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Plaintiff In First Zantac Lawsuit To Withdraw The Case

Categories: General

According to the plaintiff's lawyer and the drugmakers identified as defendants in the first lawsuit involving the heartburn medication Zantac that is set to go to trial, the…

Veteran's Bid To Stop 3M From Exiting Earplug Liability MDL

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Two U.S. military veterans have submitted separate motions and arguments to block 3M from using Chapter 11 bankruptcy to settle the Combat Arms Earplug version 2 (CAEv2…

Uninsured Americans May Find Naloxone Expensive

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According to a recent RAND Corporation study, many uninsured Americans find it prohibitively expensive to purchase the opioid antidote naloxone, which presents a barrier to the…

3M Awaits Chapter 11 Ruling To Resolve Several Litigations

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This week, before a federal judge in Indianapolis, the 3M Co.'s attempt to prevent jury trials of more than 230,000 cases accusing it of hurting US soldiers will be put to the…

19 IL Counties Sue Major Drugstore Chains Over Opioid Crisis

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Nineteen Illinois counties, including five of the six in the Chicago area, are suing some of the biggest drugstore chains in the country on the grounds that they failed to monitor and limit incorrect prescriptions, which they claim is what led to…

Rhode Island Jury Hears Closings In First Hernia Mesh Trial

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A Rhode Island jury heard closing arguments in the first state court trial involving allegedly faulty hernia mesh implants.

The trial, which started in late July, centers…

Family Of 19-Year-Old Who Died In Police Custody Gets $5M

Categories: Settlements

The family of a 19-year-old African American man who passed away in police custody in Caroline County, Maryland, in 2018 has reached a partial settlement in their federal case against seven Eastern Shore communities.

The American Civil…

Jury Awards $45.2M To Parents Of Sandy Hook Victim

Categories: Settlements

A Texas jury ruled on Friday that a U.S. conspiracy theorist must pay the parents of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Sandy Hook massacre in 2012 $45.2 million in punitive damages in addition to the $4.1 million in compensatory damages already…

Fla. Hospital Faces Several Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

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Numerous lawsuits have been filed against a hospital in Jacksonville on the grounds that a surgeon who allegedly had palsy caused serious injuries and corrective surgeries between 2016 and 2020.

More than $6 million has already been paid…

Las Cruces Agreed To Pay $2.75M In Wrongful Death Lawsuit

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In a wrongful death action, the City of Las Cruces agreed to pay $2.75 million to the family of a deceased lady.

The woman was murdered on April 16, and the settlement is the first of two settlements. An officer from the Las Cruces Police…

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