Until recently, Ozempic was a little-known diabetes medication. But, when mainstream media outlets and even medical schools began touting the drug’s weight loss benefits, Ozempic was quickly thrust into the national spotlight. Now, however, Ozempic is in the national spotlight for a different reason: The drug’s manufacturer, Novo Nordisk, is […]
Author: Katherine Kiziah
The next hearing session of the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“JPML”) is scheduled for September 29, 2022, in St. Louis, Missouri. Five matters are set for oral argument to consider motions to transfer each to one centralized district for coordinated pretrial proceedings, covering a variety of hot […]
Camp Lejeune, situated in Jacksonville, NC, was established in 1942 as a Marine Corps Base training facility. Now, Camp Lejeune is listed on the Superfund program’s National Priority List. The United States Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (ATSDR) declared that exposure to the drinking water at Camp Lejeune […]
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) […]
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, […]
For more than two years, 3M has been the subject of over two hundred thousand lawsuits and multiple trials concerning its Combat Arms Version 2 earplugs, which are linked to tinnitus (ringing in the ears) and hearing loss. Although any person injured by 3M’s earplugs can file suit, most pending […]
Exactech, Inc. is the manufacturer of acetabular polyethylene hip liner components that are used in certain hip implant systems. On June 28, 2021, Exactech, Inc. issued “Urgent Medical Device Correction” letters to agents, representatives, and distributors in possession of Exactech Connexion GXL polyethylene liners According to the United States Food […]
SoClean, Inc. is a New Hampshire-based cleaning products company that leads the market in ozone cleaners. Many patients with sleep apnea who require the use of CPAP or BiPAP devices use SoClean ozone cleaning products to clean their machines. SoClean filed a recent lawsuit against Philips seeking $200 million, alleging […]
One of the most recent mass torts to hit the courts and consolidate into multidistrict litigation (MDL) concerns the recall of multiple Philips CPAP, BIPAP, and ventilator machines that pose a risk to the health of millions of patients worldwide. The United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation recently entered […]
Nearly 25 million adults in the United States have sleep apnea, a condition that disrupts a person’s breathing while asleep. Many patients stop and start breathing repeatedly while sleeping, which can be dangerous and potentially fatal, but generally, sleep apnea sufferers cannot get a good night’s sleep from constantly waking […]
