Latest Mass Tort News and Updates

C.R. Bard, Inc. will face its first transvaginal mesh lawsuit in New Jersey before Bergen County Superior Court Judge James DeLuca. The Plaintiff is a woman who…

Manufacturers of Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) used in the treatment of heartburn have denied all allegations of liability, failure to warn, negligence and breach of warranty, among other claims raised in the “Master Complaint”.

Defendants…

A decision to reopen a mesothelioma case, dismissed in 2015, was taken by the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey based on the discovery of a pre-1980 sample of Scotts Turf Builder, allegedly identified as the source of the…

With the Taxotere MDL proceedings moving forward, a case management order (PDF) was issued on March 9, wherein Judge Engelhardt…

The Atrium C-Qur Hernia Mesh lawsuits centralized in 2017 under MDL 2753 in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire include all types of C-Qur…

More than 1,800 product liability claims involving Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals’ blood thinner …

Going forward, Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI) cases will follow a number of new deadlines ordered by the federal court post the 5th Case Management Conference scheduled this November. Nearly 300 PPI cases are filed in the District of New Jersey by…

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania reversed a 2015 defense verdict awarded to Janssen Pharmaceuticals by the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas on account of insufficient evidence that Risperdal was the cause of…

A case was filed recently in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas by a woman who claims she suffered complications following a laparoscopic hernia repair. In this case, allegations are against Ethicon Physiomesh Composite…

AbbVie faced a second loss in the Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) bellwether trial when the jury announced a verdict of nearly $140 million in favor of the plaintiff. The…