Latest Mass Tort News and Updates

To begin with, the Plaintiffs of Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPI) presented a motion, calling for centralization before U.S. Judge David R. Herndon of the Southern District of Illinois. This is to be followed by a July 27 hearing before the Judicial…

The jury for a second time, consecutively, ruled in favor of the defendants, J&J and Bayer, in the Xarelto Lawsuit trial. The defendant came in strong, stating that the death of the plaintiff was caused due to…

Three biggest cosmetic manufacturers Chanel, Revlon, and L'Oreal, have joined Johnson & Johnson's (J&J) move of removing talcum powder from their products due to…

A Morgan Stanley analysis states that companies alleged the opioid crisis might make a smaller settlement with U.S. states in return for faster payments as local governments…

Lawsuits alleging Wright Medical Technology Inc. and MicroPort Orthopedics Inc. over defective hip implants have been consolidated in the Eastern District of Arkansas by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML).

The proposal…

Last Wednesday, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) filed an application for transfer asking the Missouri Supreme Court to reverse the $2.1 billion talc verdict, stating that the lower…

Last month, Columbian researchers published a study in the medical journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery-Global Open (PRS) stating that brands other than Allergan and Mentor were found to be associated with breast implant-associated…

On August 31, Massachusetts General Hospital researchers published a single-center observational cohort study in the medical journal JAMA Neurology, indicating…

Allergan, Inc. filed a motion on August 7 in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey involving its Biocell textured breast implant, …

Last Monday, a New York woman, filed a lawsuit against Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. and the Cooper Companies Inc. in the state's federal court, alleging that the ParaGard…