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26 Jun 2015, 8:05 am by Schachtman
Freiman, “Silicone breast implant pathology. [read post]
5 Jul 2015, 9:42 am by Schachtman
Liang, “Silicone Breast Implants and the Risk of Connective-Tissue Diseases and Symptoms,” 332 New Engl. [read post]
22 May 2009, 3:31 am
In re Zyprexa Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1596 (E.D.N.Y. [read post]
2 Feb 2011, 6:30 pm by Schachtman
Absent from Professor Rabin’s historical discussion is any mention of the silicone gel breast implant litigation, which took hold with the advocacy of expert witnesses, described by Judge Jack Weinstein as “charlatans,” B. [read post]
8 Dec 2008, 1:00 pm
A television show may prompt a mass tort, as "20/20" did for Bone Screws and Connie Chung did for Breast Implants. [read post]
10 Feb 2014, 3:35 pm by Schachtman
” Apparently, the APHA was not, and is not, concerned with the emboldening the  litigation industry and its efforts to subvert the truth-finding function of civil litigation. [read post]
30 Apr 2024, 10:28 am by admin
Egilman was sufficiently clever to discern that if his “method” led to a conclusion that silicone gel breast implants cause autoimmune disease, but the Institute of Medicine, along with court-appointed experts, found no basis for a causal conclusion, then by modus tollens Egilman’s “method” was suspect and must be rejected.[1] This awareness likely explains the extent to which he went to cover up his involvement in the plaintiffs’ causation case… [read post]
13 May 2009, 6:32 am
The court cannot permit a major pharmaceutical litigation to become the subject of the kind of 'rubber-stamp' expert opinions that have so marred mass litigations such as those involving asbestos and breast implants. [read post]
8 Apr 2024, 10:08 am by admin
The initial tests of the newly articulated standard for admissibility of opinion testimony in silicone litigation did not go well.[3]  Peer review, which was absent in the re-analyses relied upon in the Bendectin litigation, was superficially present in the studies relied upon in the silicone litigation. [read post]
26 Sep 2007, 9:54 am
Implantable Defibrillators Products Liability Litigation (Duron), 2007 WL 1725289 (D. [read post]
26 May 2020, 6:22 am by Schachtman
” The late Judge Sam Pointer, appointed to preside over MDL 926, In re Silicone Gel Breast Implants Products Liability Litigation, Master File No. [read post]
6 Jan 2010, 3:10 am by Sean Wajert
 In re Levaquin Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 08-1943, (D. [read post]
2 Jan 2014, 8:08 am by Schachtman
In the silicone gel breast implant litigation, one defense expert witness conducted and published his meta-analysis of autoimmune disease outcomes. [read post]
2 Oct 2015, 11:00 am by Schachtman
The Brinton Study in Silicone Gel Breast Implant Litigation In the silicone gel breast implant litigation, claimants looked forward to a study by one of their champions, Dr. [read post]
20 Aug 2008, 5:00 am
The MDL Panel, for example, may decide to consolidate a set of cases in a jurisdiction that previously had nothing to do with the litigation -- like sending Breast Implants to Alabama or Albuterol to Wyoming -- and all of a sudden an unanticipated body of local appellate law governs your federal issues, and your cases are either won or lost for reasons beyond your control. [read post]
4 Oct 2010, 5:04 am by Sean Wajert
McGovern is well known to our readers, having served as special master or mediator in dozens of major mass torts, including several asbestos matters, DDT toxic exposure litigation, the Dalkon-Shield controversy, and silicone gel breast implant litigation. [read post]
11 Sep 2009, 7:59 am
The approach has been used in many cases ranging from exposure to toxic chemicals like, Agent Orange and asbestos, to products liability cases involving medical drugs and devices, such as the Dalkon shield and breast implants. [read post]
11 Sep 2009, 7:59 am
The approach has been used in many cases ranging from exposure to toxic chemicals like, Agent Orange and asbestos, to products liability cases involving medical drugs and devices, such as the Dalkon shield and breast implants. [read post]