23/022022
CBS-12 News Paragard Special
CBS interviews Marcus Susen on the risks associated with the Paragard IUD....
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31/032021
Competitive Drive Helped This Fort Lauderdale Attorney Take on Big Pharma
by Dan Roe Marcus Susen was just 31 years old when Michelle Garcia approached him with a matter that would become his primary focus for the next seven years of his life. Garcia was seeking representation for herself and thousands of other women who experienced complications with Essure, a permanent...
22/022021
Marcus J. Susen of Susen Law Group in Fort Lauderdale Appointed to Leadership Committee For Paragard Birth Control Mass Tort Susen was Lead Counsel of the Bayer/Essure Mass Tort in PA which settled nationally for $1.6 Billion
Fort Lauderdale, FL, February 18, 2021 – A fierce advocate for women’s health issues as it relates to litigating against dangerous devices and drugs, Marcus J. Susen, Board Certified Civil Trial attorney, has been appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee for the Mass Tort case representing thousands of women who...
11/022021
28/012021
Fla. Atty Starts New Firm After Helping Land $1.6B Bayer Deal
Marcus J. Susen, who had a role in attaining a $1.6 billion settlement from Bayer over its birth control device Essure, announced this month the opening of his new Fort Lauderdale practice. Source: https://www.law360.com/pulse/articles/1345085/fla-atty-starts-new-firm-after-helping-land-1-6b-bayer-deal...
20/082019
Marcus Susen featured in Forbes
The women who advocated against Essure initially organized on social media, partnering with attorneys and a group of physicians who supported their concerns. COURTESY AMANDA DYKEMAN It’s the end of an era for Amanda Dykeman, one of the many women who has campaigned against the permanent contraceptive device Essure. Bayer,...
01/052019
Client Advocacy Beyond Courtroom Helps to Deliver Real Change
In March 2019 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a statement from Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and Jeff Shuren, its director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health, on the evaluation of materials in medical devices to address potential safety issues. It was an important step in improving medical...
19/042019
Marcus Susen presents on Essure at (Mass Torts Made Perfect Conference)
Fort Lauderdale, FL – Marcus Susen, partner with Parafinczuk Wolf Susen, presented at the 2019 Mass Torts Made Perfect conference in Las Vegas. The panel, “Essure Discontinued: Where do we go from here?” discussed the latest legal update regarding the thousands of Essure cases that are filed across the country....
03/042019
Bayer offers $1.6 billion to end thousands of lawsuits over Essure birth control implant
One of a pair of coils that is the Essure birth control device, made by Bayer. The FDA ruled this week that more clinical research is needed and said it would require a boxed warning on packaging for the device. Bayer will pay $1.6 billion to settle lawsuits from thousands...
26/032019
Veteran Blames Earplug Defect for Hearing Loss
A U.S. Navy veteran said she believes she now knows the cause of the hearing issues she’s been dealing with for years. She shared her story with NBC 6 Responds, hoping it would help other veterans who may be suffering in silence....
11/012019
Marcus Susen presents on Essure
NEWS AND NOTES Marcus Susen of Koch Parafinczuk Wolf Susen presented at Mass Torts Made Perfect in Las Vegas at a panel titled “Essure discontinued: Where do we go from here?”...
20/082018
Marcus Susen overcomes legal obstacles in the fight against Essure
Marcus Susen and Justin Parafinczuk of the law firm Koch Parafinczuk Wolf Susen have been at the forefront of the national litigation against Essure, the permanent form of birth control, which includes more than 10,000 cases across the United States. Several years ago, lawyers were shying away from the case...
15/082018
Personal Engagement Takes Essure Case Beyond Courtroom
By Justin Parafinczuk and Marcus Susen Justin Parafinczuk and Marcus Susen, Koch Parafinczuk Wolf Susen, Fort Lauderdale. The Essure contraceptive was marketed as a way to give women highly reliable birth control and millions of women trusted the product to give them peace of mind. When the product failed, leading...
29/072018
Marcus Susen weighs in on Essure sale halt
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Life sciences company Bayer AG said on Friday it would discontinue the sale of its birth control product Essure in the United States, citing a decline in sales of the implantable device that made the business no longer sustainable. The decision followed an announcement by the...
27/072018
Marcus Susen overcomes legal obstacles in the fight against Essure
Women banded together to force a pharmaceutical company to reckon with the devastating side effects of its controversial product. Since 2002, Essure has been marketed as a permanent birth control method for women that is convenient and can be performed in their own doctor’s office. The procedure is simple: A...
06/062018
Taking on Big Pharma: Asserting against Essure’s Harmful Implant
Marcus Susen and Justin Parafinczuk of the law firm Koch Parafinczuk Wolf Susen have been at the forefront of the national litigation against Essure, the permanent form of birth control, which includes more than 10,000 cases across the United States. Several years ago, lawyers were shying away from the case...
03/052018
Woman Warning Over Essure Birth Control Dangers
NBC 6’s Trina Robinson introduces you to a South Florida woman who has been dealing with various medical issues after using what was called a “non surgical” option for permanent birth control known as Essure....
14/092017
Hollywood nursing home sued multiple times prior to post-storm deaths
Records show that several lawsuits had been filed against the Rehabilitation Center of Hollywood Hills prior to the deaths of eight residents who had been living with limited AC following Hurricane Irma.
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