Invokana (canagliflozin) lawsuits have been popping up around the country. According to the claims brought against Janssen Pharmaceuticals and parent company Johnson & Johnson, these companies failed to warn of the possible serious side effects associated with Invokana use. According to one complaint filed in the Eastern District of California,…
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently ordered Custom Ultrasonics to recall all of its automated endoscope reprocessors (AERs) from health care facilities due to continued violations of federal law. The FDA also simultaneously issued a safety communication recommending that health care facilities currently using Custom Ultrasonics AERs transition…
Arguments will be heard in the District of Minnesota as to whether lawsuits involving the Bair Hugger Forced Air Warming Blanket will be consolidated. Sterile operating rooms are usually kept cool in order to help surgeons, nurses, and attending technicians remain alert, and also reduce the chance for infection. The…
This past month, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“MDL”) consolidated lawsuits filed by families claiming that the anti-nausea drug Zofran (Ondansetron) caused birth defects in their children, including but not limited to, cleft lip, cleft palate, club foot, and heart defects. According to the complaints, GlaxoSmithKline (“GSK”), Zofran’s…
On November 5, 2015, Michael A. Bottar completed the final leg of a six-city CLE tour for the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers titled “Say What? Using, Misusing and Abusing the Hearsay Rules.” Bottar chaired the statewide CLE, which was attended by hundreds of attorneys in Syracuse, Albany,…
Formerly Samantha C. Robbins, Ms. Riggi’s practice focuses on cases sounding in medical malpractice, workplace accident, motor vehicle, product liability, wrongful death and severe personal injury matters. Ms. Riggi is a graduate of Syracuse University College of Law, and Siena College, magna cum laude. She is a past member and…
On October 16, 2015, Michael A. Bottar, a partner with Bottar Law, PLLC, received the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers “ROCKSTAR” award for his commitment to providing high-quality continuing legal education to attorneys throughout the State of New York. The Academy’s ROCKSTAR award has been issued to a…
According to the United States Supreme Court, the two-year and six-month time limits in section §2401(b) of the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) “are just time limits, nothing more. Even though they govern litigation against the Government, a court can toll them on equitable grounds.” Under the FTCA, “the United…
On January 15, 2015, Bottar Law, PLLC was among fifteen New York law firms (the only firm in upstate New York) to receive a 2014 Litigator Award for extraordinary achievement within the fields of medical malpractice, birth injury, products liability, catastrophic injury and personal injury litigation. According to the Trial…
On November 7, 2014, Aaron J. Ryder spoke in Syracuse and Albany for the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers at a CLE titled “Cutting the Gordian Knot, Resolving Liens and Reimbursement Claims.” CLE description: Few things are more frustrating to litigators than a client’s Medicare, Medicaid or ERISA…