A New Jersey federal judge on Wednesday certified classes of consumers and insurers who claim they lost money by purchasing the contaminated blood pressure drug Valsartan, as well as two classes of consumers seeking medical monitoring for cancer potentially caused by the drug....
In November of 2021, consumer giant Proctor & Gamble announced a product recall of Old Spice and Secret-branded aerosol deodorant because they contained the cancer causing chemical Benzene. Now comes news that 32 of Proctor and Gamble’s (P&G) dry shampoo and conditioners also have been found to include this deadly chemical. These products have been recalled by the company and consumers are asked to dispose of them immediately. The Federal Drug Administration has shared the complete list of recalled hair products. If you or someone you love has used any of the shampoos or conditioners on the list, you may be eligible to participate in legal action against P&G....
The horrific collapse of the Champlain Towers South Condominium Building in Southern Florida was a chilling reminder of the risks with construction defects and ignoring necessary maintenance. Condominium associations owe a fiduciary responsibility to all condominium owners to ensure that individual and building-wide structural and other critical repairs are undertaken promptly and properly. Honik LLC currently represents condo owners in the neighboring Champlain Towers East, and other Southern Florida condominium buildings, to ensure that the respective condominium associations take necessary steps to ensure safety, structural soundness, and prevent diminution in property values....
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, to ensure adequate supply, the FDA permitted companies to use trace amounts of ethanol-based products, such as benzene, in their hand sanitizer products. However, multiple companies took advantage of the pandemic to sell hand sanitizers with large amounts of benzene in them, well in excess in the trace amounts temporarily allowed by the FDA. Benzene is a known human carcinogen used to make rocket fuel. Honik LLC is representing a nationwide class of purchasers who bought these contaminated hand sanitizer products....
Valsartan, losartan, and irbesartan are popular generic drugs primarily used to treat high blood pressure. Beginning in the summer of 2018, multiple companies announced nationwide (and later global) recalls because these generic drugs were contaminated with dangerous probable carcinogens known as nitrosamines. This was one of the largest Class I recalls announced by the FDA in history. Ruben Honik is appointed co-lead counsel, and David Stanoch is appointed liaison counsel, to the nationwide leadership committee steering all valsartan claims nationwide, including those who took these drugs and developed one or more types of cancer (e.g., liver, colon, stomach, rectal, esophageal, pancreatic, prostate, and certain blood cancers), who are seeking refunds for the contaminated drugs they purchased, or who are seeking medical monitoring to screen for cancers that patients may develop in the future....
Metformin is another popular generic drug, but unlike valsartan is used to treat type 2 diabetes. In late 2019 and the beginning of 2020, Metformin manufactured by multiple companies was found recently to be contaminated with the same carcinogenic nitrosamines as valsartan, losartan, and irbesartan. Ruben Honik is co-lead counsel leading the consolidated class action litigation for refunds for the contaminated drugs purchased by consumers....