Morning sickness is a common side effect of pregnancy. While mild morning sickness does not necessarily constitute a health risk, some parents are alleging that one treatment option for it might harm a developing baby. Two of these parents, who reside in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, have filed a lawsuit against... Read more »

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is engaging in wrongful conduct by failing to adequately disclose the risks of Zofran when used by women who are pregnant, according to a new birth defect lawsuit filed by a mother from Tennessee. The lawsuit is pending in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of... Read more »

A Kentucky couple has filed a Zofran lawsuit against manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline, LLC (GSK) over the death of their son. The lawsuit also names Hospira, Inc., and Pfizer, Inc., makers of the generic form of the drug, as defendants. The lawsuit was filed on September 30, 2015, in the United States... Read more »

Drug maker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is named defendant in a Zofran lawsuit alleging the drug carries a disproportionate risk of causing congenital birth defects when taken by pregnant women. The complaint was filed by a minor plaintiff and her parents in the United States District Court for the Northern District of... Read more »

Adding to the growing docket of Zofran birth defect lawsuits is a new complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California by a mother who alleges that her young daughter’s heart malformations and resulting health difficulties are attributable to exposure to the anti-nausea drug... Read more »

A mother from Marion County, Illinois, has filed a Zofran heart defect lawsuit against GlaxoSmithKline LLC (GSK), the manufacturer of Zofran, the anti-emetic also known as ondansetron. The Plaintiff is the mother and natural guardian of her son, who the suit claims was born with a ventricular septal defect as a... Read more »

Manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the drug Zofran was first approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as ondansetron – an anti-nausea remedy in a class of medications known as a serotonin 5-HT3 receptor antagonists. The drug was first introduced to the market after FDA approval in January,... Read more »

An Ohio family has filed a lawsuit against GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), alleging that Zofran caused heart defects that led to the death of an infant. The Zofran lawsuit is currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Western Division. The plaintiffs are demanding a jury trial... Read more »

An Alabama mother and her nine-year-old son have filed a Zofran lawsuit. The mother’s doctor ordered her to begin taking the drug while she was pregnant, in January 2006, to combat nausea. The baby was born on August 12, 2006 and shortly after, doctors discovered he had a high, narrow... Read more »

A mother of two young children has filed a Zofran lawsuit against GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) alleging that the anti-nausea medication led to both of her children’s serious health problems. The Minnesota mother filed her lawsuit on behalf of herself and her minor children in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern... Read more »