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Two Florida CVS Pharmacies Have Controlled Substance License Revoked
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency spent 2012 cracking down on entities they felt enhanced prescription drug abuse, including two CVS pharmacies near Orlando. Narcotic drug abuse often leads to serious...
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Fatal Allergic Reactions Leads to Anemia Drug Omontys Recall
The Food and Drug Administration (F.D.A.) has posted a notice that Affymax and Takeda Pharmaceuticals have recalled their drug, Omontys, or peginesatide, designed to treat anemia. It has received 19...
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Supreme Court Assesses Liability of Generic Drug Makers
The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard arguments regarding whether or not federal law regulating generic drugs preempts New Hampshire’s design-defect law. The case may determine whether or not the...
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Miami Federal Court Holds Statute of Limitations Expired in Defective Drug...
In Plascencia v. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC, a Florida woman filed a products liability action against a drug manufacturer on behalf of her minor child and herself in 2012. According to the woman’s...
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Tampa Federal Court Remands Medical Device Products Liability Case Back to...
The Middle District of Florida in Tampa has remanded a products liability case back to state court. In Wier v. DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., a man was allegedly hurt by a medical device that was surgically...
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Appellate Court Rules Negligence Case Against Hospital is Not Subject to...
Florida’s Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal has refused to grant a hospital’s petition for a writ of certiorari. In Holmes Regional Medical Center, Inc. v. Dumigan, a man was apparently injured by a drug...
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Florida Appellate Court Remands Defective Drug Case for Personal Jurisdiction...
In Teva Pharmaceutical Industries v. Ruiz, a Florida man who apparently suffered serious personal injuries after using a contaminated pharmaceutical product filed a negligence and strict liability...
View ArticleWhen Does a Florida Statute of Limitations Begin to Run?
All Florida personal injury cases must be brought within a certain amount of time. Florida Statutes section 95.11 provides the statutes of limitations for each cause of action. For example, most...
View ArticleDrug Recalls and Pharmaceutical Warnings in Florida
Pharmaceutical companies and retailers have strong financial motivations to get their products on shelves as quickly as possible. However, in some instances, these drugs can have potentially dangerous...
View ArticleFlorida Oral Contraceptive Injury Lawsuits
Oral contraceptives and other types of hormonal and non-hormonal birth control devices are necessary and life-changing for many women who want to take charge of their fertility, address premenstrual...
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