Yaz - Lawsuit Filed
This lawsuit, against certain Bayer companies as the manufacturer and marketer of the pharmaceutical drug Yaz, an oral contraceptive, seeks to hold Bayer responsible for blood clots and other personal and financial injuries. The lawsuit was filed by SLChapman LLC on behalf of a client. Yaz, unlike most other birth control pills, contains drospirenone. Oral contraceptives containing drospirenone have been associated with significantly higher risk of blood clots (venuous thrombosis) than other oral contraceptives.
The case was filed in February 2010, in the Circuit Court in the City of St. Louis, Missouri, Case No. 1022-CC000754. In April 2010, Bayer removed the case to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - Eastern Division, Case No. 4:10-cv-00663, in anticipation of it being sent to join hundreds of other Yaz, Yasmin & Ocella cases pending before the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois as directed by the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation.
Among other things, the lawsuit alleges that Bayer knew but failed to tell those who took Yaz of its dangerous side-effects, and alleges that Bayer mislead consumers by overstating the efficacy of Yaz, without disclosing the increased risks. The suit alleges that Bayer is strictly liable for the drug's defective design, its defective manufacturing, and/or Bayer's inadequate warnings. There are also allegations of Bayer's negligence, breaches of warranty, violation of the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act, and misrepresentation or fraud. The lawsuit seeks compensatory and punitive damages.
SLChapman LLC regularly represents individuals harmed by the conduct of others in individual suits and in class-action litigation. Those seeking more information may contact the firm at complex@lakinchapman.com, or call (800) 851-5523.
