Latest Mass Tort News and Updates

A metal-on-metal hip litigation, centralized since May 2017 and involving at least 200 Smith & Nephew Birmingham lawsuits, is witnessing a steady inflow of product liability cases. Recently, a lawsuit was filed by a Minnesota man in the U.S.…

A group of plaintiffs has filed a class action lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson for not updating the Talcum Powder label to warn the consumers, especially women…

Gauging filing Short Form Complaint would not suffice to handle the wave of expected PPI lawsuits, Co-Lead Counsel for the plaintiffs filed a proposed case management order (PDF), requesting temporary clubbing of at least 300 plaintiffs…

During the closing arguments of a Mesothelioma lawsuit, the counsel representing defendants Johnson & Johnson and its talc supplier, Imerys Talc America Inc., and Cyprus Amax Minerals Co., an Imerys predecessor, stated that the…

A lawsuit was filed against Johnson & Johnson, Imerys Talc America, and Personal Care Products Council in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts by a woman from Massachusetts, who alleges that the long-term use of…

The fifth bellwether trial in the multidistrict litigation (MDL) over AbbVie Inc.'s testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) drug AndroGel…

The first Bellwether trial in Bair Hugger System multidistrict litigation (MDL) commenced on May 14, 2018, in Minnesota Federal Court. According to the plaintiff…

AndexXa, the only antidote for Factor Xa blood thinner, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration(FDA) on May 4 to reverse uncontrollable bleeding problems, will be initially available in only those 40 to 50 hospitals where the…

Los Angeles jury announced $4 million as punitive damages on May 24, 2018, in favor of Plaintiff Joanne Anderson, who was diagnosed with mesothelioma and awarded $21.7 million as compensatory damages on May 23. The plaintiff alleged she…

On May 19, Judith Harms from Minnesota filed a product liability lawsuit against the manufacturer of Zimmer Kinectiv Hip Replacement System in…