Purdue Pharma Plans Appeal of Ruling Nixing Its Opioid Settlement, Liability Shield January 3, 2022 By Krystal Hu Purdue Pharma is seeking to appeal to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals a judge’s decision to unravel its...
Purdue Bankruptcy Judge Extends Sacklers’ Lawsuit Shield Until February December 30, 2021 By Maria Chutchian A bankruptcy judge has extended temporary protections against opioid-related litigation for the Sackler family members who own Purdue Pharma until...
Rare Covid-19 Vaccine and Treatment Injury Victims Look to U.S. Fund May 4, 2021 By Susan Decker High school senior Emma Burkey received her “one and done” Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine on March 20, and within...
Limited Liability Protection for Drugmakers Hampers EU Coronavirus Vaccine Deals August 26, 2020 By Francesco Guarascio The European Union is offering only partial protection to vaccine makers against legal risks from side-effects of their potential COVID-19...
Lawyers Urge Use of ‘Vaccine Court’ Over U.S. Injury Compensation Fund for Coronavirus August 24, 2020 By Tom Hals A U.S. government program that compensates people who say they have been harmed by an emergency vaccine has paid out...
Drugmakers Shielded from COVID Vaccine Liability But Funds for Injury Claims in Doubt August 14, 2020 By Valerie Bauman and Susan Decker Americans who suffer adverse reactions to coronavirus vaccines that the U.S. is racing to develop will have a hard time...
Vaccine Claims System Slow to Compensate Injured November 26, 2014 By Mitch Weiss, Justin Pritchard and Troy Thibodeaux All but broken by her son’s violent and unexplained seizures, by so many panicked trips from the crib to the...