It’s been widely known and litigated over the years that Benzene exposure can cause Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL), Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) & Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS).  But over recent years there has been a proliferation of litigation regarding the use of the pesticide RoundUp and it’s link to the various lymphomas.

Just like with the talcum powder litigation, the defendants try to point to every other cause other than their own product.  Although the link to talcum powder and ovarian cancer is consistently found by objective juries who hear all the evidence, Johnson & Johnson consistently says self-serving bootstrapping statements that it’s safe because everyone knows its safe, even when its own internal documents show otherwise.  Hundreds of millions of dollars have been awarded to victims of talcum powder.

Now, for the first time RoundUp victims have Rounded Up and had the opportunity to present the facts to a neutral jury.  Just like with the talcum powder litigation, the jury did not believe the defendants and came up with a $290 million dollar verdict for an individual dying from exposure to it.   The substance glyphosate is under worldwide scrutiny with many attempts to regulate and/or ban it.

With this major verdict on behalf of the glyphosate RoundUp victims more exposure is certain to come to this product liability action and perhaps others who have come down with signature types of diseases linked to these products will be able to have their day in Court and the juries may compensate them accordingly.

Just like with any other piece of litigation, rights may have time limits, called statutes of limitations.  Your ability to bring a lawsuit for injuries from talcum powder, Benzene or RoundUp exposure may be limited to when you first evidenced symptoms of the signature disease.  It is best to respectively consult with a Talcum Powder Ovarian Cancer Lawyer, Benzene Lymphoma Lawyer and RoundUp Lawyer to find out if you can still bring an action.

One thing is clear from the RoundUp verdict, weed killer is killing more than just weeds.

Twenty-two women who brought claims against Johnsons & Johnson in St. Louis Court alleging that talcum powder caused their ovarian cancer were vindicated yesterday after a jury who heard all the evidence came up with a $4.7 Billion Dollar verdict.  This comes with a string of verdicts against Johnson & Johnson who are perplexed how come neutral juries who keep evaluating all the evidence keep finding there is a link between talcum powder and ovarian cancer.

Johnson & Johnson has attributed the verdicts to bad science and experts but trial attorney Jason T. Brown commented, “Time and time again when juries are presented the evidence they see through the charade that Johnson & Johnson is putting forth.  To blame the experts is insulting to the multiple juries who have heard this case and equally insulting to Johnson & Johnson’s own experts who are some of the best that money can buy.  The juries simply don’t believe Johnson & Johnson.”  Mr. Brown points out that he was not on this trial team, but his firm does represent other women who had long term talcum powder usage and were diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

J & J will have a lot to digest and to discuss with its board as a billion dollar verdict sends a message.  Even a pharmaceutical giant like Johnson & Johnson can not afford to withstand billion dollar verdicts with another 9,000 ovarian talcum victims waiting in the wings for their day in Court.  Talcum Lawyer Jason T. Brown stated, “If there were a different mass tort and different defendant, they would have tried to figure out a way to pay all the woman they’ve harmed, but this is their flagship product and they want to keep fighting to beat down the woman who have already suffered so much.”  He also went on to say that while he thinks parts of the verdict will be sustained on appeal, he thinks it’s likely that the dollar amount will be remitted or reduced on appeal.

There is another docket of talcum cases in the District of New Jersey consolidated as a mass tort.  There have been no talcum trials or talcum verdicts in that docket.

There’s a thought that if something works, it works. Taxotere is used to treat cancer and it may be effective to some extent as an ingredient in chemotherapy for the treatment of different types of cancer, such as breast cancer, stomach cancer, head and neck cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, and prostate cancer. Sanofi-Aventis produces Taxotere which was first approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1996 for use in combating metastatic breast cancer.

The Link – Taxotere and Permanent Hair Loss

All chemotherapy has its risks and can cause to some extent temporary hair loss.  If one had to trade off hair for life, the choice is simple, life comes first.  But what if Sanofi-Aventis hid the risks of Taxotere and knew that is caused permanent hair loss when a drug just as good if not better did not have the same side effect?  Would an educated consumer when given the choice and knowledge choose Taxotere?

Alopecia is linked to Taxotere.  In fact, in December 2015, the FDA updated the warning label of Taxotere to list permanent hair loss as a risk of the product.

Taxotere Statute of Limitations

A Statute of limitations is how long there is to bring a claim.  This article is not giving any legal advice, but one should know that some schools of law logic suggest that one must bring a claim when the injury arises.  Others will say when the FDA updated the warning label in 2015 the statute of limitations may have run on knowledge of the injury.   Each state has its own discovery rule and statute of limitations which determine when an action may be commenced. It is best to consult with a Taxotere Law Firm to find out your rights and whether you still can bring an action.

Taxotere Settlements and Settlement Amounts

It is premature to discuss settlement amounts for Taxotere since no settlement has been announced.  Trial dates are scheduled for 2019 and bellwether trials can sometimes stimulate settlement discussion.  Speak with a Taxotere Lawyer to understand whether you’re eligible to participate in the Taxotere litigation and have a candid discussion about what your economic expectations are.

If you or a loved on took Taxotere and suffered Taxotere alopecia, Taxotere hair loss or other Taxotere Baldness, contact the JTB Law Group at (877) 561-0000 to know your rights.

Attune is a catchy name for a replacement knee with a name suggesting harmony. Those that have had the implant however, may be experiencing significant discomfort and discord.

Across the country tens of thousands of people may have received the Attune Knee System which has a high rate of failure. The FDA warned about some problems with the device back in 2015 (https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=137734), but now lawsuits are starting to aggregate as those receiving the DePuy Synthes’ Attune Knee System have suffered through:

• Early Revision Required
• Loosening
• Instability
• Swelling
• Impaired Range of Motion
• Pain

According to the The Journal of Knee Surgery, some orthopedic surgeons reported that indicated there is a high-rate of premature failures of the Attune Knee System. The failures may be attributable to debonding related to the tibial implant-cement interface.

Knee Failure will lead to revision surgery which will lead to additional rehab and recovery time and extra grinding of the internal parts that are used to hold the system in place.

Depuy is standing by the safety of its knee and continues to advertise the product at https://www.depuysynthes.com/patients/knee/testimonial?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Brand+-+Attune+-+DTC&utm_content=Attune+-+General&utm_term=attune+knee&gclid=CNmF9ZTGtdkCFRLQswodZzgGww&gclsrc=ds#prodTabBody3  Perhaps they’re able to still fully stand by its safety since they’re not standing on their own Attune implant?  In any event, the litigation continues regarding the alleged defect of this product and time will tell whether the product will continue to see as is or if there will be additional warnings or the FDA will take additional action.

Our lawyers at JTB Law Group are in tune with attune, and if you’re knee replacement has you out of tune, call us at (877) 561-0000 to speak with our product liability lawyers to see if you have a case.

The False Claims Act (FCA) has teeth.  It calls for triple damages where a defendant does not admit to its liability promptly.  It permits a whistleblower to receive up to 30% of the recovery which incentives qui tam individuals with information to come forward and blow the whistle on unlawful conduct which mainly involves stealing from the taxpayers.  Well, if there’s a relator / whistleblower behind the Amerisource Bergen Corp (ABC) case, the whistleblower award could very well be over $100,000,000, that’s a hundred million dollars for doing the right thing, as the company told shareholders it is setting aside $575 million to handle the FCA allegations.

ABC pled guilty to a criminal count for allowing tainted drugs to make it to the United States and circumventing the FDA.   With the criminal plea for defrauding the FDA back in September 2016, ABC agreed to pay $260 million.   But that wasn’t enough as allegedly its subsidiary company Medical Initiatives Inc., continued to submit or knowingly allow false claims to be submitted to the government.

If you think defrauding the government out of hundreds of millions is dirty and disgusting, wait until you read what they did with the underlying medicine that was supposed to be distributed.   The company captured overfills from medicine that was supposed to be sterile and allowed it sit in a dirty unsterile environment and contaminate.  It then used the overfill as floaters and sold what it had already sold to others by repackaging it without regard for patient safety and deliberately circumventing the FDA.  There’s no way to say this is not profits before people and despite the False Claims Act potential settlement and the criminal conviction, unless and until companies are held accountable to the same account individuals are and people are jailed for such conduct, companies will continue to profit and put people at risk for those profits.