Bayer Pharmaceutical Company announced today that it will stop selling its Essure birth control device in the United States. Bayer cited a decline in U.S. sales and continues to claim that the device is safe. However, there are hundreds of pending lawsuits pending in a…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued yet another mandatory recall for global pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories, as its HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device faces scrutiny following the deaths of three users due to the possibility of graft occlusion due to a…
Since marijuana became legal in July 2017, traffic deaths are down over 10 percent, according to The Nevada Department of Public Safety. Specifically, 277 people died in automobile crashes during the first 11 months of non-criminal recreational marijuana sales as opposed to 310 in the…
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…
Recently, over twenty product liability and personal injury lawsuits have been filed against Zimmer-Biomet, Inc. Injured plaintiffs allege serious complications from the M/L Taper with Kinectiv technology when used with a Zimmer VerSys femoral head. As with other metal on metal hip designs, these folks…
If you’re a trial lawyer, no one needs to tell you that litigating a catastrophic injury case can be a lengthy and complex process — even after settling. However, there are tools and solutions that help streamline some of the steps to get to the…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a recall for several drugs, which are used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure, due to an impurity that is believed to cause cancer. The following are products listed in the recall, according to…
On an 86-degree day, it only takes about 10 minutes for the inside of a car to reach a dangerous 105 degrees, according to a report from the nonprofit National Safety Council. Vehicular heatstroke and hyperthermia are the devastating effects of a child being left…
In December 2017, a federal appeals court reinstated nearly 700 type 2 diabetes medication lawsuits that had previously been dismissed, allowing the cases to move forward because of new evidence that supported the plaintiffs’ claims. The plaintiffs claim that medications like Byetta, Januvia, and Victoza…