FDA Takes New Steps to Improve Medical Device Safety
The FDA is updating its requirements to ensure new products “either account for advances in technology or demonstrate that they meet more modern safety and performance criteria.”
Defective & Dangerous Products
Lawsuits Arise After Valsartan Heart Drug Found Tainted With Carcinogens
The popular heart drug valsartan may have been contaminated with carcinogen NDMA for as long as four years before anyone discovered the problem.
FDA Orders All Transvaginal Mesh Products Off the Market
Transvaginal mesh litigation ranks as one of the largest mass tort cases in U.S. history. Trial lawyers have taken mesh manufacturers to task after 100,000 women suffered injuries from having these defective mesh products surgically implanted to repair pelvic organ prolapse. Last week, a long-overdue…
Notable Litigation: Family of MLB Great Tony Gwynn Settles Case with U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co.
The wrongful death lawsuit against the U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company for “killing a baseball legend” has concluded in San Diego Superior Court.
Supreme Court Rejects Appeals by Manufacturers Challenging Lead Paint Ruling
A move by the U.S. Supreme Court is a big win for plaintiffs who say several companies created a “public nuisance” by concealing serious lead paint hazards.
Victory for Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Patients Suing Monsanto Over Weed Killer
Our team at Milestone is cheering for our friend and Women En Mass founder Aimee Wagstaff, who serves as co-lead counsel of the national Monsanto Roundup litigation. On July 10, The Honorable Vince Chhabria ruled that the plaintiffs in the case offered reliable scientific evidence…
Three Outstanding Female Trial Lawyers Appointed to Opioid MDL Leadership
When leadership positions in a multidistrict litigation are based on merit and qualification, the skilled and diversified plaintiffs’ team becomes a powerful force behind those who were harmed. Congratulations are in order for Ellen Relkin, Elizabeth Cabraser, and Erin Dickinson for their appointment to the…
Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Win $247M Verdict in DePuy Hip Bellwether
Congratulations to Jane Conroy and the entire plaintiffs’ team who secured a $247 million verdict in the bellwether trial over Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Orthopaedics Pinnacle metal-on-metal hip implants. Yesterday’s win is the third consecutive nine-figure verdict in the multidistrict litigation. The war room in this case was…