MassTortDefense Blog posted about the U.S. Supreme's Court decision to not hear a punitive damages case, Wyeth v. Scroggin. In the first trial, bifurcated on liability and damages, the jury held the drug company responsible to the tune of $2.7...
Posted in Drug Recall Lawyer Blog on July 6, 2010 8:18 AM
The Supreme Court rejected Pfizer’s appeal in the Scroggins case, where a jury rendered a compensatory damages verdict of $2.75 million. Pfizer wanted the Supreme Court to order a new trial on the entire case—compensatory and punitive damages, as well...
Posted in Drug Recall Lawyer Blog on June 25, 2010 11:19 AM
Here are this week’s stories: Blood Products: The FDA hit the Red Cross with $16.2 million in fines for blood safety violations. Maybe I should take my donations to the local hospital, instead… Hormone Therapy: Pfizer needs to get ready...
Posted in Drug Recall Lawyer Blog on June 21, 2010 8:40 AM
Since Monday, there have been decisions in two hormone therapy cases. Here are the details: Monday, February 22-Audrey Singleton: In the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, a jury found for the Plaintiff and against Pfizer/Wyeth. The verdict, which came after...
Posted in Drug Recall Lawyer Blog on February 25, 2010 8:37 AM
Here are links to some stories we’re following: Hormone Therapy: New Philadelphia hormone therapy case proceeds to trial, and the plaintiff’s twin sister, who sits in the courtroom and took a different type of hormone therapy, did not have cancer....
Posted in Drug Recall Lawyer Blog on February 1, 2010 9:26 AM
Instead of doing our usual Monday Drug Blog Round-Up yesterday, we opted for a fuller post on the recent plaintiffs’ pain pump victory in Oregon. For more on that story, see the Oregonian. So, today we’ll bring you the links...
Posted in Drug Recall Lawyer Blog on January 26, 2010 8:51 AM
Judge Sandra Mazer Moss ruled in the Philadelphia hormone therapy cases that plaintiffs’ expert witness testimony was admissible, contrary to defendants’ assertions that the testimony was novel, and that the conclusions used by the experts relied on differential diagnosis. The...
Posted in Drug Recall Lawyer Blog on January 22, 2010 5:34 AM
Back in June (Statistics, Part I), we reported on the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Justice Survey of State Courts, covering 2005 state court trials. Though official statistics have not been released by the DOJ for 2006 to 2009, a...
Posted in Drug Recall Lawyer Blog on January 21, 2010 9:02 AM
The Associated Press reports yesterday's decision by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (St. Louis) that overruled a 2008 federal district court opinion precluding remand of hormone therapy suits to Minnesota state court. The appellate court also held that...
Posted in Drug Recall Lawyer Blog on January 7, 2010 9:08 AM
On the last day of December, Plaintiff Merle Simon received a stunning present. The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania’s first level appellate court) decided in Simon v. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, et al. that the trial judges grant of judgment notwithstanding the...
Posted in Drug Recall Lawyer Blog on January 5, 2010 8:37 AM
It’s going to be a great year. If one of your new year’s resolutions is to follow industry news more closely, here’s some required reading: Hormone Therapy: Bloomberg reports on the latest Plaintiff’s Prempro victory (actually, the drug at issue...
Posted in Drug Recall Lawyer Blog on January 4, 2010 9:26 AM
First, Merry Christmas and happy holidays to those who celebrate. And now--to work. The Drug and Device blog is continuing without the assistance of Mark Herrmann. Jim Beck posts on the Top Ten Best Prescription Drug/Medical Device Decisions Of 2009....
Posted in Drug Recall Lawyer Blog on December 25, 2009 10:26 AM
The Searcy Blog has an informative article about the abuses of the hormone therapy manufacturers. Specifically, Premarin is an estrogen that is manufactured from horse urine—specifically, pregnant horses (hence the name, PREgnant MARe urINe. Whatever your feelings on the drug...
Posted in Drug Recall Lawyer Blog on December 18, 2009 9:17 AM
Fresh from two record losses in Philadelphia state court over Prempro, Pfizer is reacting to plaintiffs’ lawyers posting of a video on YouTube. We uploaded a copy of that video in our November 24th blog post, and have embedded it...
Posted in Drug Recall Lawyer Blog on December 16, 2009 8:25 AM
News reports abound about the recent victories of two women in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas over Wyeth Pharmaceuticals (now Pfizer). The two woman, Connie Barton and Donna Kendall, each took hormone therapy and, tragically, developed breast cancer. After long,...
Posted in Drug Recall Lawyer Blog on November 24, 2009 12:06 PM
In the first hormone therapy trial since the Connie Barton case where the jury awarded $3.7 million in compensatory damages and an undisclosed amount in punitive damages (the specific amount has been posted in unconfirmed reports on the web), a...
Posted in Drug Recall Lawyer Blog on November 21, 2009 8:14 PM
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit yesterday issued its opinion in Scroggin v. Wyeth, et al. The opinion is overwhelmingly positive for women and their families who have been injured by the hormone therapy. Donna Scroggins,...
Posted in Drug Recall Lawyer Blog on November 3, 2009 8:51 AM
Pfizer’s lawyer said that “We are disappointed with the jury’s verdict.”
Posted in Drug Recall Lawyer Blog on October 27, 2009 10:16 AM
Here's a link to a good video on the ghostwriting behind Wyeth's hormone therapy, by CBS in Chicago....
Posted in Drug Recall Lawyer Blog on August 6, 2009 1:49 PM
This is a small victory for corporate accountability.
Posted in Drug Recall Lawyer Blog on July 27, 2009 8:43 AM