Recent News About Rapoport Law Offices
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SCOTUS ruling changed "approach" to drug labeling questions, plaintiffs said. GSK says the change wasn't "extraordinary" enough and would open "floodgates" to attempts at lawsuit "do-overs."
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A drug company sued by the widow of a Chicago man, who killed himself after taking the generic form of the antidepressant Paxil, argues that the widow has launched a “frivolous," “topsy-turvy” and "unprecedented" effort to have a Chicago federal district judge override the U.S. Supreme Court and restore a $3 million verdict.
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In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent refusal to hear her case, the widow of a Chicago man, who killed himself after allegedly taking the generic form of the antidepressant Paxil, is trying to have a federal district judge restore her $3 million verdict against drugmaker GSK, because the company allegedly didn’t push federal regulators to revise the drug’s warning label.
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A woman is seeking damages from the Chicago Transit Authority over allegations she was caused to fall when a train began to leave the station while her arm was trapped in the door.
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A Chicago federal appellate court has refused to reexamine its decision last month that reversed a $3 million verdict against drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline, on grounds the company was not responsible for the labeling of the generic version of its product Paxil, despite plaintiff’s urging a rehearing was needed, because she said the appeals panel set a “dangerous precedent.”
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A machine operator is suing Met-Pro Technologies LLC, which does business as Flex-Kleen, and Ceco Environmental Corp., citing alleged liability and negligence.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to wade into the contentious question over whether a pharmaceutical company can be held liable for failing to warn consumers and doctors of a drug’s potential effects, potentially portending significant implications for a $3 million verdict a jury awarded to the widow of a Chicago lawyer who committed suicide in the Loop after taking the generic version of an antidepressant drug.
