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Utah Supreme Court Ruling: Kids Can Sue Killer’s Medical Providers

March 21, 2012 10:30

A decision made by the Utah Supreme Court on February 8, 2012, has reversed a lower court decision by stating that the medical personnel who were responsible for the treatment of a convicted murderer can now be sued by the killer’s children. David Ragsdale was convicted of killing his wife in...

Plaintiff in Levaquin MDL Claims Studies Not Good Enough

March 19, 2012 10:41

The Minnesota MDL added a new lawsuit to its ranks on February 21. This time the plaintiff is Grace Venanzini, who started taking the antibiotic on March 5, 2006, and was diagnosed with a tendon rupture of her tibia by September 28 of the same year. Venanzini is claiming that her injuries have...

Plaintiff in Levaquin MDL Claims Studies Not Good Enough

March 16, 2012 10:03

The Minnesota MDL added a new lawsuit to its ranks on February 21. This time the plaintiff is Grace Venanzini, who started taking the antibiotic on March 5, 2006, and was diagnosed with a tendon rupture of her tibia by September 28 of the same year. Venanzini is claiming that her injuries have...

Adams County, Pennsylvania to Host Medicine Take Back in April

March 14, 2012 10:28

On April 28, 2012, residents of Pennsylvania's Adams County will take part in a national medicine take back in an effort to prevent any abuse of medications that are no longer being used. "Medicine abuse was not on my radar," says Phil Bauer, a father in the region who lost his son to prescription...

Reglan Lawsuit Preempted by Judge

March 12, 2012 10:19

On February 3, 2012, a judge in Vermont decided to issue an order in plaintiff Ethel Kellogg’s Reglan lawsuit. Kellogg's suit previously was stayed while a related ruling was pending in the U.S. Supreme Court. Kellogg’s Reglan lawsuit began when she started taking the generic version of the...

Yaz Coordinated Proceeding in California Adds Pulmonary Embolism Case

March 09, 2012 09:31

The California coordinated Yaz proceeding has added another case to its list of plaintiffs. This time the lawsuit comes from a woman who suffered from a pulmonary embolism which she and her attorneys believe was caused by the controversial birth control pills. This coordinated proceeding is...

Cheaper Paxil Alternative Approved by FDA

March 07, 2012 09:07

If patients or doctors have been looking for a cheaper alternative for the antidepressant drug Paxil (paroxetine), one has just been approved by the FDA. According to reports by Synthon Pharmaceuticals, the FDA has approved paroxetine mesylate as an alternative antidepressant medication to...

$1 Million Reglan Lawsuit Filed by Maryland Resident

March 05, 2012 09:07

Delores Sams filed a Reglan lawsuit on January 31, 2012. The Maryland resident filed her lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Maryland against the defendant, UCB Inc. Sams’ lawsuit is claiming that taking Reglan caused her to suffer from the neurological condition tardive dyskinesia, which is a...

Levaquin Marketing Campaign the Focus of New Lawsuit

March 02, 2012 09:51

Margaret C. Woods is the newest plaintiff to file a Levaquin lawsuit. The 81-year-old woman filed her lawsuit in a federal court on February 10, 2012. The defendant is drug giant Johnson & Johnson, along with the other manufacturers of the drug. Woods is accusing the defendants of targeting...

Activists: Obama’s Birth Control Compromise Detracts from Pills’ Dangers

February 29, 2012 10:13

President Barack Obama’s birth control pill "compromise" on providing free birth control pills to workers for religious institutions is turning heads and sparking debates left and right lately. For starters, it has many activists expressing alarm that no one is thinking of the dangers linked to...