Latest Mass Tort News and Updates

Purdue Pharma's Chapter 11 confirmation that would have shielded its owners, the members of the Sackler family from opioid litigations and penalties, has been overturned by a…

On Monday, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa entered a judgment of $3.55 million verdict in favor of an Iowa woman over claims alleging that Biomet’s metal-on-metal…

On Tuesday, OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma LP CEO and Chairman pleaded guilty on behalf of the company to three-count felony offenses, which include one count of dual-object conspiracy to defraud the United States and to violate the Food,…

Last month, a study was published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Chemosphere in which Chilean researchers stated that glyphosate, the active component of the most commonly used herbicide,…

During a court hearing on a lawsuit against Bayer’s Roundup herbicide, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria stated that he would reduce the $80m damage…

In the Oklahoma state lawsuit against opioid manufacturers, Purdue Pharma and Teva Pharmaceuticals, the state's attorney general (AG) secured $355M from the two…

On July 3, 2019, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) filed a motion to seek dismissal of the Oklahoma opioid lawsuit on the grounds that the state…

On July 8, 2019, Oklahoma District Judge Thad Balkman denied Johnson & Johnson's (J&J) request to dismiss the opioid lawsuit due to lack of evidence.

A juror who supported the $80 million award to a plaintiff against Bayer acquired Monsanto came forward to defend the panel’s decision. The defendant told a California federal judge that an unfair trial led to its $80M loss in…

Attorneys representing plaintiffs and defendants associated with 3M Earplug lawsuits have requested to allow individual personal injury claims and class action…