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Levaquin Federal Court Cases Already Have MDL; Now "Mass-Tort Treatment" Requested In New Jersey State Court
While Levaquin Is Just One Of Several Antibiotics In Fluoroquinolone Class, All Of Which Have Been Linked To Tendon Ruptures, Levaquin Has Most Tendon Injury Lawsuits Filed To Date (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch...

Levaquin Cases Certified as N.J. Class
Class certification has been approved in Atlantic County, New Jersey, for cases involving Levaquin, an antibiotic manufactured by Johnson & Johnson for bacterial infections. The plaintiffs allege that Levaquin caused tendon ruptures and tendonitis, and patients who had a transplant or were over age 60 were most commonly affected...

Levaquin Suits Designated as Mass Tort in NJ
New Jersey Law Journal (via law.com)reports that the New Jersey Supreme Court has designated the growing litigation over Levaquin, an antibiotic manufactured by Johnson & Johnson, as a mass tort...

Levaquin: This Antibiotic Doesn't Leave You Aching for More
The Levaquin antibiotic is proving to be more trouble than it is worth for many patients, if one man's story is any indication. A host of Levaquin side effects is one of the reasons why the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has the wheels in motion for a black box warning for Levaquin...

Antibiotic causing patients severe pain
Recent product liability lawsuits have revealed that patients taking the antibiotic Levaquin are experiencing severe side effects. Reactions to the pharmaceuticals include tendon ruptures and tendonitis...

Gadolinium Lawsuits Line Up
Lawyers for the plaintiffs and lawyers for the manufacturers of gadolinium based MRI contract agents have filed a joint list of 193 NSF lawsuits which are eligible to be among the first cases prepared for trial in the consolidated federal litigation...

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Levaquin
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alleged violations of New Jersey state labor laws including overtime pay, discrimination and harassment.

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$31 Million Verdict
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