
Legal Help for Patients Injured by the Meridia Weight Loss Drug
Meridia Diet Drug Withdrawn From the Market as Unsafe
Recent medical studies have proven that the drug Meridia, also known as sibutramine, which was prescribed as a weight loss, diet, or anti- obesity drug dangerously, increases blood pressure and causes serious side effects. Meridia can cause heart attacks (myocardial infarction or MI) and stroke. The United States Government Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have concluded that the risks of Meridia to the cardiovascular system outweigh any benefit of the drug. The manufacturer, Abbott Laboratories, has withdrawn the drug from the market, in the face of this medical information documenting the dangers of the Meridia.
If you or a loved one has taken Meridia (sibutramine) and experienced a heart attack or stroke, you may have a legal claim for compensation or damages. If you wish to learn more about your legal rights to compensation, please contact attorneys Richard Serpe, Richard Lewis, and Fredrick Kuykendall today at 1-800-482-5315. We are presently evaluating personal injury and class action claims for Meridia cases.
Meridia Weight Loss Drug Lawsuit Lawyers

Richard J. Serpe is the lead attorney at The Law Offices of Richard J. Serpe P.C. Mr. Serpe has represented victims of toxic torts and environmental contamination across the country. He has successfully tried lawsuits in state and federal courts. He has resolved lead poisoning cases for victims in Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia, and has secured over $50,000,000 in verdicts and settlements for these clients. In 1999, he concluded actions for 90 families poisoned at the Abex Superfund site. Mr. Serpe represents the victims of brain damage from toxic and traumatic injuries. He has commissioned over 200 neuropsychological assessments to document the extent of brain injury and is highly experienced in demonstrating the extent of a … Read More »

Richard S. Lewis is a partner at Hausfeld LLP. He has been appointed to serve as co-lead counsel in mass tort and product liability class action cases including In re StarLink Corn Products (N.D. Ill) (asserting claims by farmers for genetic modification contamination of the U.S. corn supply) and In re PPA (asserting claims by users of unsafe over-the-counter medicines). He has also been appointed to the MDL Steering Committee in In re Prempro Products Liability Litigation and In re Chinese Manufactured Drywall. In addition, Mr. Lewis served as lead counsel in numerous actions to obtain medical monitoring relief for communities exposed to toxic chemicals from hazardous waste disposal practices or unsafe drugs. These include In re Diet Drug Litigation … Read More »

Frederick T. Kuykendall III began his law practice over twenty years ago in Birmingham, Alabama with one of the most successful union side, labor law firms in the United States -- Cooper, Mitch, Crawford and Kuykendall. After becoming the managing partner in 1983, Rick presided over the firm’s evolution into a successful and powerful plaintiff/public interest law firm with a nationwide practice. Despite the firm’s rapid growth and financial success, Rick never allowed the firm to deviate from its core mission of helping those who needed it the most, despite the odds. Rick’s practice, while currently focused on complex litigation all over the country, also involves active efforts in alternative dispute resolution. Since 1995 he has been lead counsel or co-counsel in cases which resulted in verdicts and/or settlements far in excess of two billion dollars (over 500 million dollars since 2003 alone). These cases range from individual personal injuries to … Read More »