Category: personal injury settlement

Japan's Takeda Agrees To $2.4B Settlement In Diabetes Drug Actos Lawsuit Over Cancer Risk Allegations

Japan’s Takeda Agrees To $2.4B Settlement In Diabetes Drug Actos Lawsuit Over Cancer Risk Allegations
International Business Times
April 29, 2015

[…] Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. reached a settlement on Tuesday on thousands of lawsuits filed against the company over its diabetes drug Actos. The firm agreed to reimburse families and patients in the United States up to $2.4 billion over allegations that the drug was linked to bladder cancer. […]

Gopher hole injury nets $450k settlement

Gopher hole injury nets $450k settlement
U-T San Diego
3/13/15

[…] A San Diego man won a $450,000 settlement this month after injuring his knee on a gopher-infested soccer field in Ocean Beach.

In September 2012, Andre Walker, 30, suffered severe knee damage which required total knee reconstruction after stepping into a gopher hole at Robb Field, also known as Ocean Beach Recreation Area. […]