Suffolk County, New York Resident and His Spouse File Zantac Lawsuit Against Defendants Boehringer Ingelheim, Sanofi, Chattem, and GlaxoSmithKline After He Developed Bladder Cancer.
On April 21, 2020 a man residing in Suffolk County, New York and his wife reportedly filed a Zantac injury lawsuit against Boehringer Ingelheim, Sanofi, Chattem, and GlaxoSmithKline in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, styled Douglas Rochler and Anna Marie Rochler v. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Sanofi US Services Inc., Chattem, Inc., and GlaxoSmithKline, LLC, Case No. 9:20-cv-80664 alleging, among other things, that he regularly ingested Zantac beginning in or around 2014 through September of 2019, ingesting the drug 4-5 times a week on average and developed bladder cancer and also underwent multiple surgeries from June, 2017 through November, 2017, including a transurethral resection of his bladder tumor and radical cystectomy with neobladder.
According to the Zantac bladder cancer lawsuit complaint, Zantac belongs to a class of medications called histamine H2-receptor antagonists (or H2 blockers), which decrease the amount of acid produced by the stomach and areused to treat gastric ulcers, heartburn, acid indigestion, sour stomach, and other GI conditions.
According to the complaint, Zantac can produce a toxic carcinogen in the body known as Nnitrosodimethylamine (“NDMA”).
The Zantac bladder cancer lawsuit reportedly brings causes of action for negligence, strict liability (design defect), strict liability (failure to warn) breach of express warranty, breach of implied warranty, negligent misrepresentation, fraud and deceit, violation of the New York Consumer Protection Act, and loss of consortium.
The Zantac bladder cancer lawsuit complaint reportedly seeks an award of compensatory damages, together with interest, in an amount to be proven
at trial, including but not limited to lost earnings in the past; loss of earning capacity in the future; medical expenses incurred in the past; medical expenses to be incurred in the future; other economic damages; pain and suffering; disability; physical impairment; disfigurement; mental anguish; inconvenience; aggravation of a disease or physical defect; loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life sustained in the past and to be sustained in the future; and other non-economic damages and expenses and costs of litigation.
If you took Zantac and suffered from bladder cancer, you may be able to seek compensation from a Zantac lawsuit.
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