bouton croixBayer AG has announced a settlement with plaintiffs who filed a lawsuit claiming they sustained gallbladder harm and pain after using Yasmin and Yaz oral contraceptives.  Under the terms of the settlement, Bayer will pay $24 million to settle gallbladder injury lawsuits combined in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, in addition to courts in California, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

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One month before trial, plaintiff Innovative Sports, Inc. was forced to voluntarily dismiss its lawsuit against Columbia Sportswear Company, represented by Stoll Berne attorney Tim DeJong.

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The Honorable Dennis J. Hubel of the Federal District Court for the District of Oregon certified a class action on behalf of all health care providers in the country that had a Preferred Provider Organization (“PPO”) Agreement with the First Health Network.  The class members in the class action are health care providers (such as doctors and physical therapists) who provide medical services to injured workers in the workers’ compensation system, and who contracted to be part of defendant’s First Health PPO network.

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