Fleet Phospho-soda Class Action
March 2009 - Merchant Law Group has launched class proceedings with respect to Fleet Phospho-soda, a product marketed in Canada since 1987 as a laxative for relief of occasional constipation or for use as part of a bowel cleaning regiment in preparation for surgery, x-ray or endoscopic procedures.
The lawsuit asserts that using Fleet Phospho-soda (Sodium Phosphates Oral Solution) often causes renal damage or renal failure, affect the function of the heart, kidneys, or other muscles, or may cause acute nephrocalcinosis, nephrotoxicity, formation of calcium deposits, change the level of calcium and electrolytes in the blood, cause electrolyte disturbances, cause calcium phosphate tubules, or other serious side effects or risks.
This class action seeks compensation from the product's manufacturer and distributors, C.B. Fleet Company, Johnson & Johnson, and Merck & Co., for consumers who have used Phospho-soda.
If you have used this laxative product for any reason, and you wish more information or to be kept advised of the status of this class action litigation or any resulting compensation program, please provide your contact information to our law firm using the below info form.
Merchant Law Group LLP has 12 offices across Canada, with lawyers practising law in six provinces and an American state. Tony Merchant, Q.C., and his firm are well known for their involvement in Mass & Class Action cases in Canada, including class proceedings regarding Complete Contact Lens Solution, Silicon Breast Implant, Winners/HomeSense, Various Cellular Phone Fees, Molson-Coors Merger, Conrad Black/Hollinger, GM Gasket Manifolds, Lead Paint in Toys (and similar consumer products), Menu Foods, Paxil, Vioxx, Agent Orange, Sony, Residential School litigation, CPR Anhydrous Ammonia, Tundra noxious gas emissions, Zonolite, Canadian Wheat Board Pool transfers, and various other cases. Tony Merchant is known to be one of Canada's most active litigators with more than 600 reported cases in leading Caselaw Journals, having argued thousands of cases before the Canadian and American Courts, in Trial and Administrative Courts, and the Courts of Appeal of various American and Canadian jurisdictions, the Federal Court of Canada, and the Supreme Court of Canada. Tony Merchant, Q.C., has a long history in pursuing public policy cases and is a former Member of the Legislative Assembly (M.L.A.)
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