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ATTORNEYS IN THE NEWS- Court Restores $28 Mil. Punitives Award in HRT Case
January 5, 2012 The Legal Intelligencer Amaris Elliott-Engel
"Tobias Millrood, of Pogust Braslow & Millrood in Conshohocken, Pa., was lead trial counsel in Kendall along with T. Matthew Leckman of Pogust Braslow, and Finkelstein & Partners of New York." - Big Changes Coming to Phila Courts' Mass Torts Program
December 16, 2011 The Legal Intelligencer
Amaris Elliott-Engel
"What Philadelphia courts should be stereotyped for is the efficiency with which they move cases to resolution, be it through dismissal or settlement," Millrood said. "I don't think there's a single venue in the country that wouldn't boast about that statistic." - Settlement Reached in Menopause-Drug Case (HTML)
December 9, 2011 - Phila. jury orders Pfizer to pay 3 women $72.6 million in damages over menopause drugs
December 7, 2011
"The Plaintiffs were pleased with the phase one outcome, and they look forward to presenting phase two evidence beginning Friday," said attorney Tobi Millrood, a partner in the Conshohocken-based firm of Pogust Braslow & Millrood, L.LC. - Pfizer Jury Awards $72 Million After Finding Prempro Caused Breast Cancer
December 6, 2011 - Settlement reached in FirstDIBZ class action lawsuit
July 22, 2011 - University Of Phoenix Settles Counselors' OT Class Suit
June 28, 2011 - Pfizer Moves to Settle Philadelphia HRT Cases
May 20, 2011
In the five years since Philadelphia's first hormone-replacement therapy case went to trial, a jury has awarded punitive damages as high as $75 million, more than 1,000 cases have been tossed out of court and then revived on appeal, and HRT drugmaker Wyeth was bought by Pfizer. - Pfizer Told to Pay $10 Million Over Prempro Verdict
February 9, 2011
Pfizer Inc. must pay more than $10 million in damages to an Arkansas woman who blamed her cancer on the company’s Prempro menopause drug, after an appeals court reinstated a jury verdict. - Product Liability Cases To Watch In 2011
January 3, 2011
Law360, New York (January 1, 2011) -- While product liability lawyers will be looking to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2011 as it takes on the the issue of federal preemption yet again, a number of other suits, including one involving the role of punitive damages in personal injury drug claims, are likely to garner plenty of attention. - Pa. Lawyer Helped Settle Black Farmers' Bias Claims
December 6, 2010
A Pennsylvania lawyer and close to 20 other attorneys from around the country are celebrating the U.S. House of Representatives' approval Tuesday of a $1.15 billion settlement of claims made by African-American farmers that the federal government discriminated against them in their applications to participate in agricultural programs. - Forest Laboratories settling antidepressant suits
October 31, 2010
A month after its Earth City subsidiary pleaded guilty of illegally marketing antidepressants to children and adolescents, Forest Laboratories is now settling a string of wrongful death and personal injury lawsuits from the parents of children who took the drugs Celexa and Lexapro. - Discovery Rule Exception in Hormone Replacement Cases Ruled a Jury Question
September 1, 2010
In a decision that restores 1,000 hormone replacement therapy mass tort cases to the Philadelphia Common Pleas Court's caseload, the state Superior Court said it is a question of fact, not a question of law, whether the plaintiffs could have known at the time of their diagnoses with breast cancer that the alleged cause of their cancer was their HRT prescriptions. - Superior Court Recognizes New Pharma Cause of Action
August 4, 2010
In a pharmaceutical liability case of first impression, the state Superior Court has ruled that plaintiffs can sue pharmaceutical companies for negligence in the design of their products. - Johnson & Johnson faces lawsuits, criminal penalties for 'phantom' drug recall
July 1, 2010
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and its McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit face a congressional investigation, potential criminal charges, and lawsuits for mismanaging problems with some over-the-counter drugs. - All Eyes on J&J Case as FDA Tests Criminal Powers (PDF)
June 10, 2010
A criminal investigation into a Johnson & Johnson unit's product recall is the latest sign that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is willing to hold corporate executives' feet to the fire in its efforts to crack down on manufacturing violations, attorneys say. Attorney Matt Leckman with Pogust Braslow & Millrood comments. - FirstDIBZ: Customers still unable to access money while atttorneys prepare for settlement talks
February 23, 2010
Ticket "forward market" facilitator FirstDIBZ is effectively non-operational these days, as the beleaguered company prepares for possible settlement talks to begin compensating customers who have waited months to access their money. - Pogust Braslow & Millrood Receives Award for Plaintiffs' Law Firm of the Year
Pogust Braslow & Millrood (PBM) announces that it has been named one of the Plaintiffs' Product Liability Firms of the Year by the industry leading Law360 group. The award was given to PBM, recognizing it as one of the top firms of the year garnering “substantial verdicts against pharmaceutical heavyweights” and for setting “the stage in bellwether trials” and taking in “multi-million dollar verdicts for clients.” - Jurors Turned Against Companies in 2009 Product-Defect Cases
January 7, 2010
“It’s a reflection of the fact that Main Street is hurting,” said plaintiffs’ attorney Tobias Millrood, winner of a $34 million verdict against Pfizer. “In this climate, there’s a strong identification with the little man. Now a keener eye is given to the actions of Big Business.” - PBM NAMED TOP PRODUCT LIABILITY FIRM OF 2009
January 1, 2010 - Glaxo Said to Have Paid $1 Billion in Paxil Suits
December 14, 2009
“Paxil’s been different from most drugs,” said Pogust, a lawyer from Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, who is handling suicide and withdrawal cases. “You’ve had three major personal injury litigations over one drug -- the suicide, the birth defect and the withdrawal cases. To have three significant problems with one drug is really unusual.” - Millions awarded in menopause drug case
November 25, 2009
A Montgomery County attorney helped win more than $34 million for an Illinois woman who says her illness was caused by the menopause drug, Prempro. Thousands of lawsuits have been filed against the maker of the hormone therapy. - Pennsylvania jury awards $34.3M against hormone therapy drug makers
November 24, 2009
BOSTON, MA -- In one of two hefty verdicts within a month, a Pennsylvania jury handed down a $34 million award against Pfizer, finding that the drug maker willfully failed to warn patients of cancer risks associated with the hormone replacement drugs Premarin, Provera and Prempro. - Decatur woman awarded $34.3 million; hormone therapy drugs linked to cancer
November 23, 2009 - CBS Eyewitness News - Tobi Millrood Interview Following HRT Verdict
November 23, 2009 - Philadelphia Hormone Therapy Jury Selection Begins Tomorrow
October, 2009
On Monday, October 19, 2009, Pogust, Braslow, & Millrood, together with attorneys from Finkelstein & Partners (NY), will bring the fifth case to be tried in the hormone therapy (HT) litigation before a Philadelphia jury. - Philadelphia Magazine: "Did Wyeth Give This Woman Cancer?"
October 2009
"Within three weeks," Millrood remembers, "my office fielded 3,400 calls from women. These women weren't fearful that they were going to develop breast cancer. Most already had it." - Paxil and preemption: last stand of a defense argument
September 25, 2009
Derek Braslow of Pogust & Braslow in Conshohocken, Pa., argues that Wyeth requires “clear evidence” that the FDA would have rejected a warning.
“Clear evidence to me is the drug manufacturer asking for a strengthened warning and the FDA saying ‘No, that warning isn’t valid.’ Anything less than that would not be considered clear evidence of a rejection,” he said.
- Tobias L. Millrood Named 2009 "Pennsylvania Super Lawyer" (PHP)
June 1, 2009
Featured in Philadelphia Magazine’s June 2009 issue and Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Magazine, Tobias L. Millrood was among the top five percent of lawyers in Pennsylvania, as chosen by his peers and a nomination committee review. Polling, research and selection are performed by Law & Politics, a twice-monthly legal publication. - "Preemption Ruling Opens Door To Tort Suits" (CFM?RECID=72900)
March 23, 2009
Conshohocken, Pa. attorney Derek T. Braslow, who represents one of the plaintiffs in Colacicco v. Apotex Inc., said that plaintiffs’ attorneys will see the effect of Levine immediately.
“We have had several cases that were stayed pending this decision,” he said. “Everyone for the most part has been holding their breath waiting for this decision to come out, and now plaintiffs’ lawyers and plaintiffs feel they can have their day in court.”
- Judge Asks Appeals Court to Uphold Dismissal of HRT Claims
January 2, 2009
"We're anxious for the appellate courts to address the statue of limitations issue," Millrood said. - PBM REQUESTS SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW COLACCICO DECISION (PDF)
October 2, 2008
In a case involving the generic Paxil induced suicide of 55 year old Lois Colacicco, PBM has asked the Supreme Court to review whether this case was properly dismissed when the FDA made no authoritative determination requiring or prohibiting a suicide warning prior to her death, but subsequently allowed such a wanring. - Pogust, Braslow & Millrood, LLC, First to File Suit on Behalf of Hundreds of African American...
May 30, 2008
Last week, the law firm of Pogust, Braslow & Millrood, LLC (PBM) filed the first lawsuit on behalf of hundreds of African American Farmers who allege that they were the victims of racial discrimination by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), pursuant to the recently enacted Farm Bill. Today, in continuing their nationwide leadership in the "Black Farmers Justice" case, PBM has filed claims on behalf of another 150 black farmers entitled to compensation under the Farm Bill. - PBM FILES SUIT ON BEHALF OF HUNDREDS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN FARMERS WHO CLAIM RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AGAINST USDA
May 27, 2008 - Esteemed Attorney Tobi Millrood Joins Firm
January 14, 2008 - Preemption Issue Weighed in Label Case
December 13, 2007
In two appeals that could have a huge impact on the litigation of drug product liability cases, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments this week on the issue of whether plaintiffs should be pre-empted from suing over allegedly inadequate warnings on prescription drugs because the warning labels were approved by the Food & Drug Administration. - Overturned $3M Verdict Explained in Hormone Replacement Therapy Opinion
December 7, 2007 - First Nationwide Class Action Filed Against ConAgra on Behalf of Consumers Who Purchased or Ingested Salmonella Contaminated Pot Pies
October 12, 2007 - Shelhigh and FDA play Blame Game over Sale of Contaminated Devices
May 15, 2007 - FDA's drug rule splits the courts
April 30, 2007 - April 2007 Big Pharma Litigation Update - Drugs (Part II)
April 12, 2007 - Psychosis And Mania: ADHD Drug Warnings Come Too Late For Many
March 11, 2007 - ADHD Drug Warnings Come Too Late For Many
March 5, 2007 - The Neurontin Suicides: Risks Kept Hidden For Years
February 25, 2007 - Risks Kept Hidden for Years
The Neurontin Suicides
February 23, 2007
The all-time poster child for a drug illegally promoted for off-label uses, is Neurontin, marketed by Warner-Lambert, and its Parke-Davis division, until Pfizer acquired the company in 2000. - Off-Label Sales of SSRIs Leads To More Litigation
February 22, 2007 - Public Testimonies at FDA-SSRI-Suicidality Hearings, Dec. 13, 2006
December 13, 2006 - Lexapro Legal Problems Mount Against Forest Laboratories
November 15, 2006 - FDA and Big Pharma Gang Up On Joe Citizen
November 6, 2006 - 3D CIRCUIT: Tort claims at stake in pre-emption case FDA drug labeling rules may pre-empt claims against antidepressants.
October 16, 2006 - Forest Sued Over Suicide of Girl Who Took Lexapro (Update1)
July 25, 2006 - Wyeth faces thousands of Prempro lawsuits
April 27, 2006
More than 4,000 women say the N.J.-based drugmaker's menopause drug caused their breast cancer. Wyeth says no. - Lawsuits Fault Off-Label Use of Neurontin in Suicide Cases
November, 2004 - $236M Class Action Settlement for Goodyear
October 24, 2003
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. has agreed to pay up to $236 million to settle a class action suit over defective hoses in radiant home-heating systems.
- Goodyear Will Pay Up to $236 Million Over Defective Radiant-Heating Hoses
October 20, 2003 - Girl Scouts and Others Sue Over Toxic Waste Exposure
February 4, 2000 - Delays in Payments to Doctors Prompt Class Action Against HMO
October 4, 1999 - National Class Certified in Year 2000 Class Action Filed Against Sage Software, Inc.
June 4, 1999 - Litigating the Y2K problem
April 18, 1999 - Sen. Leahy Analyzes Downside Of Y2K Lawsuit Bill
March 1, 1999 - Florida Medical-Software Firm Agrees to Settle Y2K Lawsuit
December 15, 1998 - Settlement reached on Lipari Landfill. A fund would pay to track the health of people exposed to the waste. The pact has yet to be approved.
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