Lawsuit Filed Against Manufacturer After 35-Year-Old Develops Ovarian Cancer A 35-year-old woman has filed a lawsuit alleging that she developed ovarian cancer after repeated use of Dark & Lovely, Optimum, Motions hair relaxer. The lawsuit is one of many that have been filed recently against the makers of these products due to their use of…
Category: Product Liability
Defending Victims of Severe Guardrail Accident Injuries Driving down our roads and highways, we often see extreme guardrail damage due to drivers leaving the road and striking a guardrail. Roadway departure crashes account for more than 50% of all motor vehicle crashes (ATSSA.com). Guardrails are designed to lessen the impact of an off-road crash, but…
Fibich, Leebron, Copeland & Briggs Partner Featured Speaker at HarrisMartin’s MDL Conference Fibich, Leebron, Copeland & Briggs is proud to announce that attorney Erin K. Copeland has been selected as a faculty speaker for the upcoming Philips CPAP conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on December 14, 2021. Attorney Copeland has worked tirelessly to achieve justice on…
FDA Receives Thousands of Reports of Defective IUDs, Prone to Breakage Stories of intrauterine devices (IUDs) breaking inside the uterus or migrating out of position have women concerned about whether the birth control product is safe for use. One IUD, Paragard, has come into the national spotlight as thousands of women report suffering severe harm…
Paragard MDL Led By Erin K. Copeland and Co-Counsel Allowed to Move Forward U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May has denied the defendant’s (Teva Pharmaceuticals and The Cooper Companies) motion to dismiss all claims against them in the Paragard multidistrict litigation (MDL) pending in the Northern District of Georgia. The decision comes as a huge…
Partner with Fibich, Leebron, Copeland & Briggs Selected to Speak at Premier Mass Tort Event Fibich, Leebron, Copeland & Briggs is proud to announce that attorney Erin Copeland has been selected to speak at the upcoming Mass Torts Made Perfect conference in Las Vegas. The Mass Torts Made Perfect conference, being held at the Bellagio…
Britney Spears’ IUD and Conservatorship Battle Pop Star Britney Spears was recently allowed to speak on her own behalf in court proceedings involving her conservatorship. She revealed to the world that she was not allowed to have a baby because she has an IUD birth control device against her will. She was quoted as saying:…
5 Risks Associated with Intrauterine Devices (IUDs) Intrauterine devices (IUDs) are a long-term contraceptive (birth control) method. The t-shaped device is inserted into a woman’s uterine and works as a barrier to insemination. There are currently several IUD brands on the market that work either with the use of hormones (progestin) or copper. Despite their…
Unsafe Products That Have Resulted in Painful Injuries to Women and Children Over the past century, women have been disproportionately harmed by dangerous and defective drugs and devices compared with men. Products marketed as “safe and effective” to women resulted in countless injuries and an untold number of deaths. Attorney Erin Copeland of Fibich, Leebron,…
MDL Consolidates More Than 100 Cases Against Makers of Birth Control Device Paragard District Judge Leigh Martin May has selected attorney Erin K. Copeland of Fibich, Leebron, Copeland & Briggs and Timothy Clark of Sanders Phillips Grossman to lead the Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) against the makers of Paragard intrauterine devices. The Paragard IUD was originally…