Lawyers Weekly USA reported on March 8th that Bayer has settled “about 70” of over 11,000 lawsuits regarding Yaz and Yasmin:
"As of Feb. 13, 2012, Bayer had reached agreements, without admission of liability, to settle the claims of approximately 70 plaintiffs in the U.S. at terms and conditions which Bayer views to be reasonable," the company said in the legal risks section of its 2011 annual report. The terms of those settlements were not disclosed. “
The article further notes that the first Yaz and Yasmin lawsuits were scheduled to go to trial in September of 2011, but those trial dates were pushed back so the parties could mediate. The fact that settlements are occurring is a good sign that the mediation is working.
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