On March 21, 2022, Pfizer announced a voluntary recall of three of the company’s blood pressure medications. The recall applies to the company’s brand-name blood pressure medication Accuretic (quinapril HCl/hydrochlorothiazide) as well as two generic medications, quinapril with hydrochlorothiazide and quinapril HCl/hydrochlorothiazide. These two generic medications are distributed by a […]
Category: Mass Torts
Antibiotics are among the most common—and most important—medications used in modern society. They are used to prevent and treat an extremely broad range of infections, many of which present life-threatening risks. Unfortunately, like other types of medicines, antibiotics also present some risks of their own. For example, the U.S. Food […]
Rosiglitazone (marketed under the trade name Avandia) is an antidiabetic drug that is used for the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes. It is one of several antidiabetic drugs sold in the United States—along with Avandamet, Avandaryl, and metformin with sulfonylurea. While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) […]
Exactech, Inc., a medical device manufacturer headquartered in Gainesville, has recalled nearly 90,000 hip implant devices due to concerns of premature deterioration. The recall—which applies to the company’s MCS, Novation and Acumatch hip implant devices containing the company’s Connexion GXL liner—comes after two independent studies concluded that the synthetic […]
On February 17, 2022, Abbott Nutrition issued a voluntary recall affecting three of the company’s powder infant formula brands—Similac, Alimentum and EleCare. The recall applies specifically to powder formulas manufactured at the company’s facility in Sturgis, Michigan with an expiration date of April 1, 2022 or later. According to a […]
Christmas never will be the same for Texas woman Trista Hamsmith. One week before the most wonderful time of the year – Dec. 17, 2020 – Hamsmith’s 18-month-old daughter died a terrible death. Reese, a blond, rosy-cheeked baby, swallowed a button battery, which the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) […]
Multiple popular sunscreen products have been recalled in the past year over concerns about the presence of benzene, a known carcinogen. All of the products at issue are aerosol spray sunscreens manufactured by Johnson & Johnson (through the brands Neutrogena and Aveeno) and Coppertone. The widespread sunscreen recalls follow multiple […]
A recent lawsuit filed against Gerber, a well-known baby food giant, is the most recent of dozens of lawsuits alleging baby foods expose infants and children to very high levels of lead that greatly exceed acceptable levels. The baby foods at issue in the California lawsuit are Gerber’s sweet potato, […]
Mass tort litigation that is quickly growing involves the herbicide paraquat and allegations that exposure to Paraquat increases the chances of developing Parkinson’s disease. Hundreds of cases have been filed in the multidistrict litigation (MDL), which is overseen by Judge Nancy Rosenstengel of the United States District Court for the […]
In early October of this year, the brand name makers of Zantac lost a major court ruling in the federal multidistrict litigation (MDL). The judge overseeing the matter, Judge Robin L. Rosenberg of the Southern District of Florida, issued an order that allows plaintiffs to seek “medical monitoring” claims concerning […]
