New Yaz Lawsuit Claims Woman Got Pulmonary Embolism from Yasmin Blood Clot
By Kimberly Mirando
A New Mexico woman has filed a Yaz lawsuit against Bayer Pharmaceuticals, alleging the drug maker developed and marketed a medication it knew was unsafe while hiding important warnings from consumers.Plaintiff Stephanie Brazil alleges in the Yaz lawsuit that she began taking Yaz and/or Yasmin birth control in 2005, and stopped taking the medication in June of 2009, after she developed a pulmonary embolism. Pulmonary embolism — or a blood clot that travels and blocks a patient’s lung — is one of the most common Yaz side effects cited in lawsuits. A bloody cough, pain and shortness of breath are all symptoms of the potentially life-threatening condition and should be treated quickly with a blood-thinning medication. Brazil’s Yaz lawsuit joins hundreds of other similar Yaz lawsuits filed by patients that also experienced complications from dangerous Yaz side effects. Many of these cases have been consolidated in the ongoing and growing Yaz/Yasmin multi district litigation case currently pending in the U.S. District Court for Southern Illinois, entitled Yasmin and Yaz (Drospirenone) Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation.
The Yasmin/Yaz lawsuit MDL allows thousands of Yasmin and Yaz users to file lawsuits under the jurisdiction of one judge, retain their own attorney, and receive an individual award if the case is won or settled. If an MDL settlement is reached, the award they would receive is typically much larger than any individual award expected in a Yasmin/Yaz class action lawsuit. For example, in a Yaz class action lawsuit, hundreds of thousands of Yaz users are joined together. Once, or if, a Yaz class action settlement is reached, the Yaz class members would typically share the award and the award may be in the range of thousands of dollars per claimant, rather than tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of dollars in some cases for individual Yaz lawsuits. On the other hand, if the Yasmin/Yaz lawsuit MDL settles, everyone who joined the MDL would receive any financial award individually, unlike in a class action lawsuit. The Yasmin/Yaz lawsuit MDL lawyers will determine exactly what each Plaintiff will receive depending on the injury suffered. This may mean that those who file Yasmin/Yaz wrongful death lawsuits due to heart attack or stroke will receive more than those who successfully removed blood clots from their system. The Yasmin/Yaz law firms litigating the MDL will determine this as the case progresses.
Thousands of women have filed lawsuits against the makers of Yaz and Yasmin, alleging they suffered serious side effects such as stroke, pulmonary embolism, blood clots, heart attack, gallbladder disease and deep vein thrombosis (DVT) from taking the oral contraceptives. Women who have suffered Yaz/Yasmin side effects are suing the drug manufacturers alleging they should have been warned of the severe and deadly side effects of these birth control drugs. If you are experiencing these Yasmin/Yaz side effects, you should see a doctor immediately. If you are experiencing these Yaz side effects, or experienced these symptoms in the past, you should also speak with a Yasmin/Yaz blood clot specialist to see if you are a good fit to file a Yasmin/Yaz class action lawsuit or an individual Yasmin/Yaz lawsuit. Bayer has already settled $142 million worth of lawsuits alleging that Yasmin and Yaz birth control pills caused blood clots in women.
If you would like more information about filing Yasmin/Yaz blood clot class action lawsuit or would like to file an individual Yasmin/Yaz lawsuit, or join the Yasmin/Yaz lawsuit MDL, just go to the Yasmin/Yaz Class Action Lawsuit Investigation page. You can submit your information, or your loved one’s, to Yaz attorneys who are actively investigating all claims regarding blood clots, stroke, pulmonary embolism, heart attack, gallbladder disease, DVT and other problems which may be a severe side effect of taking Yasmin or Yaz. Yasmin attorneys are waiting to talk to you now and the consultation is free. These lawyers don’t get paid unless you win or settle.
Updated June 29th, 2012
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