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Belviq Lawsuit (NEW)
If you or a family member have taken Belviq and have suffered some of the effects listed (cororectal, lung or pancreatic cancer), you may have a potential claim against the makers of Belviq. To fully investigate and evaluate your claim, we encourage you to immediately contact the attorneys at Jazlowiecki & Jazlowiecki, who will evaluate your claim for FREE. Call or Text our Law Firm at (860) 674-8000 (or submit your case HERE) and speak directly with a licensed attorney. What is the Belviq Lawsuit? Belviq (lorcaserin) is a medication used for chronic weight management that works by stimulating the serotonin 2C receptor which produces a feeling of fullness.It is approved for use in patients with a BMI over 30 or in patients with a BMI over 27 who also have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or type 2 diabetes. Before Belviq was approved, the FDA noted in its review that rat studies showed a link with…
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Jazlowiecki & Jazlowiecki Teaming Up Against E-Cigs Manufacturers
Kansas health officials have confirmed their first death in the state related to vaping. According to the Centers for Disease Control, this brings the total number of people who have died from vaping-related illnesses to six The FDA is blaming Juul, a company who sells e-cigarettes, for illegally marketing their product as safer than cigarettes. In a letter to the company, the FDA says Juul sells their products as modified risk tobacco products with an FDA order. Even worse, the FDA alleges Juul tells kids in school that Juul is 99% safer than cigarettes. “The toxicity you might think of with tobacco smoking you don’t see in vaping until recently,” says Dr. Michael Teiger, a Pulmonary Physician. “We found that there are a lot of additives being added to materials and that includes marijuana, that includes Vitamin D additives…It could be that those products or other products that are added…
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Jazlowiecki Law Joins National Effort to Sue e-Cigarette Manufacturers
BRISTOL, CT (WFSB) — A Connecticut attorney is starting the process of legally attacking the e-cigarette and vaping industry. This legal action will take aim at stopping the growth of the industry that’s accused of targeting teens. “What they are doing is, they are getting kids addicted and children’s lungs and brains are more sensitive to the bad chemicals,” said attorney Edward Jazlowiecki. He also believes adults are falling prey to the addictive nature of e-smoking. Jazlowiecki is now involved in a national effort to join legal forces with firms in California, Texas, Alabama, and Missouri, to sue manufacturers like Juul and others. “We are signing up people to be plaintiffs, people that have health problems, people that are addicted,” Jazlowiecki said. The plan is for a massive class action suit. The attorney says he expects the first of the suits to come within days in California and the other…
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Judge Cuts $2 Billion Verdict Against Bayer in Tentative Ruling on Monsanto Roundup Lawsuit
Bloomberg: Bayer AG is poised for a reduction of more than 90% in the $2 billion verdict it was hit with in the most recent trial over its Roundup weedkiller. Jazlowiecki and Jazlowiecki is currently representing clients who have become sick due to exposure to RoundUp, the most widely used herbicide in America, which is manufactured by the chemical conglomerate Monsanto. There is an alleged link between cancer rates and the use of the Monsanto weed killer (herbicide) Roundup which contains the active ingredient, Glyphosate, a probable carcinogen. The cancers most often found in the alleged linkage are, Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, Leukemia, Myeloma, or Soft Tissue Carcinoma, as well as cancers of the tongue, throat, esophagus and thyroid. If you or someone you know has been diagnosed with cancer or are ill AND have worked at a Monsanto Roundup manufacturing plant, OR have used the weed and grass…
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JURY AWARDS $3.4 MILLION in Products Liability Trial
[His] life has never been the same, said lawyer Edward Jazlowiecki, whose firm successfully represented Crutchfield in a civil suit against Stanley Works and Home Depot. On Thursday, a Superior Court jury in Hartford awarded Crutchfield $3.4 million after it found New Britain-based Stanley Works partly responsible for Crutchfield’s brain injury, which left him partially paralyzed. The jury found that Crutchfield was 55 percent liable for his injuries because he was firing the nail gun into metal rather than wood. The accident occurred while Crutchfield, 51, of Hartford was standing on a lift, 25 feet in the air, in the rafters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Ludlow. Crutchfield underwent six hours of surgery at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester. He is permanently paralyzed on the left side of his body. The married father of four had worked as a carpenter for 20…
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CT Judicial Branch Announces Intent to Close Bristol Courthouse
From the CT Judicial Branch: Chief Court Administrator Patrick L. Carroll III today announced the Judicial Branch’s intent to close the Bristol Geographical Area No. 17 Courthouse, effective at the end of the business day on Friday, August 30, 2019. Effective Tuesday, September 3, 2019, all cases from Bristol will be heard at the New Britain Judicial District courthouse (the New Britain Geographical Area No. 15 Courthouse). Judge Carroll noted that the Judicial Branch has already starting working with Bristol Mayor Ellen Zoppo-Sassu, Chief State’s Attorney Kevin T. Kane and Chief Public Defender Christine Perra Rapillo to facilitate the closing of GA 17, located at 131 N. Main St., and transfer of the cases to the New Britain courthouse at 20 Franklin Square. “We are very grateful to Mayor Zoppo-Sassu for understanding why this move is necessary and beneficial to all parties,” Judge Carroll said. “Moreover, given the daily challenges…
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Lawsuit: Monsanto Roundup Attacks Healthy Gut Bacteria
Jazlowiecki & Jazlowiecki currently represents numerous victims diagnosed with certain kinds of cancers that have been linked to extnded exposure to Monsanto RoundUp. To learn more information check out our Monsanto Lawsuit section or call to speak with a Connecticut Monsanto Lawsuit lawyer at (860) 674-8000. Via Bloomberg: Monsanto Co. has been sued by thousands of farmers and others who blame their cancers on its massively popular Roundup weedkiller. Now Germany’s Bayer AG, which bought the agriculture giant last year, faces a claim that it deceived home gardeners about Roundup’s impact on their gut bacteria and their health. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in federal court in Kansas City, Missouri, claims that labels on products such as Roundup’s Weed & Grass Killer falsely assured consumers that they target an enzyme not found “in people or pets.” According to the suit — which names three consumers as plaintiffs seeking unspecified monetary damages…
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Pugnacious Lawyer Rambles On In Case of the Stolen “Stairway”
Fascinating read from Philadelphia Magazine profiling the brash, bright and at times reckless lawyer trying to prove that legendary Rock group Led Zeppelin stole “Stairway to Heaven. “In late September of last year, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Malofiy’s appeal of the 2016 “Stairway to Heaven” verdict and ordered a new trial on the grounds that the court “abused its discretion” when the judge refused to allow Malofiy to play a recording of “Taurus” for the jury. (Members were only allowed to hear an acoustic-guitar rendition played from sheet music.) The retrial is expected to begin in the next year, and Page and Plant, along with bassist John Paul Jones, are again anticipated to take the stand. Copyright experts say Led Zeppelin — which has a long history of ripping off the ancient riffs and carnal incantations of wizened Delta bluesmen and only giving…
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CT Appeals Court Overturns Convicted ‘Driver Using Cell Phone’
The Connecticut Appellate Court overturned a Superior Court ruling that had found Mr. Dunbar guilty of violating Connecticut’s Use of Cell Phone While Driving Laws. In the State of Connecticut vs. Lonnie Dunbar “The defendant, Lonnie Dunbar, appeals from his judgment of conviction, rendered after a trial to the court, on the charge of operating a motor vehicle upon a highway while using a hand-held mobile telephone in alleged violation of General Statutes § 14- 296aa (b) On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly found him guilty under that statute. We agree with the defendant, and accordingly we reverse the judgment of the trial court and remand the case with direction to render a judgment of acquittal.” The court was forced to overturn the conviction as there was a lack of evidence presented to the lower court that would have demonstrated that Mr. Dunbar was “engaged in a…
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$55 Million Award in J&J Baby Powder Lawsuit; More Lawsuits to Come
From USA TODAY: A jury ordered Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) to pay $55 million to a woman who claims talc in the company’s baby powder caused her ovarian cancer. On Monday, a jury in St. Louis, awarded Gloria Ristesund $5 million in damages and $50 million in punitive damages, Reuters reported. The verdict comes months after a jury ordered the company to pay $72 million to the family of an Alabama woman who died from ovarian cancer allegedly caused by using the company’s Baby Powder and other products which contained talc. Like the earlier case, Ristesund, used Johnson & Johnson baby powder and other products for feminine hygiene. She was later diagnosed with ovarian cancer, which is now in remission, Reuters reported. She is just one of dozens of women suing the company for what they say was a failure to inform consumers about the dangers of talc, which is…