An editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine claims that “authors of a study funded by Vioxx maker Merck & Co. failed to disclose in a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2000 that three additional patients in a clinical study suffered heart attacks while using the now-withdrawn painkiller,” according…
Category Archives: Exposure to Chemicals
Will the senate asbestos bill pass?
Investor’s Business Daily (via Yahoo) is reporting that the asbestos bill will have its day, but its chances of passing are slim. After more than two years of wrangling, the Senate is set to vote…on a major $140 billion bill to resolve the asbestos litigation crisis. But insiders say the bill’s chances are iffy at…
DuPont settles with EPA
Here’s the latest in the ongoing DuPont saga from CNews: Federal regulators have reached an agreement with DuPont to settle allegations that the company hid information about the dangers of a toxic chemical known as C8 used in the making of Teflon. Lawyers for DuPont and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency told an administrative law…
Settlement reached in WV asbestos suit
According to AP writer Allison Barker, WVU will pay former and current employees as part of an asbestos class action settlement: West Virginia University has reached a settlement in a class-action lawsuit affecting up to 5,600 former and current employees who may have been exposed to asbestos, the school announced Tuesday. As part of the…
Class action against Canada’s Inco
Ontario appeal court certifies class-action by Port Colborne man against Inco: TORONTO (CP) – Ontario’s Court of Appeal has certified a class-action lawsuit alleging an Inco refinery contaminated homes in a southwestern Ontario community. The decision sets aside the previous orders handed down last year by the Ontario Divisional Court. The suit alleges the properties…
DuPont hid risks of Teflon for decades
Back in July we posted an entry about a Teflon class action being filed against DuPont. Now, several sources are saying that DuPont knew about the risks of Teflon. DuPont “hid studies showing the risks of a Teflon-related chemical used to line candy wrappers, pizza boxes, microwave popcorn bags and hundreds of other food containers,…
News on the upcoming Vioxx trial
Vioxx users will challenge safety claims, according to Yahoo! News: HOUSTON – Whether the once-popular painkiller Vioxx can be lethal if taken for just a few weeks will be the crux of the first federal trial concerning the drug’s safety, plaintiff’s lawyers said Wednesday. Jere Beasley and Andy Birchfield, the Montgomery, Ala., lawyers representing the…
Class action kings move to NY
TheLawyer.com is reporting that “Houston-based Lanier Law Firm has launched in New York with four lawyers, with the aim of expanding the presence to eclipse its headquarters within three years.” Officially opened today (16 November), the mid-town Manhattan office of the class action specialists will be overseen by resident head Richard Meadow, who will be…
Settlement reached over field-burning
An agreement has been reached in a field burning lawsuit: SPOKANE, Wash. People in the Spokane and northern Idaho areas who suffered breathing problems because of agricultural field-burning will be compensated under a state court settlement. The 891-thousand dollar settlement with 70 northern Idaho farmers won’t produce big money to sufferers. People with cystic fibrosis…
Asbestos bill meeting next Thursday
Here’s the latest on the asbestos bill, from TheHill.com: An upcoming Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on asbestos-injury-liability reform will give Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) a chance to counter a critical report about his bill and rejuvenate his effort to move the legislation forward. The hearing, scheduled for next Thursday, could be viewed as a response…