Our Wisconsin Class Action Attorneys understand your frustration. There are so many different drugs on the market today for such a wide variety of ailments that if your doctor tells you that you need a particular medication, you probably won't blink an eye.  After all, you wouldn't be given a prescription if the drug wasn't safe, right?  It is easy to assume that because the pharmaceutical industry is regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the medication they produce must be safe.  However, if you or a loved one have suffered or been injured by a pharmaceutical drug or medical device, then you know differently and should contact one of our Milwaukee pharmaceutical lawyers today.

Wisconsin Class Action Attorneys Who Know Pharmaceutical Companies Are Not Above the Law

What's becoming clear is that the FDA isn't as on top of "big pharma" as we would like.  You just have to tune into the news to hear about the latest mass tort medical scandal.  Consider these serious class-action pharmaceutical lawsuits:

Denture Cream-  Our Milwaukee pharmaceutical lawyers are currently investigating claims involving the popular denture cream products Fixodent, Poligrip, and Super Poligrip.  These products have been linked to serious neurological conditions due to excessive zinc used in the products.  This toxic level of zinc has been linked to a nervous system disorder called neuropathy, which causes weakness, numbness and loss of control of the muscles, similar to that experienced by muscular dystrophy.

Trasylol - Bayer is being sued because this drug, which was used to inhibit bleeding during cardiac surgery, allegedly increased the risk of heart attacks and kidney failure in its victims.  The investigative report by 60 Minutes involving Trasylol, below, aired in February 2008.



Fosamax- The ostheoporosis drug Fosamax has been linked to a high number of abnormal low-impact femur fractures. See more HERE
Oral Sodium Phosphate - A drug commonly used for bowel cleansing prior to colonoscopies has led to kidney failure in many patients.
Gadolinium - A dye used for contrast during MRIs which contains heavy metals that cannot be processed by the body if the patient has kidney problems.  The side-effect is an illness called Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis, a hardening of the skin and joints, which can eventually lead to death.
DePuy Hip Cases- In August 2010, DePuy, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, issued a recall of their ASR hip implant devices.  Over 93,000 of the implants were used in the United States between 2003 and 2010.  The implants have been shown to break down easily, leading to the metal on the device fracturing or dissolving into the patient's blood. 

What is a class action lawsuit?

Also known as "mass tort litigation", pharmaceutical class action lawsuits are when a group of people suffering from the same or similar harms, losses, or injuries caused by the same product sue the drug company as a group.  For a Wisconsin class action attorney to file a class action lawsuit, there usually needs to be a minimum number of injured people with each person suffering a minimum amount of damage.  If your group is successful with the class action litigation, then the members of the Wisconsin class action lawsuit all divide up the recovery money.  Each person should receive a payout amount proportional to what was lost.

Why should I consider a class action lawsuit?

If you've been injured or harmed by a pharmaceutical product, you might be wondering why you should team up with other injured people.  After all, your first priority is to make sure your losses and suffering are addressed - not those of a group of strangers.  However, joining a Wisconsin class action lawsuit against a big drug company has several benefits:

1. Class action lawsuits save time.  Imagine how long it would take for your own individual pharmaceutical case to make it to court if you had to get in line behind a thousand other individual lawsuits.  It could be years - or even decades - before you get your day in court.
2. Class action lawsuits share information.  Often intense research and scientific investigation is needed to prove that the pharmaceutical product was harmful.  In a Wisconsin class action lawsuit, many victims can all benefit from the same high-quality research from a Milwaukee pharmaceutical lawyer with extensive resources and expert investigators.
3. Class action lawsuits share expert witnesses.  Imagine if 1,000 people all sue a drug company separately, and they all want the top medical experts to testify about the side-effects or injuries they suffered.  Those experts either would not be available to everybody who needed them or they would be so busy testifying in case after case that they'd never have a chance to do their "real" job.

 

In short, Wisconsin class action lawsuits are a very efficient way for a large number of victims to have their day in court against a large pharmaceutical company.  To find out more about joining a Wisconsin class action lawsuit against a pharmaceutical company, please contact the Wisconsin class action attorneys at Hupy and Abraham today.