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Women With Broken Paragard Copper IUDs May Qualify to File a Lawsuit

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Women whose Paragard copper IUD broke during removal or while being implanted may be eligible to file a lawsuit and receive compensation for their injuries. Thousands of women who were injured by broken Paragard IUDs have...more

Napoli Shkolnik

Product Liability: How it Works For and Against Victims of Defective Medical Devices

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Crafting the perfect medical device is never an exact science—but a patient should never suffer because of defects in a product that was intended to improve their quality of life. Determining whether a device manufacturer or...more

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Paragard IUD Litigation Update: First MDL Bellwether Trial Scheduled for October 2024

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The first bellwether trial in the nationwide litigation over the copper IUD Paragard is scheduled to go to trial in Georgia in October 2024. More than 2,200 lawsuits have been filed against Teva Pharmaceutical and...more

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Thousands of Women Report Paragard Copper IUDs Broken During Removal, FDA Data Shows

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Federal health officials have received thousands of reports of women whose Paragard copper IUDs broke when they were being removed. Hundreds of women with broken Paragard IUDs have filed lawsuits against the manufacturers of...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Product Liability Update - May 2020

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Foley Hoag LLP publishes this quarterly Update primarily concerning developments in product liability and related law from federal and state courts applicable to Massachusetts, but also featuring selected developments for New...more

Harris Beach PLLC

Significant New York Drug and Device 2017 Product Liability Decisions

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To prepare the best product liability defense for pharmaceuticals and medical devices as well as anticipate and strategically plan for future challenges in the medical and life sciences legal world, it is often helpful to...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Product Liability: 2017 Year in Review

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Massachusetts state and federal courts issued a number of important product liability decisions in 2017. The Product Liability and Toxic Tort Litigation Group at Nutter recently reviewed these cases. Highlighted below are...more

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Product Liability Update - July 2015

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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds Failure-to-Warn Claim Against Drug Manufacturer Not Preempted Because There Was No “Clear Evidence” FDA Would Not Have Approved Plaintiffs’ Suggested Warning; Also Holds...more

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