J&J Concealed Dangers of Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch News
Legal experts say proving causation in the Ortho Evra cases will be easy because blood clots in young women are almost unheard of. Once this was recognized and lawsuits began to be filed against J&J they quickly began settling cases out of court for a substantial amount of money, possibly trying to keep the public from knowing that women were being injured by the patch. As the number of lawsuits grew the strategy of quietly settling out of court could not continue. J&J's Annual Report filed with the SEC in February 2007, states that, as of December 31, 2006, "there were approximately 1,500 claimants who have filed lawsuits or made claims regarding injuries allegedly due to ORTHO EVRA."
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