New York Family Faces Rocky Path to Justice in Wake of Gov. Cuomo’s Nursing Home Shield
More than 500,000 people in the United States have died due to COVID-19 — a death count that, according to NPR, exceeds that of any other country. New York, a state hit hard ...
Nursing Home Residents, Staffers to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine
A ray of hope shone on the United States on December 11, 2020 when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 (also known as the novel ...
Ashcraft & Gerel Fights for Those Injured by ParaGard® IUDs
The Ashcraft & Gerel legal team is now accepting injury cases concerning ParaGard® copper intrauterine devices (IUDs). With more and more patients coming forward about the ...
California Appellate Court Rules Amazon Could Be Liable for Any Defective Products Sold on its Site
On August 13, the California Court of Appeal, Fourth District reversed a previous trial court ruling, suggesting that Amazon could be liable for any defective products bought ...
Appellate Court Revives NJ Talcum Powder Lawsuits Against Johnson & Johnson
On Wednesday, August 5, 2020, a New Jersey appellate court revived two lawsuits from women who claimed Johnson & Johnson’s signature Baby Powder caused their ovarian ...
10 Surprising Facts for Medical Malpractice Awareness Month
Spreading Awareness About Medical Errors in the United States The United States has one of the most advanced healthcare systems in the world – and yet despite our collective ...
Appeals Court Orders Johnson & Johnson to Pay $2.1 Billion to Cancer Victims
Missouri Appellate Court Re-Affirms Landmark Talcum Powder Verdict In July 2018, a Missouri circuit court jury awarded $4.69 billion to 22 women who claimed that Johnson & ...
FDA Asks Five Companies to Recall Metformin Due to Cancer Risk
NDMA Contamination Discovered in Diabetes Drug In December 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began an investigation into Metformin, a drug commonly used to ...
Johnson & Johnson Discontinues Baby Powder Sales Over Lawsuits
Contaminated Baby Powder Pulled from North American Shelves For years, personal care giant Johnson & Johnson fought claims that its talc-based Baby Powder contained ...
Federal Judge Approves Experts to Testify that Talcum Powder Causes Ovarian Cancer & Allows Cases to Go Forward
Yesterday afternoon, Chief Judge Wolfson issued her long-awaited decision on the admissibility of our expert witnesses in federal court. In her 141-page ruling, Judge Wolfson ...
