Before becoming LegalReader's Editor-in-Chief, Jay W. Belle Isle worked as a freelance copywriter with clients on four continents. Jay has a degree in Business Administration from Cleary University and a Juris Doctor from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. Jay has also worked as a contracts administrator for a DOD contractor specializing in vehicle armor.
Earlier this week, German automaker Daimler announced 840K-vehicle recall over Takata airbag issue. The company plans to take a $383.96M (340M euros) hit to its fiscal year 2015 results to pay for the recall.
Justice was served in Philadelphia today and it came with a whopping bill. Johnson and Johnson hit with $13.5M pelvic mesh verdict. The case involved claims that J&J’s pelvic mesh implants caused a woman almost constant pain & discomfort and left unable to have sexual relations.
Care for Crash Victims, an advocacy project for the betterment of automobile and highway safety, recently announced that NHTSA released its latest data in two different publications.
Honda has upgraded its last recall increase from an expected 1.7M vehicles. Honda recall increased to 2.2M vehicles over Takata airbag defects. This increase is roughly 500,000 more vehicles than originally expected and a different airbag issue will add another 341,000 recalls.
The FACT Act imposes unacceptable reporting requirements on those seeking compensation from the asbestos trusts. Veterans, teachers and first responders all agree that it opens them up to potential identity theft. The Ranking Member of the Committee issued a press release yesterday stating his position on the matter. I give you Sen. Patrick Leahy on need for transparency in asbestos trusts.
U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV said, “No!” to GlaxoSmithKline PLC’s latest move in the MDL the Big Pharma giant is in over its anti-nausea drug, Zofran. The plaintiffs claim that the “off-label” use of the drug for morning sickness caused birth defects. The GSK motion to dismiss in Zofran MDL denied.
The continuing tragedy that is the Takata airbag issue has taken a turn for the worse. Michigan-based Ford Motor Co. announced Friday that it’s expanding its list of recalled vehicles to include the popular Ranger model pick-up. The Ford Ranger recall comes after tenth Takata airbag death. Ford made the announcement shortly after its officials,
It reads like something out of an espionage thriller: major medical device company smuggles counterfeit materials into the U.S. and causes massive injuries to an unsuspecting public. Unfortunately, it’s far from fiction. A West Virginia plaintiff is suing claiming medical device maker Boston Scientific used counterfeit resin in vaginal mesh product.
Medical device manufacturer Johnson & Johnson agreed to $120M vaginal mesh settlement. The settlement resolves 2,000 – 3,000 vaginal mesh cases. This is a huge move in the years-long litigation in which tens of thousands of women claim constant pain and organ damage as a result of eroded mesh products.
Pfizer may have got a lucky break in the Lipitor multidistrict litigation (MDL). The popular statin drug used to treat high cholesterol has been linked to the development of type-2 diabetes. Based on a recent judicial order, the Lipitor MDL plaintiffs may be facing summary judgment in Pfizer’s favor. Is this Lipitor litigation’s last gasp?