Carey & Danis Appointed to Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in Multidistrict Trasylol Litigation
NEWS RELEASE
May 23, 2008
St. Louis – John J. Carey of the St. Louis law firm Carey & Danis has been appointed to serve as a member of the plaintiffs’ steering committee in the multidistrict Trasylol litigation pending before a Florida federal court.
On May 22, U.S. District Court Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks entered the order announcing the plaintiffs’ steering committee, which is responsible for managing and conducting the pretrial proceedings, in the case In re: Trasylol Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1928.
Carey said of the appointment: “Our firm is honored to fill this important role on behalf of Trasylol victims and their families. Having served as lead counsel or steering committee members in several pharmaceutical cases, we understand that swift justice requires efficient case management.”
Carey & Danis currently has 13 cases involving Bayer’s anti-bleeding drug Trasylol (aprotinin) pending in the multidistrict litigation, located in West Palm Beach, Fla.
The suits claim that Bayer failed to warn prescribers and consumers of the dangers associated with the drug, defectively designed the drug, fraudulently concealed the dangers of the drug, breached the implied and express warranties and violated various state laws. The plaintiffs seek compensatory damages and damages for aggravating circumstances. The firm anticipates that it will file an additional 50 cases in the near future involving heart-surgery patients who suffered kidney failure after receiving Trasylol.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Trasylol in 1993. Since 2006, three studies have linked the clotting drug to an increased risk of stroke, heart attack and kidney failure. On May 14, the New England Journal of Medicine published the BART study, which revealed that patients given Trasylol had a death rate 53 percent higher than that of heart-surgery patients given cheaper competing drugs.
Carey & Danis, LLC is a national law firm based in St. Louis that aids victims of corporate abuse, greed and neglect. For more information, contact John Carey at 314-725-7700 or e-mail jcarey@careydanis.com.
###
Media Contact: Geri L. Dreiling
Legal Media Matters
314.743.3851 or 314.520.3897
legalmediamatters@sbcglobal.net
