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• E-Scooter Injuries Often Involve Riders Being Under the Influence of Substances: Study

  May 12, 2025

  Darian Hauf

  A new report indicates that hospitalizations from scooter-related injuries increased more than eightfold between 2016 and 2021, with 25% of all people hospitalized being under the influence of substances.

• Impaired Driving Causes More Than Half of All Driver-Related Injuries: Study

  May 1, 2025

  Darian Hauf

  New research suggests that more than half of all driver-related injuries involve individuals who test positive for alcohol, cannabis or other mind altering substances, with more than one-fifth of injured drivers testing positive for two or more mood-altering substances.

• 500 Suboxone Tooth Decay Cases Randomly Selected for Bellwether Record Collection Pool

  April 24, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  A federal judge has randomly selected a group of 500 Suboxone tooth decay lawsuits to go through case-specific discovery and further workup, which may eventually be eligible for early bellwether trials.

• Status of Suboxone Tooth Loss Lawsuits To Be Reviewed at MDL Conference

  April 16, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  A federal judge will meet with lawyers involved with Suboxone tooth loss lawsuits tomorrow, to review the status of pretrial proceedings in claims brought by individuals throughout the U.S.

• Prenatal Opioid Exposure May Result in Smaller Brains Among Newborns: Study

  April 14, 2025

  Martha Garcia

  A new study reveals that prenatal exposure to opioids and opioid addiction treatments may lead to smaller brains in infants.

• Up to 100 Suboxone Tooth Decay Claims Can Be Filed on Single Lawsuit in MDL: Judge

  March 17, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  The U.S. District Judge presiding over all Suboxone lawsuits is allowing up to 100 plaintiffs to be combined on one complaint, to help expedite filings ahead of an expected surge in new tooth decay claims.

• Suboxone Lawyers Report on Status of Lawsuits Over Tooth Decay, Dental Damage

  March 11, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  Suboxone lawyers will meet today with a federal judge, to discuss the status of thousands of tooth decay lawsuits brought over the opioid treatment film strips.

• Medical Records of Suboxone Tooth Decay Must Be Produced Under MDL Court Order

  February 20, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  A federal judge is ordering pharmacies, dentists and other medical record holders to quickly turn over those documents to plaintiffs involved in Suboxone tooth decay lawsuits.

• Lawyers in Suboxone Dental Lawsuits Fail To Reach Agreement on Bellwether Selection Process

  February 6, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  Plaintiffs involved in Suboxone dental lawsuits indicate the bellwether selection process may be delayed due to the defendants' approach to the discovery process, which they say will cause significant delays in the litigation.

• Another Influx of Suboxone Tooth Decay Lawsuits Expected in Coming Months

  January 20, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  The number of Suboxone lawsuits is expected to surge once again this summer, before a potential statute of limitations deadline in June 2025, for claims from states with a three-year statute of limitations.