Latest Mass Tort News and Updates

According to a notice published on May 10,  a group of ten Ethicon Physiomesh lawsuits has been identified for a bellwether trial pool in the federal court system. It includes five cases selected by each side, to help gauge how juries…

Indianapolis and several other Indiana cities that earlier opted out of the state's lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors are now ready to join the $507 million…

A U.S. Army veteran has been awarded $2.2 million against 3M in Florida court by a federal jury for the hearing loss due to the company's defective earplugs.

The…

The state of Florida has reached a $683 million settlement with the Walgreens pharmacy over a lawsuit that accuses the company of improper distribution of opioid painkillers that resulted in the…

Atlanta and six metro area counties filed a federal lawsuit against more than two dozen drug manufacturers, pharmacies, and prescription drug brokers, arguing that their involvement in the…

A Broward County jury has issued a verdict compelling the franchisee of a local IHOP restaurant to pay $8,299,916.53 in damages to a woman who suffered injuries in a fall that occurred in 2021.

As reported on June 9, 2021, the plaintiff, a…

The family of a 28-year-old man has reached a wrongful death settlement involving Virginia, Henrico County, and the county's sheriff.

This young man passed away in March after being restrained by seven Henrico sheriff's deputies and three…

Indivior Inc., a pharmaceutical company, has announced a $385 million settlement in an antitrust lawsuit related to its opioid addiction treatment Suboxone.

This settlement,…

Aearo Technologies, a 3M subsidiary, was declared bankrupt by a U.S. judge, who also rejected an attempt to settle over 260,000 cases that claimed …

The pharmaceutical and biotechnology giant Bayer has agreed to pay $6.9 million to resolve accusations brought by the attorney general of New York that its Monsanto division made false and misleading statements regarding the safety of the…