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Within Mass tort and class action: plaintiff representation – pharmaceuticals and medical devices, Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, P.C. is a third tier firm,
Burg, Simpson, Eldredge, Hersh & Jardine, P.C. has been appointed as co-lead counsel on a number of significant cases alleging defects in drugs or medical devices. The firm is based in Denver, but its pharmaceutical mass tort and class action work is handled predominantly from the Cincinnati office; the firm also has offices in Arizona and Wyoming. The US District Court for the Southern District of Illinois recently appointed Michael Burg as co-lead counsel in the MDL involving the oral contraceptive birth control pills Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella. In addition, Janet Abaray and Seth Katz have been appointed to leadership positions on the MDL discovery committee. The claims allege that the drugs’ manufacturers – Bayer, as well as Teva and its subsidiary Barr Laboratories – failed to adequately warn about the increased risks of stroke, heart attacks and other ailments associated with the drugs. Peter Burg is co-lead counsel for plaintiffs in the gadolinium-based contrast agents MDL, which alleges a link between the use of gadolinium contrast dyes and the onset of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis for patients with advanced kidney disease.