Posted on behalf of Gordon & Doner on May 15, 2017 in Defective Products
In early May, a Missouri jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay more than $110 million to a Virginia woman who claimed she developed ovarian cancer after four decades of using Johnson & Johnson’s talc-based products for female hygiene.
The woman claimed…
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Posted on behalf of Gordon & Doner on Mar 01, 2017 in Defective Products
Between 1991 and 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved 25 surgical power morcellator devices that could spread undetected uterine cancer in women, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO).The defective…
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Posted on behalf of Gordon & Doner on Dec 08, 2016 in Defective Products
Last week, a Dallas federal jury awarded a more than $1 billion verdict to six plaintiffs who were seriously injured by defective Pinnacle hip implants manufactured by Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics Inc.
The jurors determined…
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Posted on behalf of Gordon & Doner on Nov 10, 2016 in Defective Products
A St. Louis jury has awarded $70 million to a California woman in the latest verdict against Baby Powder manufacturer Johnson & Johnson for its role in causing her ovarian cancer diagnosis.
The woman was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2012, following…
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Posted on behalf of Gordon & Doner on Oct 24, 2016 in Defective Products
On September 30, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) confirmed that the death of a 50-year-old woman was linked to a defective Takata airbag. This brings the total number of U.S. Takata related fatalities to 11.
The woman was driving…
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Posted on behalf of Gordon & Doner on Sep 29, 2016 in Defective Products
General Motors (GM) has requested that U.S. safety regulators delay by one year the recall of almost one million vehicles equipped with defective Takata airbags.
The auto manufacturer claims that many of the models targeted for recalls have not shown…
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Posted on behalf of Gordon & Doner on Sep 22, 2016 in Defective Products
In 2014, the FDA warned that power morcellators used in minimally invasive surgeries like hysterectomies could spread cancer tissue through the body. A recent study indicates that the use of these devices declined significantly after the FDA issued its…
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Posted on behalf of Gordon & Doner on Jul 06, 2016 in Defective Products
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued an urgent warning to owners of more than 300,000 Honda and Acura vehicles advising them to stop driving their vehicles until the defective Takata airbags have been replaced.
A new…
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Posted on behalf of Gordon & Doner on Jun 15, 2016 in Defective Products
As of June 1, rental car companies are no longer legally allowed to rent vehicles with open recalls that have not been repaired. For companies with rental fleets of 35 vehicles or more, all affected automobiles must be pulled from the fleet until the…
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Posted on behalf of Gordon & Doner on May 12, 2016 in Defective Products
Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $55 million in damages after jurors determined the company’s talcum powder product caused a South Dakota woman’s ovarian cancer. Similar to other plaintiffs who have filed suit against Johnson & Johnson, the…
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