A jury in another state recently awarded $550 million in damages to 22 women who sued the baby powder manufacturer Johnson & Johnson. In addition to this decision, the jury also dropped a bombshell punitive damages award of over $4 billion. Johnson & Johnson...
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Further review of off-label use of drugs and devices
| Jun 22, 2018 | Medical Product Liability
This blog has previously written about off-label use and marketing of drugs and other medical products. What this means is that, even though federal authorities have approved a drug for a particular use, doctors prescribe, and pharmaceutical salespeople promote, the...
When can drug side effects be the basis of a lawsuit?
| Jun 15, 2018 | Medical Product Liability
As those who read this blog can probably guess, many drugs on the market are not safe in the strict sense of the word, even if they happen to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration. In many cases, though, the danger in a manner of speaking comes with the...
How does a drug recall work?
| Jun 8, 2018 | Medical Product Liability
As many residents of Georgia may already know, the federal Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, approves most all drugs, medications and the like that come on to the market before they are given to customers. However, this does not mean that the FDA is infallible...
Gynecological mesh suits largest mass tort since asbestos
| May 26, 2018 | Medical Product Liability
According to a recent report from a major news outlet, the number of women suing over a gynecological mesh product has topped 100,000. These women are plaintiffs in what some call the most extensive multi-district litigation since the asbestos lawsuits from decades...
Seroquel’s ‘off-label’ marketing may keep raising eyebrows
| May 8, 2018 | Medical Product Liability
Even though some doctors won't prescribe it except in critical situations given its side effects, Seroquel remains a popular drug for the treatment of schizophrenia. Thanks in part to the drug manufacturer's efforts, many doctors also rely on the drug to treat an...
What is “Multi-District Litigation”?
| Apr 19, 2018 | Medical Product Liability
A previous post on this blog referred to a series of trials that will soon take place regarding a "physiomesh" surgical mesh product that unfortunately wound up injuring several patients. These legal cases are subject to what is called "multi-district litigation" and,...
Trials over surgical mesh to start next year
| Apr 13, 2018 | Medical Product Liability
As part of a nationwide medical product liability case that is being overseen by a federal court in Northern Georgia, several trials are in the process of being scheduled. These so-called "bellwether" trials, which will be the first involving the "physiomesh" product...
We hold responsible parties accountable after a drug error
| Apr 6, 2018 | Medical Product Liability
A previous post on this blog talked about how the anti-nausea drug commonly called Zofran continues to be described by doctors to pregnant women, even though the drug has never been approved for morning sickness. The drug also has some controversy surrounding it, as...
Zofran is not approved for treatment of morning sickness
| Mar 16, 2018 | Medical Product Liability
Despite its one-time popularity as a morning sickness drug, the federal Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, never approved ondansetron, marketed most commonly as Zofran, as a drug Georgia mothers could use in pregnancy. The drug was approved to treat the nausea...
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