Lawyers Gear Up For Levaquin Lawsuit Trials

Over a thousand Levaquin patients have been so affected by the side effects the antibiotic sometimes comes with that they have filed Levaquin lawsuit against the makers of the drug. Levaquin lawyer are handling over 1400 Levaquin lawsuits that have been combined in a form of litigation called multidistrict litigation, which allows plaintiffs with similar case details to have their pretrial processes be combined, making for a faster litigation process. Since many patients’ only hope of paying off medical bills accrued while convalescing with their side effects, a faster litigation process would be beneficial for all.

Patients with Levaquin side effects complaints were likely prescribed the antibiotic, which has a label warning of complications that range from insomnia to liver damage, to combat a relatively minor infection such as bronchitis, sinus infections, kidney infections, and urinary tract infections.
Along with their cure, a number of these patients—many of whom were elderly—also received an extremely painful tendon tear, or rotator cuff tear. Patients are understandably upset about this and the Levaquin lawsuits all allege some combination of breach of warranty, failure to warn, negligence, fraud, and violation of the consumer protection law.

Levaquin tendon damage is prevalent enough that the Food and Drug Administration were compelled in 2008 to mandate that a “black box” warning be attached to all Levaquin packaging. This warning is the gravest the Food and Drug Administration can give and indicates a serious risk to the consumer. It is not exactly known what percentage of Levaquin patients received tendon damage or rotator cuff damage, but due to the large number of lawsuits flowing in the number is not negligible.

There are 1461 cases in the multidistrict litigation alone, but this is not completely representational of the number of cases that have been filed across the country. The defendant in this case will be Johnson & Johnson although other companies may be involved in the litigation as well. Plaintiffs who took Levaquin—especially before the black box warning was instated in 2008—and have experienced tendon or rotator cuff damage should speak to a legal expert with any concerns about the continuing litigation.