New Jersey Bill Requires Automatic Enrollment in State Electronic Vaccine Tracking Registry
Lawmakers in New Jersey have approved legislation that would require enrollment in the state’s electronic vaccine tracking registry, unless citizens actively opt out in writing. The bill for an “opt-out” vaccine tracking system, rather than operating an “opt-in” system, comes in response to decreased vaccination rates in recent years and health officials maintain it will […]
COVID-19 Misleading Advertising Campaign Lawsuit Against Pfizer Challenges PREP Act Liability Shield
A United States district judge has remanded a lawsuit filed by the state of Kansas against Pfizer, Inc. back to state court. This move may prevent the Public Readiness and Preparedness (PREP) Act from shielding the pharmaceutical giant from liability for Its misleading advertising campaign promoting its mRNA COVID-19 shot (Comirnaty).1 The Kansas attorney general, […]
Bayer Petitions U.S. Supreme Court to Stop Roundup Herbicide Lawsuits
Bayer, Inc. has filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking review of a lower court decision finding that its popular weed killer Roundup causes cancer. The Missouri Supreme Court declined to hear Bayer’s appeal of the lower court’s decision, so the drug giant went to the highest court in the land.1 This is […]
Forced Vaccine Lawsuit in North Carolina Allowed to Move Forward
The State Supreme Court in North Carolina has ruled that a mother may sue the public school system and a physician’s group for giving her son the COVID-19 shot without her informed consent. In a split 5-2 decision, the state’s highest court overturned the trial and Appellate Court decisions that denied the mother’s right to […]
NC Court Sides With Merck in Class Action Gardasil Vaccine Injury Lawsuit
The District Court in North Carolina sided with Merck & Co. and granted a summary judgment motion to dismiss plaintiff’s failure to warn claims in ongoing litigation between the pharmaceutical giant and young women injured by the Gardasil vaccine. The lawsuit alleged that Merck covered up the risks associated with the company’s blockbuster vaccine which […]
Gardasil Lawsuit Worth $8 Billion Set for Jury Trial
Merck & Co. is about to face a jury trial defending against a claim that Merck advertisements misrepresented that the Gardasil vaccine was safe and effective. The jury will determine whether the drug giant hid the risks and side effects associated with its lucrative HPV (human papilloma virus) vaccine marketed to children and young adults.1 […]