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$80 Million Opioid Settlement Reached Between Teva Pharmaceuticals And Baltimore City

November 4, 2024

On September 9, 2024, Baltimore City Mayor Brandon M. Scott and the City of Baltimore announced they have reached an $80 million settlement with Teva Pharmaceuticals to resolve the City’s claims against Teva and its associated companies for their role in fueling Baltimore’s devastating o[...]

GSK Settles Zantac Lawsuits For $2.2 Billion

October 12, 2024

GSK plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) announced on October 9, 2024 that it has reached agreements with 10 plaintiff firms who together represent 93% (approximately 80,000) of the Zantac (ranitidine) state court product liability cases pending against GSK in the United States. Under these agreements, GSK will make[...]

Rite Aid Corporation Agrees To Settle False Claims Act And Controlled Substance Act Allegations Related To Opioid Dispensing

September 14, 2024

On July 10, 2024, the United States Department of Justice announced that Rite Aid Corporation (“Rite Aid”) and 10 subsidiaries and affiliates have agreed to settle the government’s allegations under the False Claims Act (FCA) and Controlled Substances Act (CSA) asserted in United [...]

California Supreme Court Establishes What Is Necessary To Prove Causation In Prescription Drug And Medical Device Inadequate Warning Claims

August 29, 2024

Learned Intermediary Doctrine In a typical products liability case, a manufacturer owes a duty to warn the end user about the hazards inherent in their products. For manufacturers of prescription drugs and many medical devices, however, the duty to warn runs to the physician, not to the patient. Thu[...]

$60M Verdict Against Mead Johnson For Enfamil NEC Death

March 16, 2024

On March 14, 2024, an Illinois jury returned its verdict against Enfamil baby formula manufacturer Mead Johnson, a unit of Reckitt Benckiser, in the amount of $60 million for the death of baby Chance Dean, who was born premature, from necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) after being fed Enfamil formula. [...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Remands Pharmacy Malpractice Case Claiming Negligence In Filling Excessive Amounts Of Addictive Medications

December 26, 2023

Plaintiff George Shamy was the father of Deanna D. Shamy. In 2017, Deanna died from an overdose of prescription medications. Two years after her death, George, individually and as administrator of Deanna’s estate, sued fourpharmacies he alleged negligently filled Deanna’s prescriptions f[...]

Oklahoma Statute Of Limitations Precluded Levaquin Lawsuit In Oklahoma

October 2, 2023

On July 20, 2009, Angela Kester was prescribed Levaquin, an antibiotic in the fluoroquinolone family of drugs. After experiencing severe side effects, she stopped taking the medication. Her side effects persisted, however, and she has received treatment ever since for a variety of health conditions,[...]

Manufacturers Of Ozempic And Mounjaro Sued For Alleged Stomach Paralysis Issues

August 3, 2023

Manufacturers Of Ozempic And Mounjaro Sued: A federal lawsuit filed on August 2, 2023 in the United States District Court Western District of Louisiana Lake Charles Division alleges, in part: “Ozempic and Mounjaro [are] two injectable prescription medications that are used to control blood sug[...]

$18.8M Talc Cancer Verdict Against Johnson & Johnson

July 20, 2023

$18.8M Talc Cancer Verdict: On July 18, 2023, a California jury returned its verdict in the amount of $18.8 million in favor of a 24-year-old California man who alleged that he developed mesothelioma as a result of heavy use of Johnson & Johnson baby powder containing talc that was allegedly con[...]

Federal Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of Claims Involving Heart Medication Amiodarone

July 5, 2023

Heart Medication Amiodarone Related Case Dismissed: Amiodarone is the generic form of the brand-name drug Cordarone. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. (“Teva”) is a manufacturer of generic Amiodarone. Amiodarone is a drug of “last resort” for patients suffering from ventricular fibrillat[...]

Maryland Eye Bank Keeps Its $606,415.49 Verdict In Contaminated Eyewash Case After Appeal

April 6, 2023

Eye Bank Keeps Its $606415.49 Verdict: In its published opinion dated February 15, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) stated: “In this appeal, we consider whether the district court erred in awarding summary judgment to plain[...]

Ohio Neurologist Sentenced To 30 Months And Ordered to Pay $2.1 Million In Prescription Drug Kickback Conspiracy

March 26, 2023

Neurologist Sentenced To 30 Months And Ordered to Pay $2.1 Million: Deepak Raheja, 66, of Hudson, Ohio, was sentenced on February 3, 2023 to 30 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Sara Lioi after he pleaded guilty to his role in a pharmaceutical kickback conspiracy. In addition to the prison se[...]

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