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Philly’s NastLaw files Mirena products liability claim against Bayer, Berlex

May 7, 2013 8:36 AM
By Jon Campisi

Another products liability complaint has been filed against pharmaceutical giant Bayer and various corporate subsidiaries over claims that the defendants’ birth control system Mirena can cause serious injuries in patients who have the device implanted into their bodies. The latest … Read More »

Federal Court, mass tort, News, Product Liability

Florida lung cancer victim files asbestos mass tort claim in Philadelphia

May 2, 2013 6:42 AM
By Jon Campisi

A Florida man who had a history of working with products containing asbestos dust and fibers has filed a mass tort complaint at the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas over allegations that his asbestos exposure was the factual cause of … Read More »

Asbestos, mass tort, News, Personal Injury, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas

Avandia judge: GSK removal to federal court premature, sends suits back to Phila. Common Pleas Court

April 30, 2013 6:49 AM
By Jon Campisi

U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe, of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, recently granted a motion by two health insurers to remand their respective Avandia drug cases to the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. The decision by Rufe doesn’t mean the … Read More »

Federal Court, mass tort, News, Personal Injury, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Product Liability

Pa. House Judiciary Committee mulls over asbestos-related Fairness in Claims and Transparency Act

April 11, 2013 9:25 AM
By Jon Campisi

The state House Judiciary Committee recently held a hearing on House Bill 1150, also known as the Fairness in Claims and Transparency Act, or FACT, which would provide for transparency of claims made against asbestos bankruptcy trusts and in the … Read More »

Asbestos, mass tort, News, Personal Injury

N.Y. Tylenol wrongful death claim transferred to MDL in Philadelphia

April 11, 2013 9:17 AM
By Jon Campisi

A wrongful death claim that had been filed by a New York State widow over her husband’s death as an alleged result of Tylenol use has been transferred to the newly created multidistrict over-the-counter Tylenol litigation docket in Philadelphia. Cathleen … Read More »

Federal Court, mass tort, multi-district litigation, News, Personal Injury, Product Liability, wrongful death

Phila. attorney becomes fellow of American College of Trial Lawyers

April 9, 2013 7:11 AM
By Jon Campisi

Philadelphia law firm Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin recently announced that one of its lawyers, William Banton, Jr., has become a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Banton, who serves as the assistant director of the Health … Read More »

Asbestos, Features, Issues, mass tort, News, Personal Injury

Federal judicial panel OKs creation of Tylenol products liability MDL in Phila.

April 4, 2013 5:20 PM
By Jon Campisi

Attorneys representing plaintiffs who allege they suffered liver failure damage or failure due to their use of over-the-counter Tylenol have succeeded in getting a federal court panel to approve the formation of a multidistrict litigation docket through which the claims … Read More »

Federal Court, Issues, mass tort, News, Personal Injury, Product Liability

Oklahoma mother files Zoloft claim in Phila. federal court

April 2, 2013 8:56 AM
By Jon Campisi

An Oklahoma mother has filed a complaint in the Multidistrict Zoloft Marketing Products Liability Litigation consolidated at the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia over allegations that her ingestion of the antidepressant during pregnancy caused her son to develop serious birth … Read More »

Federal Court, mass tort, multi-district litigation, News, Personal Injury, Product Liability

Former Maryland mayor who developed lung cancer files asbestos mass tort claim against CSX Transportation

March 28, 2013 9:02 AM
By Jon Campisi

An elderly Maryland man who was diagnosed with lung cancer on Jan. 30 of last year has filed a mass tort injury claim in the asbestos docket consolidated in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Lawyers representing Frank K. Nethken, 82, … Read More »

Asbestos, Federal Court, mass tort, News, Personal Injury

Bayer sued over injuries allegedly caused by Mirena birth control system

March 28, 2013 9:01 AM
By Jon Campisi

An Arizona woman is suing drugmaker Bayer over claims that the defendant’s birth control system Mirena caused her to sustain serious bodily injuries. Cynthia Solano asserts in her civil action, which was filed at the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia … Read More »