by Anthony Braaten | Aug 12, 2020 | MASS TORTS
Trusted newspaper columnist and internist Dr. Roach recently fielded a question by a 78-year-old man who wondered if his years-long use of the heartburn drug Zantac may put him at risk for side effects. The man, referred to only as L.L., said he’d been taking 300mg of...
by Anthony Braaten | Aug 11, 2020 | MASS TORTS
Hundreds of new JUUL lawsuits have been filed in U.S. courts over the past year. These include individual claims in which plaintiffs blame JUUL’s advertising for misleading them about the addictive nature of the company’s e-cigarettes, as well as class-action claims...
by Anthony Braaten | Aug 10, 2020 | MASS TORTS
Many kids start vaping in middle school, continue through high school, and eventually start smoking conventional cigarettes, according to the Colorado Department of Health & Environment’s Healthy Kids Colorado Survey. One reason for the teens’ continued use of...
by Anthony Braaten | Aug 3, 2020 | MASS TORTS
Ten companies were hit with warning letters by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for marketing flavored disposable vapes and e-liquids that appeal to youth without the required approval from the agency. The move is part of the FDA’s ongoing effort to stop the...
by Clark and DiStefano | Jul 24, 2020 | MASS TORTS
First Circuit Judge Ronald Wilson, in a notice to lawyers about delaying an asbestos trial next month, said he had “witnessed the increasing nervousness of those around me.” He also called a separate set of asbestos trials planned for next week a...
by Clark and DiStefano | Jul 23, 2020 | MASS TORTS, TALCUM POWDER INJURY
In a July 15 op-ed in the Wall Street Journal New York University Grossman School of Medicine Professor Judith T. Zelikoff remarked that Johnson & Johnson’s decision to remove Johnson’s Baby Powder from the U.S. and Canadian markets was a “milestone in women’s...
