- Jason Edward Ochs
- April 20, 2017
Two bellwether trials are set to begin in the mass action regarding the pharmaceutical drug Xarelto in the coming week. The first will start next week in the Eastern District of Louisiana. To date there are more than 16,000 cases…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- April 16, 2017
The World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) recently declared the weed killer Roundup a “probable human carcinogen” amidst numerous studies linking it to non-Hodkin’s lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and leukemia. A number of journal reviews have specifically…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- April 16, 2017
In 2015 we filed one of the very first e-cig battery explosion lawsuits in the country. The case involved a young man who was vaping in an effort to quit smoking (often the case with vape products). He purchased a…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- April 14, 2017
Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon division issued a full recall of its Physiomesh Flexible Composite Mesh. The voluntary withdrawal came after two studies found higher rates of hernia re-opening versus similar products. The product is used in the laparoscopic repair and…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- April 14, 2017
On Tuesday, a Minnesota Court ordered that a jury could hear and consider punitive damages in the first GMO corn trial. The case stems from a genetically-modified corn seed that Syngenta sold to farmers in 2012. Plaintiffs allege that Syngenta…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- April 13, 2017
In 2002, Bayer Pharmaceutical invented a relatively non-invasive form of permanent birth control, known as Essure. The Essure procedure can be done in several minutes by a gynecologist, has a recovery time of approximately two days, and does not require…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- April 13, 2017
The Bair Hugger Warming Blanket has come under scrutiny lately, as it allegedly causes “a disproportionate amount of deep-joint infections”. The warming blankets, which are manufactured by 3M and its subsidiary Arizant, keep perioperative patients warm, lowering recovery time and…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- April 13, 2017
The invention of the metal-on-metal total hip replacement was innovative in that it allowed the recipient to be more active than those who received other kinds of hip replacements on account of its greater range of motion and greater propensity…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- April 13, 2017
After rejecting a $1.8 million settlement offer, Johnson & Johnson and their subsidiary Depuy paid out $1.041 billion to six Plaintiffs alleging that they were injured by their Pinnacle metal-on-metal hip replacements. The lawsuit took place in Texas. The petitioners,…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- April 13, 2017
The awareness of talculm powder and the alleged link to ovarian cancer is spreading, but few consumers realize the strength of the science behind the two. Among the science linking the two include 22 different studies. Since as early as…
