Baton Rouge Mass Tort Drug Litigation Attorneys

Baton Rouge mass tort drug litigation may involve established, long-standing drugs or, more often, any of the hundreds of new drugs manufactured and marketed by pharmaceutical companies each year. The process to bring each of these drugs to market involves undergoing the regulation and approval processes of the Food and Drug Administration. Even with these oversight procedures in place, every year over 200,000 people die from using approved drugs. Despite FDA regulation and testing, some estimates place the percentage of drugs with detrimental effects at more than 50%.

Examples of harmful drugs entering and then being withdrawn from the market are numberous, well-documented, and fresh in the mind of the consumer. Most often, harmful drugs are discovered and pulled from the market within 12 months of release. However, in some cases sale of dangerous drugs has continued in the market even after discovery of serious side effects.

Ascension mass tort drug litigation laws hold manufacturers of drugs strictly liable for any and all injuries caused by the correct use of their product. Generally, a drug may be dangerous because:

• it is defective as a result of an error in the manufacturing process.
• users/consumers do not receive sufficient warning about the possible negative side effects of using the product.
• it contains a design flaw which renders it dangerous.

Each of these cases of Baton Rouge mass tort drug litigation hold the manufacturer responsible and warred litigation for damages, even if the manufacturer was unaware of the danger.

Mass tort drug litigation is not uncommon, and many class action suits (mass torts) have been filed, including these examples: Baycol, Phen-fen, Rezulin, Propulsid, and PPA.

One developing area of drug litigation is nutritional supplements, which continue to grow in popularity, but currently do not need to unergo FDA testing and approval to be eligible for the market.

If you or a loved one is in need of legal assistance, call Gordon R. Crawford at (225)647-2881 or toll free 1-800-889-1313 or submit an online questionnaire. The initial consultation is free of charge, and if we agree to handle your case, we will work on a contingency fee basis, which means we get paid for our services only if there is a monetary recovery of funds. In many cases, a lawsuit must be filed before an applicable expiration date, known as a statute of limitations. Please call right away to ensure that you do not waive your right to possible compensation.

More Information