Avandia Settlements Reportedly Reached in Thousands More Lawsuits

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GlaxoSmithKline has reached additional Avandia settlements in an estimated 5,000 lawsuits over the side effects of their diabetes drug, which has been linked to an increased risk of heart attacks and other potentailly life-threatening injuries. 

Among the Avandia lawsuits settled were cases scheduled for trial to begin later this month in Pennsylvania, according to a report by Reuters. The first Avandia trial is now expected to begin in October 2010, unless additional settlements are reached.

Details surrounding the agreement to settle the Avandia claims have not been disclosed, but it is at least the second batch of cases resolved by the drug maker. Last month, Bloomberg News reported that GlaxoSmithKline agreed to pay $60 million to settle Avandia lawsuits brought by about 700 people represented by two law firms.

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Avandia (rosiglitazone) was approved in the United States in 1998 to treat type 2 diabetes by helping control blood sugar levels. The drug has been used by millions of diabetics, but sales have plummeted in recent years as concerns have mounted about the risk of serious and potentially life-threatening heart risks with Avandia. Some experts estimate that Avandia has caused between 60,000 and 200,000 heart attacks and deaths due to cardiovascular problems in the U.S. from 1999 to 2006.

Concerns about the risk of Avandia heart problems first gained widespread attention in May 2007, when a meta-analysis of 42 different clinical trials was published in the New England Journal of Medicine, suggesting that users of Avandia had a 43% increased risk of a heart attack.

GlaxoSmithKline PLC currently faces about 13,000 Avandia lawsuit claims filed by former users of the drug who allege that the drug company failed to adequately research their medication or warn users about the serious side effects. The federal Avandia litigation has been consolidated into an MDL, or Multidistrict Litigation, for pretrial litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

According to an earlier scheduling order issued by the federal judge presiding over the MDL, the first Avandia trial was expected to begin this summer. However, a modified scheduling order was issued last week granting an extension of time, indicating that lawsuits from the initial Avandia trial pill will begin October 5, 2010.

Pressure on GlaxoSmithKline to settle the Avandia cases has increased in recent months with the first trials approaching and a renewed push by critics for a recall of Avandia to be issued.

Earlier this year, a Senate report was released that criticized GlaxoSmithKline for intimidating doctors who spoke out about Avandia side effects and for failing to adequately warn users about the risk of a heart attack from side effects of Avandia.

An Avandia safety review is currently being conducted by the FDA, and the drug regulatory agency estimates that it will conclude its investigation some time in July. Some of the FDA’s own drug reviewers said as early as 2007 that Avandia poses too great of a health risk for too few benefits.

The FDA is also considering pulling the plug on an Avandia study, called TIDE, which is looking at the side effects of Avandia compared to those of Actos, a competing diabetes medication manufactured by Takeda Pharmaceuticals. The FDA says that given the Avandia heart attack risks, it may be unethical to continue the trials.


231 Comments


don
I THINK the common fund does not a impact on individual. Doesn’t seem fair the lawyers get more $$$ than Joe Citizen but Our country is based on the have and have nots. Things are not going as well as I had hoped with my health. Monday my heart decided to stop for a moment knocking me out as I was driving down the road. Dr is planning on doing a heart cath but does not expect a good outcome. Time for people to campaign for law reform…GSK needs to settle or face the death penalty…at least their appeals will have an end!

joyce
yes nurses are reading the files,i guess the doctors are to busy ,we have to take there word ,there probley working on standards papers ,

sandy
I received a letter from my attorney after 5years saying that my late husband’s death was not included in the lawsuit, and that he was going to resumit the claim because they had nurses reading the medical records. My reply was let me know as soon as possible, becuase I going to the Bucks County courts a file criminal charges. The following week they agreed that my husbands death was due to Avandia.

joyce
does this mean the lawyers are double dipping they have a fund of there plus they get 40%of ours????????

joyce
Don please tell me what this means?is it the lawyers,i am on new meds going blind now .But glad to hear your doing much better we will just keep praying,

Jose
This was obtained through the Internet on 4/05/13, pertaining the Avandia Settlement Suit. Posted Jan. 23, 2013 at 6:01 a.m. Premium Lock Avandia patients who sued GSK to receive estimated $57,500 in settlements Print this blog postE-mail blog post More Sharing ServicesShare Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on myspace Share on digg Share on delicious Share on google Avandia Avandia Image 1 of 2 · Next Image… Related Blog Posts •Lawyers fight over split of $143M in fees for GSK Avandia settlement •GSK to pay US $3B to settle probes of sales, marketing •GSK agrees to settle 20,000 Avandia drug cases •GSK to pay 38 states, including NC, $90M in Avandia case •GSK to pay $150M in suit involving delays for generic nasal spray •Supreme Court to hear ‘pay for delay’ generic drug case •GSK joint venture files new drug application for HIV treatment •FDA approves GlaxoSmithKline drug for treatment of anthrax •GSK doesn’t see diabetes drugs winning OK to fight obesity On The Web •GSK archive By Staff, wire reports Tags: GSK, Biotech & Life Science, Venture & Innovation Research Triangle Park, N.C. — Thousands of people who sued GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) could receive settlements worth as much as $57,000, based on an estimate from Bloomberg news. The figure comes from details of an agreement among lawyers on how to settle the case. Lawyers involved in lawsuits against GSK about the diabetes drug Avandia have resolved their differences over how $144 million in legal fees will be split, based on a court filing. Bloomberg estimates the total settlement will be $2.3 billion with individuals receiving some $57,500 before legal fees. The drug giant already has agreed to pay 38 states, including North Carolina, $90 million to settle cases in which it allegedly misrepresented the safety of Avandia. North Carolina’s share is some $3.1 million, according to state Attorney General Ray Cooper. The settlement is one of several GSK has made in law suits brought against Avandia. The company has agreed to may more than $3 billion to resolve government probes of its marketing of Avandia and other medications, as well as patient lawsuits. According to Bloomberg, eight lawyers on a court-appointed fee committee agreed to take a smaller portion of the fee fund after nine objectors challenged their payouts, a special master assigned to review the recommendations said in court papers made public Jan. 18 in federal court in Philadelphia. GSK The fee committee had asked for 71 percent of the fund set aside by U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe for the Avandia cases before her. “Allocating a limited pot of common benefit fees among numerous counsel, all of whom are talented and capable attorneys and many of whom have made a significant contribution to the ultimate success of (a) case, is an unenviable task that is sure to lead to hurt feelings and bruised egos,” Bruce Merenstein, the special master, wrote in the filing. “Yet, all of the parties involved handled this difficult task with care and equanimity.” The fee fund is 6.25 percent of the total settlement, according to court records. That means the total accord may be worth $2.3 billion and the average payout for the 40,000 users of Avandia involved in the litigation would be about $57,500 – before legal fees. People familiar with the settlement who didn’t want to be named because the terms weren’t public have said the fee fund was 7 percent of the total, Bloomberg noted. Glaxo said in 2010 it would stop promoting Avandia worldwide after regulators said marketing for the drug would be halted in Europe and sales would be limited in the U.S. because of studies linking the drug to increased risks of heart attacks. Sales fell 43 percent after those restrictions were imposed, Glaxo said. The fee-advisory group, led by Philadelphia attorney Dianne Nast, agreed to a lower payout as part of the accord. Nast agreed to take $6.3 million, down from $6.7 million, according to court papers. Joseph Zonies, a Denver-based attorney who was slated to get the highest recommended fee, will see his firm’s payout reduced to $22.5 million from $24.4 million for 18,232 hours of work. Vance Andrus, another Denver-based lawyer, saw the biggest reduction, a cut of about $3 million that left him with a payout of $14.6 million, according to the filing. Other lawyers in the group, including Thomas Cartmell, Bryan Aylstock, Stephen Corr, Paul Kiesel and Bill Robins III all agreed to reductions from about $700,000 to $1.3 million each, according to court papers. Fifty-eight law firms are seeking payment from the fund for common benefit work. The proposed payout for 41 firms that did not object will remain unchanged, Merenstein said in the filing. The allocation is subject to final approval from Rufe. GSK operates its North American headquarters in RTP. [GSK ARCHIVE: Check out 10 years of GSK stories as reported in WRAL Tech Wire.] WRAL Tech Wire any time: Twitter, Facebook Copyright 2013 WRAL Tech Wire. All rights reserved.

joyce
just saw on msn 700 M KATRINS FUNDS LOST…………geeeesssssss I wounder if thats what happens to ours?

joyce
we all are still waiting me from 98 ,i am not holding my breath any more,its all politicand lawyers any one else in that can make moneyexcept you

Miss.dee
I would like to know where is our money we have been waiting on check since December. Now March almost April. What’s the hold up we need our money the site on your web say u all got paid. What’s. The hold up on our. We have had cvs heartats fals gone blind we are hurting forour money.

joyce
🙂 iam praying for you my friend,I’ll think positive

don
You can read about the study at thecantos.org or do a search for “cantos study” and you’ll see the web site

don
All, October 2011 I had my latest stent placed. At that time the Dr told me that I was not a candidate for another bypass due to the agressiveness of my heart disease and told me to expect another 6 months. The following February I signed up for a research study using a drug that helps curb any inflamation in the heart. It’s been 18 months since that stent placement. I’m not a Dr or a Research person but I try to give credit where it’s due. First to God because He has guided me to this point. He has guided the Drs and the research people. Do I believe the medication is helping…most definitely. Sorry I can’t remember the drugs name but it is referred to as the Cantos study out of Baylor College of Medicine however there is other sites doing this study I know for a fact in Idaho and Iowa. So there is hope I might see the rest of my settlement that I am due. This study is a 5 year study so to advertise this drug as help for people who have lived through a heart attack is a ways down the road but if not all the research slots are filled it could help someone now that is in need.

joyce
heool sara don well never got a call back from tv ,as i thought,sara your right i going to laid off them.and stop thinking of them but you see how much hate i have ,i am going to calm dowm before this does kill me,so my ffriends blessings now i have fo focus on my own health ty Sara by for now my friends i’ll ckeck in again i hope my new drugs sux lol joyce

Sara
I am not a victim of this drug nor is any of my family, but I came across this site because of reading through current lawsuits going on. I just wanted to say that I read every single post and cried for you all, its heartbreaking to hear that people have been waiting as long back as the 90’s, this is just disturbing to me!! I currently am very ill due to having a surgery a couple years ago, after it was performed, I went down hill fast. I am turning 36 years old this month, a single mother of 3 boys, and financially fighting every day. I am lucky to have one penny to my name and haven’t had a car for over 2 years due to the fact I have no one to help me figure out why this simple procedure to burn my uterus wall so I can’t have more kids, destroyed me. I am trying to find things regarding the Nova-sure procedure and wondering if anyone else is like me. Anyhow just wanted to say GOD HAS YOU IN HIS HANDS, you can’t change the lawyers, governments, doctors, manufacturers etc, but you can still keep fighting for you life and live everyday knowing one day things will hopefully be OK!! Joyce I am not sure going to public tv would help your case I am sure you probably signed something stating if you do this, you can lose your rights, because most cases squash people doing that. I understand your pain, I really really do, especially when I barely can play with my 12, 9, and 4 year old boys, but making the lawyers who are on your side look bad will make them turn against you. Sorry if I sound rude because I don’t mean to, I just want you to be careful, because it sounds like you are already suffering enough. FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT AND DON”T continue on saying your going to die before believe you will concur this company and get something you deserve!! Don you give me hope with the way you look at things, and one day I hope to get back some of what I lost, and be able to take my boys in our own vehicle to the park, or baseball, basketball games, and my youngest (who is autistic, sensory disorder, and ADHD) to therapy and other places to help him grow, instead of sitting around in severe pain, numbness in arms in legs, and etc with tears in eyes watching the time fly and missing out on it. I miss playing ball with the kids in the yard like I use too a couple years ago, and miss running with them, and just being me! THE one and only thing I have is my God and I know he will take care of me in the end! So what I am trying to say, years may pass, time goes by, we are all suffering, but one day they will get whats coming and have to give you guys your payments, but that never replaces, what we all lost. I give you credit for fighting, stay strong and God Bless you all!!

joyce
just called atty and he’s on vacation for a weelk! yeah on my dime too

joyce
hello don, well i am writting you this to tell you i contacted our local tv station,don’t know how much good it will do i i did it,igoing to tell the everything ,and then i have something else in mind i’ll be a thron in my lawyers ass and te goverment too. I am so tired of being a sucker for them now i have to turn.I realy dont know how to be mean maybe my pain will help me,Wish me luck………………………………joyce

JOYCE
DON THEY ARE JUST WAITING FOR ALL OF US TO DIE OUT,WHAT A BUSINESS HUH? MY OTHER POSTUM WERE ME ON MY NEW DRUGS PRETTY GOOD HUH!BUTTHAT IS HOW I FEEL THEY KILLED US LEGAELY!BUT BEFORE I DIE I JUST WANT TO TALK TO ONE JUST ONE IS THAT TO MUCH TO ASK ,BUT I AM SURE THERE LAWYERS ARE TELL THEM NO! AN ERROR IN/APPEALS IS PEOPLE HAVE DIE WITH NO RELATIVES,THATS WHY THEY CAN’T MAKE SETTLEMENTS,AND IF THATS THE CASE DONTE TO THE US CHARTRIES THERE ENOUGHT OF THEM AND I’LL PUT MY NAME AT THE TOP BLESSINGS JOYCE

don
from my lawyer comes this response…”I don’t really have a substantive update. The holdback amounts are still being worked on for everyone. I have been told that we hope to receive the error/appeal amount this summer, but that is just what I am hearing. There is no guarantee”. If you believe we’ll get another check this summer then I’d like to offer also the opportunity to purchase front row seats to the end of the world.

joyce
don they took the place for you yo look at down donald the place you gave me to look at is no longer up,aren’t they ball busters

JOYCE
JUST CALLED LAWYER AGAIN AND HE IS REALY GOING TO HERE IT BECAUSE I CAN’T STOP MYSELF,THEY KILLED ME ,THEY BETTER WORK FASTER ON MINE ,I SOUND MEANER BECAUSE I AM NOW ON A DIFFERENT MED ,SEE THAT WHAT THEY DO ,I A’M A MONSTER NOW ,NOW AFTER TAKEN TAKE ACTOS ITS MUCH BETTER FUC K THEM DOCTORS AND LAWWYERS CAN KISS MY A,SS dead Dead do you all know the word ,How much of the population have they killed off and i mean big companys ,all in the name of money ,They cant work like the rest if us those lazy bastards,no they steal it from us then we are discared like trash ,I am mean and ugly right now and if the goverments want s to talk fine but there not going to like what they here ,they already know as i suspect,there alll corrcupe.i hate you all and you say you you love the usa i realdy doubht it you pack of rats,slime

JOYCE
DON CALLED LAWYER’S YESTERDAY AND FOUNFD OUT NURSES ARE LOOKING OVER THE FILES FOR THE DEFENDE !WHY NURSES IT SHOULD BE A DOCTOR AS I AM CONCERN,THEY KNOW WHEN IT HAPPEN AND STARTED AND WHAT THE END RESULTS ARE GOING TO BE , FOR US WE KNOW ITS DEATH ! WELL MY LAWYER IS IN FOR A SURPRISE I’D TELL YOU BUT THE SITE IS BEING MONITOR,LIKE YOU SAID CYA I AM. WELL WHEN I GET MUSHROOMS I MAKE SOUP BY THE WAY AS YOU SEE I DON’T KNOW HOW TO USE COMPUTTER,BUT I WILL TELL YOU ONLY STUPID LAWYERS RESPERSENT THEM SELFS,WENT TO COLLEGE UP THE STREET AND FOUND OUT A FEW NEW THINGS,AND I WAS RIGHT WITH THE PACK AND THEN SOME .LETS FACE IT EVERYONE THAT TOOK THE F****PILL IS GOING TO DIE BECAUSE OF IT I AM NOT LOOKING FOR A BIGGER SHARE OF THE POT JUST DEVIED THE MONEY UP AND SEND IT OUT .WE ARE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT..i HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE SO I WILL MAKE MY MARK ANOTHER WAY! I WANT TO SEE THEM SQUERM OUT OF THIS .I AM FEELING HATE AS YOU SEE.AND HATE IS A POWERFUL WORD.,I AM WRITTING THIS TODAY FOR PEOPLE THAT DON’T KNOW ABOUT WHAT CAN HAPPEN !i AM A VICTIM CRIME BECAUSE OF MY AGE AND DISABLES,I WANT TO BE IN A SAFE PLACE !AND NOW BEING A VICTIM AGAIN BY MY OWN LAWYERS I DONT THINK SO ,AFFRAID TO GO OUT THE DOOR LISTING FOR EVERY NOISE,YOU CANT SLEEP LIVE IN FEAR tHEN YOU THINK ONLY IF I DIDNT TAKE THAT PILL THEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE DOCTOR THAT GAVE IT TO YOU,HOW MUCH DID HE GET,THEN YOU THINK OF THE REPSENTIVE THAT WENT TO THE OFFICE TO PUSH IT.yOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO TRUST YOUR DOCTOR WELL YOU CANT i live day to day its bad real bad you start thinking real bad things and i for one am going to start doing something about it,BELIEVE ME I AM NOT A TROUBLE MAKER BUT I GOING TO BEGIN TO NOW I DONT CARE ANYMORE ,LETS SEE WHAT THEY LEAVE OFF THIS OR WILL EVEN POST IT

don
You’re not by yourself Joyce! I look at multiple blogs trying to get more info. The lawyers are not very forthcoming with info. So it’s like we are forced to play the role of mushrooms. I’ll keep posting if I get any further info

joyce
well it looks like i have the site to myself or there just not putting ya’ll in,

joyce
what happen no one on site any moreno postems well guess there is something wrong

joyce
well if they send me a check i like to know how much i settle for?I would only consider that intrest payment..I am still alive so i am put at the end of the pile ,well march is only 2 days away we’ll see

don
There is another blog “settlement of avandia…” on this site that has people saying there supposed to be checks coming out the 1st of each month to get us paid stating in March. That would be great if true! people on this blog may want to read/post on the other blog as well.

joyce
if i could drink i say raise the glasses we got, screw donald made i made 63

Shelby
Have been trying for a week to get Attorneys, no one will answer the phone, and the answering machine message says no new information on avandia. and if you push 1 on the phone keypad that machine says I am sorry we are either out of the office, or all representatives are helping other people. I think they have gotten paid and are taking an extended Vacation on an island somehwere. Not even giving us another thought. Just whooping it up on our dime.

will c
we all need to get more imfo

donald
Joyce, Realize they probably removed your letter to protect you and them. GSK got the lawyers to agreed to squash any public admission about the settlement of specifics of individual cases less a threat of no settlement. That is why people can no longer use advanced settlement companies to get money in advance of the settlement. Lawyers will not disclose details so the company can assess the potential award you could get…they are very expensive anyway (worse than the lawyer fees if you can believe it). I’m researching the best way to get this thing publicized. Have to do it in generalities. Let the media use the Freedom of Information Act to gather info. If you are ever quiried about your case outside of your legal representation you must not give any specific details…CYA as to what they say. I know Jesus has the reserved seat of judge and jury come judgement day but sure would like to see GSK and the lawyers answer to some people here on earth.

joyce
Donald they took my letter off the site they wrote me ! now tell me who is reading the site????????????GSK Goverement i want every pennie i am entile to they the lawyers cant keep the intrest there not a finance co.wounder if i can be blessings your friend

joyce
I’ll help any way i can you know what i am doing ,I’ll even try learning to do e-mail,Shall we start with Brain Williams OR Glenn Beck

donald
I think I’m going to campaign for someone in the media to take up our cause. Let’s get this in front of the american peoples eyes asking them to write their congress reps. The judge handling this case needs to answer why the settlement seems to be dragging out. She had sent a mandate to GSK to settle and on “paper” they settled. I seriously question if anyone has totally settled…not that the settlement is anywhere near the fair point. The lawyers are definitely the big winners in this case. They are holding on to the hold back moneys in a bank account I’m sure is paying interest…who gets the interest? Even if the interest is set at 1.5% annual that equates to $25./month on just my hold back moneys. Now multiply that by about 60,000 people = $1.5million per month in interest. OK getting off my soap box…even my blood pressure is going up…lol…Our government is supposed to have check and controls. It prevents monopolies…it is supposed to prevent price fixing/gouging but has done a poor job with the legal industry…why…Lawyers are like congressmen…They set their own pay and can’t be touched. Time for that special media person to expose this racketteer scheme!

JOYCE
DONALD I AM GOING TO ADD THIS TO MY PACKET TO THANKS FOR THAT HELP BLESSINGS JOYCE

joyce
donald: i still don’t understand how there are going to settle with me,everytime i turn aroung something is wrong so how to they figure that out or are they just going to keep in in limbo until i die,my case has been sent over for settlement so they say,i also said i will not go under the knift,i”ll nevere come out alive thats a very strong feeling for me ,I too feel rob of seeing my grands grow up all they have seen is nanny sick,I can’t get the look out of there eyes,and thats what realy bothering me ! GSK you murder me and in the name of MONEY! I went to the link can’t understand it yet i’ll need someone to help me,but i am still putting my packet toghter,gave them until feb 13 that will be my 63 birthday thinking my stone will say feb.13.2013 what a date thats the day the packet will go out.i have a need to post more but i get to tired to fast…………May God Bless You All

deceasedmotherson
lawyer out of californina told me they didnt know when the hold back would be released garreetson has already been paid out of settlement now they figure just let them wait lawyers feel the same way my mom died from this drug her doctor was steady giving to her just so he could perks from gsk thanks for the link lawyers get upset when u constantly call them knowing that they have already been paid they arent trying to find anything out thats why i agree we all need to write our stata bar where our lawyers are at maybe then our lawyers will listen

donald
http://www.justice.gov/opa/documents/gsk/plea-ex-c.pdf The above link is the settlement between GSK and the Federal Government insurance agencies. Joyce I appreciate your apology…was worried I was sounding like a lawyer…LOL Laura I was told the same exact type of verbage several years ago but I kept bugging the lawyers. Now back to the link above…I emailed this link to my lawyer tonight asking how this affects subrigation of my settlement. The link in short is the legal settlement where medicaid/medicare/tricare/VA sued GSK. GSK paid settlements to all parties. The question I posed is how this would impact My settlement because the only insurance I used was Tricare. There is a current holdback amount from the initial settlement I am due. The Garretson Group is supposed to clear any subrigations with any and all insurance companies. I received forms to sign about a week ago and returned those. These papers were allowing them to do a pay-out of hold-back moneys because Garretson has reached and agreement with most of the private insurance companies. I am not a lawyer, but a pain to the lawyer who signed me to his law firm. I’m just an old retired military man who is determined to hold GSK responsible for my grandkids not having as many memories of their Paw-paw as they could have had.

Laura
hey everyone, I talked to my attourney today and he said that the first round of checks went out today and we wasn’t in them. He said that another would be sent out on March 1st. How do you know what round you are in and when my check well be mailed out? He doesn’t know for sure. It was suppose to be the mid of February and now they changed it again.

joyce
I also have mulligan from 08 they say 2010 my case in now been sent over for settlement there a joke i will not have serguery,i’ll never make it out alive by the grace of god i am still here,not without a lot of problems either ,like i blog before i have all my corasponce with them i am putting my packet together and sending them to fla atty grneral,texas atty gen,and washington dc too ,start putting yours together and do them same as i try to tell everyone numbers don’t lie only atty and doctors ,politintion do all your court doc number ,call doctors and see if they got your information. I gave them until feb 13 my 63rd birthdayfor a answer or my packet going out,The worst letter i will write will be ststes bar assocaaition,please do it for your self if we dont fight for our selves who will sleep now

U B
After 4 years The Mulligan Law Firm sent me a letter on Jan.10 saying i must show usage beginning no later than Nov. 14 2007. So after 4 years of dragging my as around they now say that i am not able to participate in the settlement. After taking avandia i have suffered from congestive heart failure, ischemia heart failure and now they say i may need a new heart. It’s a d shame the way they do poor people.

joyce
sorry donald it was richard i meant

joyce
GSK i dont know who u are or your investers,but i wish you develope diabeites,take your pills like we did and live with it,or try and when your insurance runs out your money is gone,and your family is watching you die little at a time,piece by piece watch the agony in there faces,for there is nothing they can do,but you remember you sold anvandia ,and you will beg to die.and your doctors might even help you?But i want you to live and experance everything we do, We were tax payers and had insurance until it ran out and you know about cobra don’t you! I had a life which you all stolen from me ,i hope to make my 63rd birthday in Feb,I try to make every day count,but it gets harder each and every day,My mind is all over the map and sometimes i am off the wall but today i’m ok,My mind is tired now and must take a nap! I’ll post again no doubt. And Donald you sound like a lawyer that took anvandia and got the same results we did but you know the system you got a chunk of the change but not equel to your life! or pontenical earnings I realy think they should be tried for murder because they lied,

joyce
well talk to atty assitance today what a joke .Well i have every piece of corrsportance they sent me plus the letter i needed to nortize,well i am putting my own packet together and going to send it to the Fla Atty General,Washington Atty,Texas ATTY General then the States Bar Assocation and hope for the best ,WE all can do it please join in. oh yeah by the way if you were or are a smoker they should have know it would kill you faster,i would call this murder they knew .2 of the bp people are being charge ,i think they should be too

donald
Richard…Yes I have received a partial payment (about 60% what my share was after lawyer fees) of the initial calculation (which was incorrect). I am still waiting on the “hold Back” amount that is tied up waiting for Garretson to finish their job. I’m not happy that Garretson already been paid but has not completed their job. I know most people wouldn’t pay for auto repairs before they are done. Or paying your bill at the steak house before you get the steak at the table. I’m told by my lawyer that GSK has not paid for the incorrect calculations as of yet (once the calculation was corrected it almost doubled my claim. So if anyone has not double-checked their award letter then do so immediately. Do NOT trust their abilities…they had me down as a smoker and I never smoked. There was other mistakes as well as not including the fact I had 7 vessel by-pass. My lawyer did say I should see more money in early 2013. Hurry up and wait is the same story.

joyce
still waiting for letter haha my rage is gone lawyers were not in {SURPRISE NOT} THEY WILL PROUBLY TURN THIS INTO TO A PRIVATE SUIT DONT BE SURPRISE ,SO YOU WILL WAIT ANOTHER 15 YRS BY THAT TIME I WOULD CONDITER MURDER BECAUSE I’LL BE DEAD AND AND THR AFDC?WONT CARE EITHER,I REALLY DERPRSS HERE DON’T KNOW WHAT MY NEXT WILL BE SOMETHING BIG I HOPEMY HEART GOES OUT TO THE ONES WHO HAVE LOST PARENTS AT AND EARLY AGE AND TO ALL THAT LOST LIMBS ,I FEEL SO BAD FOR US BECAUSE THE DOCTORS SAY IT WILL HELP YOU,I HOPE THERE FAMILYS NEED THIS MED AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THEY WOULD DO???????? IF YOU RECIECE ANY MONIES LOOK AT IT AND SAY WAS IT WORTH IT ,ALL DOCTORS LIE ALL COVERUPS I’LL CHECK IN AGAIN FROM TIME TO TIME TO SEE HOW YOU ALL ARE DOING PRAYS BE WITH YOU

richard
Has anybody settled yet or got a check?

joyce
seems to me the only group making out in our law suits is the Garrrtson group…..yes you must paid for their service,well i dont want them i can pay my own bills and make deals too,the money is tax free as long as you are alive. i believe i am entering a fit of rage and by monday my lawyers will here this ….the i will put there names all over the sites i can get to even my porker rooms,

JOYCE
CALL ATTY TODAY AFTER READING A LOT OF BLOGS MY SUIT STARTED IN THE 90’S I AM SUPPOSE TO GET LETTER THIS MONTH ,HAD STROKE ,PLUS SOME i REFUSE TO WORK WITH THE GARRISITSON GROUP WHATS THE REASON NONE ITS MY MONEY MY BODY AND DONT NEED THEM ,I AM DAMN MAD RIGHT NOW,MY NEXT STEP I WILL WRITE TO TE JUDGE AND NEWS PAPER I WANT THE RESULTS NOW NOT LATER .I MIGHT NOT BE HERE LATER,I SHOULD HAVE HAD A CHECK IT WILL 13-15 YEARS ALREADY,HOW MUCH LONGER SHOULD I WAIT ,SHIRLY IF I WAS RICH OR POLITION I WOULD HAVE BEEN PAID BY NOW.THIS SUIT WILL HIT THE TV STATIONS ALL OVER THE WORLD,BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING I WOULD’NT DO RIGHT NOW SHOULD I STORM INTO CONGRESS

Harry
I am sure it was closed down because that political wing nut was harassing everyone. As soon as cyber bullying was mentioned, the whole forum disappeared. He is not posting much on the new forum either, so maybe he was served

joe
A new topix was started for avandia, with just about the same folks finding each other. In google, type in avandia topix and go to “vandia”. That spelling is correct. We are all finding each other again. Why was it closed down, nobody knows.

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