Mesothelioma & Asbestos Articles

• Two Men Sentenced to Prison in Federal Court for Asbestos Violations
• Alameda construction contractor awarded $666,000 in mesothelioma lawsuit
• Pleural Mesothelioma
• Widow Files Mesothelioma Lawsuit Against Cement Construction Pipe Seller
• Widow Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Asbestos Insulation Provider
• Widow awarded $159,000 in mesothelioma wrongful death action
• Utah woman develops peritoneal mesothelioma from asbestos joint compounds
• U.S. Navy Veteran Receives $10 Million Jury Verdict in Mesothelioma Case
• U.S. Navy boiler operator wins $20M in asbestos product liability case
• Treatment Options for Mesothelioma Patients Expand
• Peritoneal Mesothelioma Article
• Pericardial Mesothelioma and Navy Veterans
• Mesothelioma Fears May Drive Hockey Team to Move
• Mesothelioma Blood Test Might Be on the Horizon
• Machine Manufacturer Faces Asbestos-Related Mesothelioma Lawsuit
• Japanese Scientists Warn of More Than 66,000 Potential Mesothelioma Deaths
• EPA warns that vermiculite insulation is likely contaminated with asbestos
• Court Dismisses Railroad-Related Mesothelioma Wrongful Death Action
• Construction worker awarded $48M in mesothelioma case
• Causation in Mesothelioma Cases
• Asbestos in public schools poses serious health risks to students
• Asbestos Exposure in the Workplace
• Asbestos exposure blamed for hundreds of deaths in Libby, Montana
• Appeals court holds Portland shipyard employer liable for carpenter's mesothelioma
• Retired deckhand awarded $1.45 million in mesothelioma case
• Navy serviceman's $32M mesothelioma verdict goes to appellate stage
• California court finds that a loss of consortium claim may arise out of premarital asbestos exposure

Defective Medical Devices & Pharmaceuticals

• FDA Requires Testosterone Labeling to Warn about Increased Cardiovascular Risk
• FDA Issues an Updated Safety Communication and Industry Guidance about the Risks of Laparoscopic Power Morcellators
• FDA Expert Panel Recommends Additional Safety Studies to Assess Cardiovascular Risks with Testosterone Therapy
• Johnson & Johnson Fined over $2.2 billion for Criminal and Civil Liability
• NICE Guidance Halves the Acceptable Revision Rates for Hip Devices
• 2013 Australian and UK Joint Replacement Registry Reports: Continuing Increase in Failure Rates for Hip Metal-on-Metal Implants, Especially DePuy's ASR and ASR XL
• U.S. Supreme Court Re-Affirms Its Holding in Mensing
• Court upholds woman's $21M award against drugmaker
• Family awarded $97,000 for Children's Motrin death
• FDA continues to investigate fungal meningitis outbreak
• GlaxoSmithKline posts decreasing profits amid tanking Avandia sales
• Diabetes drug ACTOS linked to bladder cancer
• J&J study indicates shocking failure rates in DePuy all-metal hip implants
• Court Finds Stryker Medical Device Manufacturing Defect Claim Adequately Pled
• Woman Sues W.L. Gore for Defective Mesh Implant
• Medtronic Faces Lawsuits Related to Defective and Mismarketed Medical Devices
• Court Finds That State Law Claims Regarding a Defective Hip Implant Are Not Pre-empted
• Parents Sue Barr Laboratories Inc. Following Daughter's Death
• California Court Dismisses Parents' 'Failure to Warn' Pharmaceutical Liability Case
• GranuFlo Dialysis Solution Linked to Heart Attack Deaths
• California Woman Prevails in Choice of Law Argument Against Drugmaker
• Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Manufacturer of Defective Hearing Aid Implants
• BMJ's reply to DePuy's criticisms of article on safety of metal-on-metal hip implants
• DePuy Orthopaedics replies to Deborah Cohen
• J&J Marketed Vaginal Mesh Implant Without U.S. Approval
• Prone To Failure, Some All-Metal Hip Implants Need To Be Removed Early
• Drugmaker Merck to Pay $1 Billion in Fines for Mismarketing Vioxx
• California Woman Brings Transvaginal Mesh Case Against Boston Scientific Corp.