Generic Drugs Manufacturers Further Protected From Lawsuits
Posted by Thornton Law Firm LLP on Jul 29, 2013 7:23:00 AM In a 5-4 decision, last month, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that generic drug manufacturers are shielded from lawsuits arising from adverse side effects caused by their drugs. From now on, only...
CR Bard Intentionally Used Plastic Unfit For Humans In Avaulta Mesh
Posted by Marilyn McGoldrick on Jul 1, 2013 4:06:00 PM Newly-unsealed confidential records show that C.R. Bard, Inc., knowingly ignored a part supplier’s direct warning that the plastic Bard was supplied with was unsuitable for human implantation. The revelation about...
New Pretrial Orders Issued In Transvaginal Mesh MDL
By Marilyn T. McGoldrick, Esq. Posted on June 19, 2013 Last week the West Virginia court overseeing the vaginal mesh litigation involving Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon unit issued a pair of new pre-trial orders. The first rescheduled the presentation of...