| Consumers who suffered heart attacks or other | | | | claim. For people from states which apply the |
| cardiovascular injuries as a result of using Avandia | | | | discovery rule, even if an injury occurred in 2005, the |
| may lose their rights to compensation if claims are | | | | statute of limitations would not begin to run until they |
| not filed soon. | | | | knew or should have known that they may have |
| New York, NY - Residents of 18 states who were | | | | suffered an injury from Avandia. That time would not |
| injured as a result of taking the diabetes medication | | | | begin to run till users were on notice that Avandia |
| Avandia may have only a short time in which to file | | | | could cause heart problems. Lawyers for GSK have |
| their cases. The right to file a claim for compensation | | | | asserted that date was in May of 2007. Lawyers for |
| is subject to a statute of limitations. Each state may | | | | victims dispute this and assert that the date is much |
| set its own statute of limitations, or date which a | | | | later. Those injured by Avandia should consult an |
| claim must be filed by. For a list of states whose | | | | attorney immediately so that they do not miss any |
| statute of limitation may expire shortly please go to | | | | important filing deadline. |
| Many states follow a discovery rule, where the time | | | | Financial experts have reported that GSK may have |
| to file a claim does not begin to run until a person | | | | to pay as much as $6 billion dollars to compensate |
| knew or should have known of the existence of the | | | | Avandia victims, as part of any Avandia settlement. |