The first bellwether trial for heartburn drug lawsuits filed over kidney injuries caused by Nexium, Prilosec, Prevacid and other proton pump inhibitors will begin in September 2020.…
A proposed order seeks to coordinate state and federal heartburn drug lawsuits over kidney injury claims for pretrial proceedings.…
Parties involved in heartburn drug kidney injury lawsuits have tentatively agreed that the first trial should begin in May 2020.…
A judge has refused to split heartburn drug kidney injury lawsuits into two phases, siding with plaintiffs on pushing the litigation toward bellwether trials.…
Plaintiffs are calling for the first Nexium, Prilosec and Prevacid bellwether cases over claims of kidney failure and kidney damage to begin in February 2020, while defendants are calling for bifurcated proceedings that would address issues of general causation and preemption before any cases are prepared for trial.…
The findings of a new study warn that some popular heartburn drugs like Nexium and Protonix may decrease a patient’s risk of surviving cancer.…
The makers of Nexium, Prilosec, Prevacid and similar heartburn drugs face about 2,000 kidney failure lawsuits; a number that is expected to grow significantly in the coming months.…
A lawsuit against the makers of Prilosec OTC claims that the over-the-counter version of the popular heartburn drug caused kidney failure.…
A Nexium lawsuit filed against AstraZeneca indicates that a Pennsylvania man suffered chronic kidney disease following just a year of regular use.…
Side effects of Nexium use for more than 10 years allegedly caused a Michigan woman to develop chronic kidney disease (CKD) and acute interstitial nephritis (AIN), which involves a sudden inflammation of the kidneys.…
