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Firefighter Hearing Loss Lawsuit Results in Damages Verdict
A Philadelphia jury has awarded a firefighter $100,000 in a hearing loss lawsuit filed over the design of sirens used by the city’s emergency response vehicles. The case is one of several hundred similar lawsuits involving hearing damage for firefighters caused by Q-Sirens, made by Federal Signal Corp..
Prempro Lawsuit Results in $9.5M Award for Breast Cancer Survivor
In yet another loss for Pfizer’s Wyeth unit involving side effects of Prempro, a Philadelphia jury awarded $9.45 million this week to an Alabama woman who said that the hormone replacement therapy caused her to develop breast cancer.
Pennsylvania Mesothelioma Lawsuit Results in $17M Award for Two Families
A Pennsylvania jury awarded $17 million in damages to the families of two men diagnosed with mesothelioma from exposure to asbestos in valves and gaskets.
Prempro Punitive Damage Awards Totaling $103M Returned by Two Juries
A Philadelphia jury hit subsidiaries of Pfizer, Inc. with $28 million in punitive damages on Monday in a lawsuit over Prempro hormone replacement therapy filed by Donna Kendall. Following the award, the Court unsealed a prior Prempro punitive damage award issued for $75 million in a similar case decided by another Philadelphia jury last [...]
Another Prempro Trial Results in Multi-Million Dollar Verdict for Breast Cancer
A Philadelphia jury has awarded an Illinois woman $6.3 million in compensatory damages in a lawsuit over Prempro and Provera hormone replacement therapy (HRT) drugs, which the plaintiff alleged was responsible for her development of breast cancer. The case will now enter the punitive damages phase of the trial, to determine whether more money [...]
Paxil Lawsuit Over Birth Defects Results in $2.5M Award in Pennsylvania
In the first jury verdict out of more 600 Paxil lawsuits pending against GlaxoSmithKline PLC, a Pennsylvania jury has found that use of the antidepressant during pregnancy resulted in birth defects for a three year old child and awarded $2.5 million in compensation.
Paxil Side Effects Linked to Birth Defects in 2001 According to Trial Testimony
Testimony from GlaxoSmithKline officials suggest that the drug company knew that side effects of Paxil could cause birth defects as early as 2001, lending some support to claims that the company suppressed or downplayed the drugs’ birth defect risks.
Department of Veterans Affairs Faces Lawsuits and More Medical Errors
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has mistakenly notified hundreds of veterans that they have Lou Gehrig’s disease, in the most recent of a string of VA medical errors that have plagued the agency. The notification error comes as the VA faces potential lawsuits from other veterans who may have been infected with HIV or [...]
VA Cancer Treatment Problems Identified Among More Patients
Investigators have found at least six more cases of cancer patients given incorrect doses of radiation for prostate cancer at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Philadelphia, bringing the total number of patients affected by the clinics cancer treatment problems to 98.
Philadelphia VA Hospital Malpractice Claim Filed Over Cancer Clinic Problems
A Vietnam veteran and former Special Forces officer has presented a claim against the federal government in connection with botched cancer treatments performed by what has been referred to as a “rogue” cancer unit at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center.
