In the latest preemption battle casualty, the Wisconsin Supreme Court recently ruled that Medtronic is not liable for injuries caused by a defibrillator because the FDA approved the device. Interestingly, in March of last year, an article published in the New England...

Our much-maligned FDA has been caught again in a too-cozy relationship with the drug manufacturers it regulates. Recently through the efforts of trial lawyers, the general public is learning they were once again the unwitting victims of a drug manufacturer putting...

In the U.S. about 700,000 people a year have strokes. 500,000 are first time strokes and 200,000 are recurrent strokes. About 61% of stroke deaths are women. Strokes are the 3rd leading cause of death in the U.S. behind heart attacks and all forms of cancer combined....

Mega-drug manufacturer Novartis Pharmaceuticals took a $3.2 million hit in its extremely large wallet thanks to a Montana jury who found in favor of a nurse who developed degenerative jaw problems after taking Zometa. This is the first trial in the country of a claim...

Every 40 seconds- nearly 800,000 times a year- someone in this country experiences a stroke. Stroke is the third-leading cause of death in the U.S. behind heart disease and cancer. Strokes kill more than 143,000 Americans yearly. And perhaps more significantly,...

United States District Court for the District of Arizona, Judge Frederick J. Martone has appointed Attorney Richard J. Arsenault to serve on the Personal Injury Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee for the national Zicam multi-district litigation.   With this...

Richard J. Arsenault, Neblett, Beard & Arsenault’s senior and founding partner, will be presenting information on Actos at the American Association for Justice’s Actos Teleseminar on September 8 at 2:00pm-3:30pm  ET. According to an FDA warning, prolonged use of...

After an 11-week trial, a Louisiana jury rendered a historic verdict: $9 billion in punitive damages against Eli Lilly and Takeda Pharmaceuticals over claims that taking Actos increases bladder cancer risks. Richard J. Arsenault, along with co-trial counsel W. Mark...

There is an ongoing battle that has been quietly taking place for years. Unfortunately, most Americans are clueless of its existence or consequences. Despite it at best being background noise to most, the “preemption” debate raises fundamental questions about how our...