July 14, 2010
Avandia maker GlaxoSmithKline now agrees to pay 460 million to resolve a majority of the pending lawsuits against the manufacturer. The lawsuits allege that Avandia can cause heart attacks and strokes.
Avandia Recall may happen very soon.
Seems the manufacturer didn’t interpret the clinical trials data correctly according to some at the FDA.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Doctor Steven E. Nissen, a Cleveland Clinic cardiologist, did a study of more than 35,500
patients found that Avandia significantly raises the chances of a heart attack.
In one of the new analysis, Nissen and a colleague pooled data from 56 studies involving 35,531 patients, including 19,509 who took Avandia. In a paper released online by the Archives of Internal Medicine, the researchers concluded the drug increased the risk for heart attacks from 28 percent to 39 percent. The pair calculated that the drug would cause one heart attack among every 37 to 52 patients who used it for five years.
The second study was a federal analysis of more than 227,500 Medicare patients and found the drug boosts the risk for strokes, heart failure and death.
“There’s no reason to keep this drug on the market,” said Steven E. Nissen, a Cleveland Clinic cardiologist who conducted one of the analyses and has long criticized the drug. “This is a harmful drug.”
NEWS: June 23, 2010
The current massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico could be the single largest class action lawsuit ever in the US History.
This huge disaster continues to spew out hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil into the Gulf, with no signs or words of containment or stoppage.
This terrible and preventable oil spill is the now the largest in our history and vastly greater in damage to the environment than the Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska.
As the Gulf coast residents lose income from all the different business in the area, it’s up to BP to help in any way they can, but people have complained that many have only received one check.
Questions asked to both our government officials and BP representatives, leaves little hope that the people affected will ever get compensation they rightly deserve.
There are many BP Gulf Oil Spill Lawyers and Oil Spill Attorneys
who are helping people who have lost income, work and property devaluations across the Gulf states.
April 28, 2010
It seems that the big pharmaceutical companies may not do enough testing of their products. Why is it that these drugs make it into the market without complete testing?
In my opinion there are two reasons, money and greed.
Drug companies are in business to make money, not provide us with live saving drugs. Yes many have provided us with some beneficial medicines, but many times it seems that they rush products to market simply to help their bottom line.
The legal world has made note of this and during research on this subject has led me to many websites offering to help those affected by drugs rushed to market or without enough testing done prior to release.
So it ends up that the American public is used as a testing ground, we are the guinea pigs that they use, and if side effects or worse things happen from taking these drugs, what option do we as consumers have?
Is the FDA on our sides? I think they may be overwhelmed with the amount of drugs being submitted to them for testing. The FDA does have something they call the GRAS list. It stands for “Generally Regarded as Safe”, so the question is: if a drug I’m taking on the GRAS list does this really mean it’s been fully tested? The short answer is no.
Check back to this blog as we will continue to keep this post updated.
NEWS: April 21, 2010
Because of the dangers and side effects for people on Accutane, the legal community is seeking victims that have been harmed by taking Accutane.
Recent Accutane lawsuits have netted $25 million in damages awarded to Mr. Andrew McCarrell, who alleged this acne medication lead to the development of IBD or inflammatory bowel disease.
Other possible Accutane lawsuits may start and could offer monetary compensation for people hurt from Accutane.
Drunk driving is taken very seriously in the state of Oklahoma and a lawyer or attorney should be contacted if you are charged or arrested anywhere in Oklahoma for a DUI or DWI.
The following should not be taken as legal advice, this is only a brief reference to the Oklahoma laws governing DUI and DWI.
Oklahoma operates under what is called “implied consent law” which means that if you are pulled over for a DUI you agree to a breath, blood or chemical test to determine if you are under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
If you do not agree with taking one of more of these tests, the police officer may seize your driver’s license and you will be scheduled to appear in court for a hearing.
Oklahoma Statutes: Title 47.
Motor Vehicles; Chapter 67 – Chemical Tests; Section 761 – Operation of Motor Vehicle While Impaired – Penalties – Suspensions.
A. Any person who operates a motor vehicle while his ability to operate such motor vehicle is impaired by the consumption of alcohol, or any other substance, other than alcohol, which is capable of being ingested, inhaled, injected or absorbed into the human body and is capable of adversely affecting the central nervous system, vision, hearing or other sensory or motor functions shall be subject to a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
NEWS: March 12, 2010
A CNN new story reports that an ex-Toyota lawyer says he has documents prove company hid damaging information.
Former Toyota defense attorney Dimitrios Biller claims he has has 6,000 internal documents, including memos and e-mails that could be potentially damaging to Toyota.
A few quotes from the CNN Report:
Dimitrios Biller: “Not potentially, they are. They are very damaging,”
“There is a regular pattern and practice of not producing memos, minutes, reports, and e-mails,” Biller said. “These documents can be used to establish liability against Toyota in product liability and negligence cases.”
Rep. Edolphus Towns, D-New York, whose committee subpoenaed Biller’s documents, said “The material, I must admit, is very, very disturbing.”
Toyota defends its actions, saying, “We are confident that we have acted appropriately with respect to all product liability litigation.”
In response to Biller’s documents and his allegations, Toyota spokeswoman Cindy Knight released this statement: “Mr. Biller continues to make inaccurate and misleading allegations about Toyota’s conduct that we strongly dispute and will continue to fight against vigorously.”
NEWS March 3, 2010:
The family relatives of CHP officer Mark Saylor has now filed a lawsuit in San Diego Courts against Toyota Motor Corp, the car dealer Bob Baker Lexus and Toyota Motors USA for the deaths of Mark Saylor, his wife, daughter and brother-in-law.
The accident happened August 28, 2009 when their loaner vehicle 2009 Lexus ES350, supplied by Bob Baker, took off at full throttle, reaching an estimated 120 mph in rush-hour traffic in suburban San Diego, before crashing and killing all four on board.
Toyota Lawsuit
The cause of the accident was determined to be a floor mat that interfered with the gas pedal causing it to stick at wide open throttle.
A terrifying 911 call made from the brother of Saylor’s wife told the 911 operator that the accelerator pedal was stuck and that Saylor was not able to slow the car down.
“We’re in trouble. . . . There’s no brakes. End freeway half-mile, Pray, Pray”
2/17/2010
A New Jersey man was awarded $25 million dollars in a Accutane lawsuit this week.
The man, Andrew McCarrell of Moody, Alabama, had taken the drug for acne when he was in his 20’s and developed inflammatory bowel disorder.
He sued Hoffmann-La Roche Incorporated in 2007 for failing to warn of the drugs side effects. He won that case and Hoffmann-La Roche appealed. An appeals court ordered the new trial after overturning a $2.62 million award he won in May 2007.
The compensatory damages award came Tuesday in a retrial and awarded Andrew $25 million. A jury took over three hours to deliberate before a unanimous decision was reached. The jury also awarded McCarrell $159,000 for past medical expenses.
The makers of Accutane stopped selling the drug in June 2009 stating increased competition of generics and the cost of defending itself from other lawsuits.
This was the sixth largest Accutane drug lawsuit and so far the total amount of awards to Accutane users is $56 million.
February 11, 2010
In one of the world’s largest car and truck recall, we have set up a Toyota Class Action Lawsuit Claims Center to help any and all victims who may have been hurt, injured or killed from the Toyota Stuck Gas Pedal Recall currently in effect.
Faulty pedal parts were the cause of this recall and Toyota must fix all cars currently on the road, and secondly cars on dealer’s lots.
More than 8 million Toyota cars and trucks have been affected by this recall, with Toyota reporting that they are servicing more than 60,000 cars per day.
Faulty pedal parts were the cause of this recall and Toyota must fix all cars currently on the road, and secondly cars on dealer’s lots. Toyota points fingers to the manufacturer
CTS as the blame and CTS claim that the parts were built and passed strict quality control processes. No matter whom is to blame, people are experiencing this sudden acceleration which can lead to car accidents and possible personal injury.
We are greatly concerned about this Toyota recall and have set up this Toyota Claims center with Toyota Recall Lawyers and attorneys to help anyone who may have been hurt – or worse from this massive recall. We have a free Toyota Claims Case Review form.
Begin your case review by filling out the form below.