| Mar 28 |
After ‘Twin Peaks’ peak, James Marshall fights back from IBD valley with an Accutane lawsuit
The trial, now underway in Atlantic City, N.J., concerns Marshall’s complaint that Roche knew its acne treatment Accutane could cause lifelong bowel disease injuries, yet failed to warn potential users sufficiently. As a result, Marshall has suffered a debilitating and incurable inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD. This made it necessary that his colon be surgically removed, and it cut short his once promising acting career. |
Actor James Marshall, best known for playing troubled teen James Hurley on TV’s Emmy-winning Twin Peaks and a Marine murder suspect in the Oscar-nominated film A Few Good Men, finally is getting his own day in court. Marshall has an Accutane lawsuit underway against the acne drug’s negligent manufacturer, Hoffman-La Roche.
| Aug 04 |
James Marshall of ‘Twin Peaks’ is a bowel disease victim fighting an Accutane lawsuit
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. |
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.