Bayer Negotiates $142 Million in Yaz Settlements
Manufacturer Bayer AG continues to negotiate Yaz settlements with plaintiffs who claim injuries from the oral contraceptives Yaz and Yasmin. Women who took the birth control pills complain of serious...
View ArticleYaz Settlements Climb Higher
The ninety-day stay ordered by the federal judge overseeing the Yaz multidistrict litigation (MDL) in Illinois has not stemmed the tide of claims filed against Bayer, the manufacturer of the...
View ArticleYaz Settlement Discussions Continue With Delay of Bellwether Trials
The federal judge assigned to oversee the Yaz MDL in the Southern District of Illinois has postponed proceedings once again as Yaz settlements continue to move forward. These settlements are offering...
View ArticleYaz Plaintiff Claims Minor Suffers from Gallbladder Disease
On July 3, 2012, Richard and Carol Browne, for the benefit of the minor daughter C.A.B., filed a Yaz side effects lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas (Galveston)....
View ArticleBayer Could Pay Over 2 Billion in Yaz Settlements
Bayer, the maker of Yaz and Yasmin oral contraceptives, recently announced that it has already paid more than $402 million in Yaz settlements. The company further commented that it had already set...
View ArticleYaz Settlements Could Exceed $1.2 Billion, Says Bayer
Lawsuits stemming from claims that Yaz and Yasmin birth control products have caused personal injury are likely to cost Bayer in excess of $1.2 billion, according to the manufacturer’s latest...
View ArticleTexas Parents File Yaz Side Effects Lawsuit on Behalf of Daughter
Texas residents Ed and Elaine Cavazos, as parents of their daughter, M.C., a minor, have filed a new Yaz side effects lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. Their Yaz...
View ArticleSeven Plaintiffs File Joint Yaz Complaint
On August 20, 2012, Cathy Young, Katasha Nesbitt, and five others filed a joint lawsuit alleging Yaz stroke and other injuries in California Superior Court (Los Angeles). The plaintiffs name as...
View ArticleNew Case Joins California Coordinated Yaz Litigation
On August 16, 2012, Nancy Carlisle adopted the master complaint to join California-based coordinated proceedings against Bayer, et al., McKesson Corporation, and other defendants involved in the...
View ArticleGallbladder Disease Patient Hopes for Yaz Settlement
North Carolina Plaintiff Claudia Brown hopes to receive monetary compensation for injuries she incurred after taking the birth control pill Yaz. Brown says Yaz use forced her to undergo a gallbladder...
View ArticleOhio Couple Joins Illinois Yaz MDL
On October 3, 2012, Lisa and Bruce Westall filed a lawsuit against Bayer Healthcare, et. al. The Ohio residents join the Yaz side effects MDL in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of...
View ArticleYaz Lawsuit Settlements May Exceed $1.5 Billion
Bayer, manufacturer of the birth control pill marketed as Yaz, has reached settlement agreements in nearly 3,500 Yaz and Yasmin cases pending throughout the country, at an estimated total of $750...
View ArticleFive Women File Yaz Side Effects Lawsuit in California
Five women banned together and filed a Yaz side effects lawsuit in the Superior Court of the State of California, San Francisco, on March 19, 2013. According to the complaint, all five plaintiffs...
View ArticleBayer Announces Yaz Lawsuit Settlement Updates
According to the Bayer Second Quarter 2013 Stockholder Newsletter, the company has paid a total of $1.4 billion in Yaz and Yasmin settlements to resolve an estimated 6,760 claims. Plaintiffs in these...
View ArticleNew York Woman Files Yaz Thrombosis Lawsuit
A New York woman has filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer of Yaz, Bayer Pharmaceuticals, alleging the pills raise the risk of heart arrhythmia, myocardial infarction, stroke, blood clots,...
View ArticleBayer Agrees to $1.4 Billion in Yaz Lawsuit Settlements
The total amount involved in Yaz and Yasmin settlements to date has reached an astronomical figure. Bayer Pharmaceuticals recently announced that nearly 6,700 lawsuits have been settled to the tune of...
View ArticleMerck Agrees to $100 Million NuvaRing Settlement
According to Bloomberg News, sources close to the litigation say that drug giant Merck has agreed to a $100 million birth control lawsuit settlement to resolve thousands of claims regarding its...
View ArticleYasmin & Yaz Settlements Top $1.6 Billion
Bayer’s 2013 Annual Report indicates the healthcare giant is making headway in Yaz settlement negotiations with plaintiffs alleging blood clot injuries and gallbladder disease. As of February 10, 2014,...
View ArticleYaz and Yasmin Lawsuits Still Pending, Despite Bayer’s Large Settlement Payment
Even after Bayer settled more than 17,500 cases involving its oral contraceptive, the company revealed hundreds more Yaz and Yasmin lawsuits are still ongoing. In a recent newsletter to stockholders...
View ArticleYaz Litigation Update: Bayer Still Faces 5,000 Claims
According to a 2014 second-quarter financial report, Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals has resolved thousands of claims alleging adverse side effects of Yaz and Yasmin, two popular birth control pills...
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