Fosamax Lawsuit

Case Status...including Aredia, Zometa, Actonel

Fosamax Osteonecrosis Of The Jaw (ONJ) Federal Court MDL Litigation: A Mixed Forecast For 2012
1/1/2012
DrugInjuryWatch.com -  Tom Lamb Three More Lawsuits (Boles, Jellema, and Spano) Set For Trial, And A Special Master App ... Read More



Novartis Execs, Cover-Ups And Jawbone Damage
11/22/2011
Pharmalot.com In a devastating blow to Novartis, a federal judge denied a bid to overturn a verdict in which a jury decided the drugmaker failed to a ... Read More



Fosamax® ONJ Bellwether Trials Update: Raber Appeals; Jellema Dismissed
11/14/2011
A New Merck Reviewed - www.anewmerckreviewed.com You may recall that last month, Judge John F. Keenan, sitting in Manhattan’s federal District C ... Read More



Four New Fosamax® Bellwether Trials Set In NJ State Court; One Dismissed In Manhattan’s Federal Court
11/8/2011
A New Merck, Reviewed According to this press release from a plaintiffs' lawfirm, the New Jersey state courts intend to consolidate the ONJ and femur ... Read More



Secrest To Appeal — In Part, On Allegedly Errant Preemption Instruction: Latest Merck Fosamax® ONJ Verdict
10/4/2011
anewmerckreviewed.com This, from The Wall Street Journal’s Law Blog, yesterday — after the latest Fosamax® ONJ jury’s verdict, in Manhattan:. . ... Read More



Merck’s Secrest Fosamax® ONJ Jury Deliberations: Recess Until Monday, October 3, 2011
9/28/2011
Shearlingsplowed.blogspot.com Apparently, the Secrest Fosamax®ONJ bellwether jury has deliberated for about a day and a quarter, now — ... Read More



High Court Won't Hear Novartis Appeal Of Zometa Suit
5/31/2011
By Derek Hawkins Law360, New York (May 31, 2011) -- The U.S. Supreme Court refused Tuesday to take up Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.’s appeal of a ... Read More



First Fosamax Trial Against Merck In New Jersey State Court
2/7/2011
This Rosenberg v. Merck Case Involves Woman Who Alleges She Developed Osteonecrosis Of The Jaw (ONJ) On January 18, 2011 the first Fosamax trial ... Read More



Jury awards $12.8M in bone-drug lawsuit
11/25/2010
By Journal Staff and Wire Reports | BLOOMBERG NEWSPublished: November 25, 2010 Novartis AG must pay $12.8 million to a&nbs ... Read More



Aredia, Zometa Jaw Damage Lawsuit Results in $13M Verdict
11/24/2010
Published: November 24th, 2010The estate of a North Carolina woman has been awarded nearly $13 million through a lawsuit over jaw damage from Are ... Read More



Novartis Must Pay $12M Over Jaw-Bone Damage
11/23/2010
By Ed Silverman // November 23rd, 2010 // 12:03 pm A North Carolina jury decided that Novartis failed to adequately warn about the risks of ... Read More



$12.8M Verdict For Jaw Injury In Aredia/Zometa Case To Be Reduced To $1.14M
11/23/2010
Posted by Tom MoylanWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - (Mealey's) A North Carolina federal jury on Nov. 22 awarded $12,887,001 in an Aredia/Zometa jaw in ... Read More



North Carolina Aredia / Zometa Product Liability Federal Court Trial Jury Verdict - Jury Awards Plaintiff $12.9 million.
11/23/2010
Plaintiff Alleges Novartis Hid Risks Of Osteonecrosis Jaw-Injury From Rita Fussman And Her Doctors(Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com)__ ... Read More



Merck Not at Fault in Fosamax Trial, Jurors Say
11/22/2010
By NATASHA SINGER - New York TimesPublished: November 19, 2010 A Manhattan civil court jury issued its verdict several hours after lawyers had presen ... Read More



‘Jawbone Death’ and the Law: The Latest Fosamax Trial Rolls On
11/11/2010
By Ashby Jones - Wall Street Journal Law Blog If there’s a more horrific-sounding condition than “jawbone death,” please let us know what it is.On ... Read More



Graves v. Merck Fosamax MDL Trial Begins After Pre-trial Motions Rulings By Judge Keenan
11/2/2010
Merck Issues Its "No Liability" Press Release On First Day Of Trial; 1092 Fosamax Lawsuits Filed As Of June 2010   by Tom Lamb at Dr ... Read More



Mitzner Law Client Speaks Out on Femur Issue
10/25/2010
VIDEO:  Mitzner Law client Sheridan Powell  explains Issues pertaining to her femur fracture ... Read More



Judge Orders Two New Fosamax® ONJ Bellwether Cases “Picked”, By The Lawyers, By This Friday!
9/12/2010
Published by shearlingsplowed.com The very able federal District Court Judge John F. Keenan was pretty active on these cases, this past Thursday, in ... Read More



CASE / TRIALS STATUS
8/30/2010
As many of you know, there are some upcoming trials in the ongoing ONJ litigation.  The next Aredia/Zometa trial is scheduled to take place in Se ... Read More



Jury Stuns Merck With $8M Verdict For Fosamax Plaintiff
6/25/2010
By Christie SmytheLaw360, New York (June 25, 2010) -- In the first-ever win on jawbone-death claims related to Merck & Co.’s osteoporosi ... Read More



Novartis Caught In Aredia, Zometa Ad Fib
6/1/2010
Law360, New York (May 28, 2010) -- Finding that NovartisPharmaceutical Corp. failed to come clean about consumer ads for its controversial A ... Read More



40 Cases In Aredia, Zometa MDL Survive Dismissal Bid
3/5/2010
Law360, New York (March 05, 2010) -- A federal judge has denied a bid by Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. to toss 40 cases in multidistrict litigation t ... Read More



Missoula woman awarded $3.2M in lawsuit against maker of bone-strengthening drug Zometa
10/22/2009
By Tristan Scott - Missoulian.comJurors slapped a Swiss pharmaceutical company with a $3.2 million verdict Wednesday, wrapping up a Missoula woman's l ... Read More



Merck Case Over Fosamax Ends In Mistrial in New York
9/11/2009
By Thom Weidlich and Margaret Cronin Fisk Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) -- A federal judge declared a mistrial in the first case to go to a jury over claims t ... Read More



Merck Jury Told To Keep Deliberating in Fosamax Case
9/8/2009
By Thom Weidlich and Margaret Cronin FiskSept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- A federal judge instructed a jury to continue deliberating whether Merck & Co.'s o ... Read More



Updated Case Status... Core Discovery
7/10/2009
Presently, we are conducting what is known as core discovery. The Judge in Newman, NJ has required that the parties select 12 cases from litigation th ... Read More



Fosamax Product Liability
1/11/2009
According to an August 14, 2008 "MERCK & CO: Faces 655 Product Liability CasesOver Fosamax Drug", published by Lloyds Corporate LitigationReporter ... Read More



Ongoing Case Status
12/8/2008
There are currently more than 500 cases pending against Novartis alleging that the company failed to warn physicians, patients and the medical communi ... Read More



Aredia & Zometa Cases
11/1/2008
Attorneys across the country have been filing cases against Novartis since 2005.  There are currently about 400 cases pending in Nashville, Tenne ... Read More



Case Status Update
10/24/2008
On October 24, 2008, presiding Fosamax MDL District Judge John F. Keenan entered CMO 15. Through this CMO, the Court established the expert disclosure ... Read More



Case Status Update
9/18/2008
The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the presiding Court in the In re Fosamax Products Liability Litig. MDL No. 179 ... Read More