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First of Hundreds of Trials Over Acne Drug To Start This Month
A lawyer representing people who claim that the acne drug Accutane(r) caused them serious gastrointestinal diseases says his team is ready to try the first two cases of potentially hundreds to go to trial.Consortium of Firms Working on Accutane Litigation
A lawyer representing people claiming that the acne drug Accutane� caused them serious gastrointestinal diseases said a consortium of law firms is ready to try cases in Atlantic City, N.J., and Madison County, Ill., in April -- the first two cases of potentially hundreds to go to trial. Michael D. Hook of Florida's Hook Bolton Mitchell Kirkland & McGhee, who has spent much of his career in defense work, has joined with four other firms in Florida and New Jersey to pursue the suits against Hoffman-LaRoche.Accutane Case Before Eleventh Circuit Centers on Expert Witness
Three trials over an alleged link between the acne drug Accutane and serious gastrointestinal problems have resulted in verdicts of more than $20 million in New Jersey and Florida state courts. Hundreds of other such cases have been filed in New Jersey, and several of those are scheduled for trial this fall. But at oral argument on Aug. 19 at the federal appeals court in Atlanta, it looked like plaintiffs proceeding in federal court may have a much harder time. The fight at the Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was over an expert witness who contends the drug causes inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, which includes disorders like Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.Accutane Case Before 11th Circuit Centers on Expert Witness
Three trials over an alleged link between the acne drug Accutane and serious gastrointestinal problems have resulted in verdicts of more than $20 million in state courts in New Jersey and Florida. But at oral argument Tuesday at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, it looked as though plaintiffs proceeding in federal court may have a much harder time. The fight was over an expert witness who contends the drug causes inflammatory bowel disease.Recoveries of $1 Million and Above
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