In the early 1990s, actor James Marshall was on top of the world. He’d starred in revolutionary TV series Twin Peaks and also starred in Oscar-nominated military courtroom drama A Few Good Men, alongside top-billed Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson.

Then Marshall’s career hit a roadblock: He began suffering serious digestive disorders caused by his using the acne treatment medication Accutane.

Like millions of Americans, he’d trusted that Roche Pharmaceuticals provided a safe product. He — and they — were wrong. Roche knew that Accutane caused major health problems, but sold it anyway, to the tune of over $1 billion in annual profits.

Faced with increasing lawsuits and encroachments by generic Accutane products, Roche yanked Accutane off the market in 2009 — but not before Roche had made many billions of dollars in profits selling the defective drug, and not before countless Americans had been afflicted by its damaging Accutane side effects.

Now Marshall is fighting back. He’s suing Roche in a court in New Jersey, where the Swiss pharmaceutical giant has its American base. That Accutane lawsuit’s trial starts this week in the same New Jersey state court where another American recently was awarded over $25 million in damages for his Accutane side effects injuries.

What’s so serious about such Accutane side effects? They are lifelong and debilitating. In Marshall’s case, he even had to have his colon removed. Such Accutane victims often suffer an inflammatory bowel disease or IBD such as Crohn’s Disease or Ulcerative Colitis, and they face a lifetime of treatments, surgeries, pain and discomfort.

Marshall is still a working actor, though due to his Accutane injury, his career has faded in recent years. Yet he may claim some solace via his Accutane lawsuit, in which he’s seeking $11 million in damages from Roche.

Speaking on his behalf in the lawsuit, and testifying as to his career’s once-bright promise which was cut short, will be actors Martin Sheen and Brian Dennehy and A Few Good Men director Rob Reiner.

When Marshall played brooding teen biker James Hurley on ABC’s twisted drama Twin Peaks, he surely wasn’t expecting that his life would suffer torturous twists of its own. But now, by virtue of an Accutane lawsuit, at least he can claim some degree of justice.

If you or a family member has suffered an IBD such as Crohn’s Disease or Ulcerative Colitis after taking Accutane, alert an Accutane lawyer or defective drugs attorney with Jim S. Adler & Associates. Such injuries also can come from using generic Accutane products such as Claravis, Amnesteem and Sotret, all of which include the harmful drug Isotretinoin. Using any of these drugs and being injured can be grounds for a defective drug lawsuit.

Don’t let huge pharmaceutical corporations get away with making billions of dollars on the backs of innocent Americans who suffer mightily in the process. Notify Jim S. Adler & Associates of your injury via the free case review form on this website or by calling 1-800-505-1414.

An Adler legal representative will respond promptly to help you assess your prospects for an Accutane lawsuit. Like actor James Marshall, you may be legally entitled to seek financial compensation for your Accutane injuries in an American court of law.

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