The judge assigned to handle the Yaz Lawsuit, Multi District Litigation, often referred to as the Yaz Class Action Lawsuit, has granted more time to Bayer, the maker of Yaz and the plaintiff law firms representing over 11,000 claimants, to settle the case before a trail begins.
To date 651 cases have been settled for a total of $142,000,000. This represents an average per Yaz Lawsuit case settlement of approximately $218,000 dollars. Current estimates that Bayer will have to spend in excess of two and a half billion dollars to settle the remainder of the current pending Yaz Lawsuit cases.
Although the United States Food and Drug Administration did not officially announce the problems associated with Yaz until 2011, numerous lawsuits had already been filed. The issue with Yaz that has led to the massive number of lawsuits being filed stems from one of the ingredients in Yaz, drospirenone. When the problems were first reported the manufacturer denied any responsibility for the deaths and other medical issues related to Yaz however, the drug company is working diligently with those who have filed Yaz Lawsuits to settle the cases without the need for a trail, although they still refuse to admit any liability or wrong doing.
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