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• Ortho Evra Class Action Lawsuit Filed In Canada

  Staff Writer | July 30, 2006 2:19 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The Ortho Evra birth control patch has been the subject of a lot of controversy lately. The drug has been linked to blood clots, strokes and heart attacks, as well as several deaths. Now comes word out of Canada that a law firm there has filed an Ortho Evra lawsuit as well.The statement of claim alleges doctors and patients were not adequately warned that Ortho Evra has been associated with an...

• $20 Million Asbestos Lawsuit Filed

  Staff Writer | July 27, 2006 2:08 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Toxic Substances

  InjuryBoard's partner in Jefferson city, Missouri injury lawyer Steve Gorny, posts about a Tennessee woman who filed an asbestos lawsuit against a company for whom her husband did some contract work before he died of esophageal cancer last year. Carolyn Welch filed suit against ALCOA, seeking compensatory and punitive damages and claiming the company knew of cases of mesothelioma dating back to...