The Peters family states in their lawsuit that Pfizer was negligent in their marketing of Lipitor, referred to as a statin designed to allegedly lower cholesterol levels in users. The drug company allegedly did not say much about the very high risk of Lipitor causing diabetes.

According to the statement of claim, Phillipa Peters took Lipitor from 1996 until 2014, the year of her death. She was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 1997. Due to various complications arising from the diabetes, Peters needed dialysis until she died in Nov. 2014.

Peters spent a lot of time in and out of hospitals and as a result accrued large medical bills. On her death, her family would need to find a way to pay her medical debt. In launching the lawsuit against Pfizer, the family would hope for compensation to assist them in paying medical expenses.

While waiting for a lawsuit to make its way to court, or waiting for a settlement, the Peters family would be trying to pay their usual monthly financial obligations, whether that be the mortgage, a student or a car loan or even rent. Trying to find extra money would be difficult.

The Peters family may want to check into obtaining litigation funding, also referred to as a lawsuit loan. Pre-settlement funding is often the lifeline financially strapped plaintiffs need to be able to pay their usual and extraordinary expenses while they wait for their case to be resolved.

There are no credit checks required. There are no fees upfront. There are no monthly fees. The applicant plaintiff does not need to have a job when he or she applies. Approved applicants do not need to deal with insurance companies wanting them to settle for less than the case may be worth in court. They get to keep the lawsuit loan if the case is lost at trial.

While litigation funding is not for everyone, it is worth checking into. It might be the very financial lifeline needed to get the family through a very tough time.

Daren Monroe writes for Litigation Funding Corp. To learn more about lawsuit funding and litigation funding, visit http://www.litigationfundingcorp.com/.

This case is the beginning of over 12,000 federal court claims against TVT Retropublic slings involving allegations that the sling and their other vaginal mesh inserts disintegrated over time, resulting in severe injuries and unrelenting pain. More than 1 million women have had these slings inserted since the device met with FDA approval in 1998. The West Virginia judge found the plaintiff’s lawyer failed to present enough evidence that there was a defect in the device that caused her injuries.

In 2013, the FDA ordered vaginal sling/mesh makers to study the rate of organ damage and any complications that may be related to those implants. In 2010, more than 70,000 of these devices were inserted into women’s vaginas to provide support for sagging pelvic organs. Thousands of women insist they sustained irreparable harm as a result of receiving these devices.
Given the nature of the evidence so far, it is hard to imagine that each case will end with a victory for Big Pharma. That is not a likely scenario for the thousands of other women waiting in the wings to get justice, despite what the FDA says is safe. In practical applications, the vaginal mesh kits may have damaged many women’s health, and they may never be the same again.

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