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Essure contraceptive ‘safe and efficacious’, Bayer tells class action trial
Class Actions 2023-04-12 9:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
Bayer told a jury that clinical trials from the 1990’s to 2014 showed its Essure birth control device was “safe and efficacious”, as the pharmaceutical giant faces trial in a class action by patients who claim they suffered debilitating injuries from the device.
Bayer can’t dismiss Essure injuries as ‘common women’s symptoms’, class action trial told
Class Actions 2023-04-11 9:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
Pharmaceutical giant Bayer cannot write off debilitating chronic pain and bleeding which patients allegedly experienced after being implanted with Essure contraceptives as “common women's symptoms”, a court has heard in the first day of trial in a long-running class action.
Bayer can take another crack at ‘scientific knowledge’ defence in Essure class action
Class Actions 2023-03-09 5:05 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne
A class action against Bayer over its Essure contraceptive has lost a bid to knock out the pharmaceutical giant’s defence that argues any defects in the device could not have been discovered given the state of scientific knowledge at the time the implants were sold in Australia.
New allegations OK’d on eve of trial in Bayer Essure class action
Class Actions 2023-02-27 9:26 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne
A class action against Bayer over its Essure device has won court approval to add new allegations, including that the contraceptive caused sexual dysfunction, with a judge finding the new claims could not have taken the German drug maker by surprise.
High Court won’t hear Gatto bid to revive defamation case against ABC
ABC 2022-11-11 7:23 am By Cat Fredenburgh
The High Court has rejected a special leave application by underworld figure Mick Gatto seeking to revive defamation claims against the ABC over an article which he said accused him of threatening to kill gangland lawyer Nicola Gobbo.
Essure class action slams Bayer’s bid for applicant’s teen medical records
Class Actions 2022-09-21 2:15 pm By Cindy Cameronne
The lead applicant in a class action against Bayer over its Essure contraceptive device has admonished the drug maker’s request for her medical records since the age of 14, saying it had “no basis” and was a “fishing exercise”.
Bayer Essure class action wins unredacted discovery for opt out notice
Class Actions 2022-01-10 2:41 pm By Bianca Hrovat Melbourne
Bayer has lost its bid to redact the names and contact details of potential group members from discovered documents in a Slater & Gordon-led class action over the drug maker's Essure contraceptive device.
Gatto loses defamation case over ABC report on alleged threat to kill Gobbo
Defamation 2021-03-01 2:37 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
Melbourne underworld figure Mick Gatto was not defamed by an online ABC article reporting on witness evidence given in court alleging he helped arrange the murder of Victor Pierce and threatened to kill barrister Nicola Gobbo, a judge has ruled.
Class action against Bayer’s Essure contraceptive drops claims against two manufacturers
Bayer 2020-11-20 5:40 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
The lead applicant in a class action against Bayer over allegedly defective Essure contraceptive devices will ask the court to discontinue its claims against two makers of the controversial medical implants.
Melbourne solicitor hits Nine with defamation lawsuit over Gatto photo
Defamation 2020-10-07 12:29 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
A Melbourne-based solicitor has filed a defamation lawsuit against Nine Entertainment over a photograph used in an article about underworld figure Mick Gatto.