Tag: consumer protection law
W&L Hopes Faster FDA Publication of Potential Risk Signals for SGLT2 Inhibitors: Newest – Stroke, Thromboembolic Events, Acute Kidney Injury
NEW YORK, N.Y., April 1, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Weitz and Luxenberg, P.C., said today it hopes potentially fatal side effects associated with SGLT2 inhibitor drugs will be reported to consumers faster, since people taking these next-generation diabetes medications deserve to be notified of the health dangers shortly after they have been reported to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Weitz and Luxenberg Adds Serious Urinary Tract Infections to SGLT2 Inhibitor Injuries Probe
NEW YORK, N.Y., Dec. 7, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Weitz and Luxenberg, P.C., today announced that the firm has expanded the scope of its investigation into SGLT2 inhibitor drug injuries. SGLT2 inhibitor drugs include Invokana and others listed below. This move will allow the nationally known mass tort law and personal injury firm to focus on cases where people taking SGLT2 inhibitors were hospitalized after developing urosepsis (serious infection of the blood) or pyelonephritis (infection of the kidneys) from SGLT2 inhibitor-associated urinary tract infections.
AMMCO-Hennessy Handed First Asbestos Defeat by Weitz and Luxenberg
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Aug. 14, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury this month handed Hennessy Industries, Inc. as successor to AMMCO Tools, Inc., its first-ever loss in an asbestos-exposure lawsuit despite the defendant company's self-assurances that the grieving family of an Army veteran and automotive parts store owner who died of mesothelioma had no chance of winning, victorious plaintiffs' law firm Weitz and Luxenberg, P.C., today announced.
Zofran Birth Defect Cases Being Accepted by Weitz and Luxenberg
NEW YORK, N.Y., April 7, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Weitz and Luxenberg, P.C., announced it is accepting cases of congenital heart defects and cleft facial abnormalities in children whose mothers took the prescription drug Zofran during pregnancy to relieve symptoms of morning sickness.
Pioneer Bank Data Breach Draws Weitz & Luxenberg Probe
NEW YORK, N.Y., March 30, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Weitz and Luxenberg, P.C. today announced it is investigating claims from customers of Pioneer Bank who suffered - or fear they soon will suffer - economic harm from a data breach made possible by the Jan. 26 theft of one of the Troy, New York-based financial institution's laptop computers.
