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The Kahn Gauthier Gauthier Law Group is investigating possible lawsuits against Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc., the maker of the prescription arthritis drug Arava (leflunomide), following revelations that a significant number of patients taking Arava have suffered liver damage. Due to these revelations, the highly-regarded public interest group Public Citizen submitted a petition to the U.S. Food [...]

A law firm is investigating possible Accutane lawsuits against Hoffman-La Roche, Inc., manufacturer of the prescription acne drug Accutane, to recover for psychological damage–sometimes leading to suicide–suffered by Accutane users. As of late 2000, the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had received reports of 66 suicides and 1,373 other psychiatric adverse events in Accutane [...]

A law firm is investigating a possible Baycol lawsuit against Bayer A.G., the German pharmaceutical and chemical conglomerate, after Bayer recalled its cholesterol-lowering drug Baycol (cerivastatin sodium tablets) on August 8, 2001. Although Bayer initially reported that the number of Baycol related deaths worldwide was 52, Bayer doubled that estimate in January, 2002. Meanwhile, the [...]

It has been estimated that roughly half a million lawsuits have been filed due to injuries, illness and death resulting from asbestos exposure. Most of these lawsuits have been brought against manufacturers and distributors of materials or products that contained asbestos. Some lawsuits have even been filed against the owners of mines where workers were [...]

A “class action” is a lawsuit brought by one or more plaintiffs on behalf of a large group of others who have a common interest. In other words if someone decides to bring suit against a company and feels that there are many other people that were similarly affected by the companies actions then they [...]