Perhaps you know him best as James Hurley, the troubled high school lad who rode a motorcycle, played a guitar and once romanced slain prom queen Laura Palmer in early ‘90s cult TV hit Twin Peaks. Or perhaps you recall him as Pfc. Louden Downey, a downcast Marine accused of murder in the Oscar-nominated 1992 film A Few Good Men.
But it’s doubtful you remember actor James Marshall for many things since then, because his budding entertainment industry career was soon sidelined. That’s because Marshall trusted his physician and a pharmaceutical company and wound up taking the prescribed acne medication Accutane to clear up his blemishes. After all, he worked in a business bent on image at all cost.
Accutane erased his acne, all right. But it also unleashed damaging side effects that attacked Marshall’s digestive system.
Soon he suffered an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) which provided painful and embarrassing. It caused sudden bowel movements and gave him intense abdominal pain. Eventually, he even had to have his colon removed.
All of this sidetracked a career which was once fast-rising but then tapered off into a series of modest roles in modest productions, from Soccer Dog: The Movie to Alien Lockdown. And for much of that professional malaise, not to mention his faltering health, Marshall can blame Accutane.
Roche Pharmaceuticals manufactured and marketed Accutane to people like Marshall even though it new the drug’s active ingredient, Isotretinoin, could cause serious health problems. Instead of recalling the drug, Roche kept selling it -- to the tune of billions of dollars in profits from its five million American users and 13 million worldwide.
Now Accutane’s victims, including Marshall, are fighting back. For many, an Accutane lawsuit is the means to challenge Roche for its negligence and claim just and fitting financial compensation for their losses, from medical bills and lost salary to pain and suffering.
Marshall’s Accutane lawsuit was set to be heard earlier this year, and then was postponed. But previous Accutane lawsuits which have gone to trial have favored victims in each case, awarding a total of more than $56 million in compensatory damages.
Marshall can never recover the early prospects of his once-bright career, which was sabotaged by a debilitating and incurable gastrointestinal ailment. But he can seek justice from those who did him harm, via an Accutane lawsuit.
Now Americans across the nation can seek the same justice, simply by submitting the free case review form online or calling 1-800-339-0606 and alerting Accutane-Lawsuit.Lawyer.com. It can provide an Accutane lawyer or attorney for victims in all 50 states. And they don’t have to be famous actors to get help.