On Dec. 5, a special master appointed to an upcoming St. Louis Roundup cancer trial handed down a decision ordering former Monsanto CEO and Chairman Hugh Grant to testify in person at the trial, which is set to begin in January. Grant was subpoenaed by…
On Oct. 6, Bayer Health released a statement announcing that “the Oct. 15, 2019 trial date for Winston v. Monsanto in St. Louis City has been postponed.” The trial was set to include 14 plaintiffs that were diagnosed with cancer after using Monsanto’s glyphosate- based…
In recent years, the nation’s opioid epidemic has spiraled out of control, causing almost 100,000 overdose deaths between 2006 and 2012. In Pennsylvania alone, over 26,000 people suffered fatal opioid overdoses between 1999 and 2017, with an average of 12 opioid overdoses per day in…
In December 2018, the Journal of Clinical Investigation published research that linked Injectafer, an injectable iron drug, to the life-threatening condition hypophosphatemia. Hypophosphatemia occurs when an individual has critically low phosphate levels in their blood. Severe hypophosphatemia is characterized by phosphate levels below 2.0 mg/dL…
Almost two years since VW’s dieselgate first hit the fan, new class action litigation hints that problems still linger for the German automaker. The most recent allegations involve the CC Sport (marketed as a non-sports car with sports car-like handling) and potentially other VW models…
Documents have recently surfaced during an investigation by The Daily Telegraph in Great Britain that show experts, both outside of and within the company, had warned DePuy of problems with their metal-on-metal hip design—going back as far as 1995. According to trial testimony, Dr. Graham…
