IS PHILIPS N.V AND MDL 3014?
WHO AND WHAT IS PHILIPS N.V AND MDL 3014? Philips and it’s Philips USA entity, were formerly one of the largest electronics companies in the world, currently focused on the area of health technology, with non-healthcare divisions being divested. The sudden transition into becoming a healthcare conglomerate via corporate acquisitions may point to a reluctance to … [Read more...] about PHILIPS USA AND THE EMERGING CPAP LITIGATION: WHO AND WHAT IS PHILIPS N.V AND MDL 3014?
PARAQUAT MDL 3004 UPDATE
PARAQUAT PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATIONCase No. 3:21-md-3004-njr Chief Judge Nancy Rosenstengel US District Court, SD Illinois February 22, 2022 By Mark A. York (MASS TORT NEWS) Paraquat MDL 3004 Chief Judge Nancy Rosenstengel has scheduled the first bellwether trial to start on November 15, 2022. Subsequent trials have dates of March 13, 2023, … [Read more...] about PARAQUAT MDL 3004 UPDATE
Why Were Insys Therapeutics, Inc. and CEO John Kapoor Indicted and Not The Sacklers and Purdue Pharma? A Retrospective Look Back to the 2018 Insys Criminal Indictments
Why Were Insys Therapeutics, Inc. and CEO John Kapoor Indicted and Not The Sacklers and Purdue Pharma? A Retrospective Look Back to the 2018 Insys Criminal Indictments The Opioid Crisis Behind The Scenes by Mark A. York (June 8, 2018 original date) (revised with additional comments August 25, 2021) Subsys – an Insys Therapeutics, Inc. Pharmaceutical Opioid Product Why have … [Read more...] about Why Were Insys Therapeutics, Inc. and CEO John Kapoor Indicted and Not The Sacklers and Purdue Pharma? A Retrospective Look Back to the 2018 Insys Criminal Indictments
BAYER ROUNDUP WRIT TO SCOTUS ON HARDEMAN TRIAL VERDICT: LAST DITCH ATTEMPT TO AVOID POST-MDL 2741 FALLOUT & BOARDROOM RECKONING
By Mark A. York, Editor August 18, 2021 (MASS TORT NEWS) Bayer filed a Writ of Certiorari with the US Supreme Court on Aug. 16, regarding the $25 million federal court verdict in the Edwin Hardeman trial, who was able to show exposure to glyphosate from spraying Roundup on his property caused his non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Writ Link: Bayer Hardemen Roundup Writ to US Supreme … [Read more...] about BAYER ROUNDUP WRIT TO SCOTUS ON HARDEMAN TRIAL VERDICT: LAST DITCH ATTEMPT TO AVOID POST-MDL 2741 FALLOUT & BOARDROOM RECKONING
Endo International and Arnold Porter Opioid Discovery Abuses
by Mark York, Editor Endo International’s opioid defense counsel Arnold & Porter, is facing civil contempt charges in the New York state court opioid trial currently underway In Re Opioids Litigation, Suffolk County Supreme Court Justice Jerry Garguilo. Reflecting the gravity of the issue, Arnold & Porter has hired lawyers from three powerhouse commercial firms … [Read more...] about Endo International and Arnold Porter Opioid Discovery Abuses
JUUL LITIGATION UPDATE “MAKING BIG TOBACCO PAY”
In re: Juul Labs, Inc. Marketing, Sales Practices & Products Liability Litigation 3:19-md-2913-WHO By Mark A. York (May 19, 2021) Link: https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/judges/orrick-william-h-who/in-re-juul-labs-inc-marketing-sales-practices-products-liability-litigation/ Why JUUL MDL 2913 IS NEEDED It’s business as usual in Big Tobacco and e-cigarettes as they follow … [Read more...] about JUUL LITIGATION UPDATE “MAKING BIG TOBACCO PAY”
“Opioid Profits before Patients”
Amerisource Bergen "Pillbilly" email mocking opioid pill users who were becoming addicted and dying from opioids Amerisource flooded the consumer marketplace with for years! … [Read more...] about “Opioid Profits before Patients”
2021 Trial Lawyers Summit Recap
“TRIAL LAWYERS SUMMIT 2021” Back in Business AWESOME WEEK IN MIAMI BEACH By Mark A. York (Mass Tort News) May 10, 2021 The first major live legal event post-March 2020 Covid shutdown and the impact on the legal industry, the 2021 Trial Lawyers Summit in Miami Beach was a confirmed success. Based on attendance and participation last week, attendance at legal conferences … [Read more...] about 2021 Trial Lawyers Summit Recap