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16 Zofran Lawsuits to be Picked for Early Bellwether Trials

Categories: General

On May 17, 2018, U.S. District Judge Dennis Saylor ordered both parties involved in the Zofran litigation over birth defects to pick a total of 16 cases to proceed to…

Jury Slams J&J with $21.7 Million Verdict in Asbestos Trial

Categories: General

A 68-year old woman was awarded $21.7 million on May 23 by the Los Angeles jury for the lawsuit filed against Johnson & Johnson and its talc supplier Imerys, claiming she was diagnosed with mesothelioma after being exposed to…

Judge Refuses Defendants’ Plea to Bifurcate PPI Litigation

Categories: General

The plaintiffs and defendants involved in Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) kidney injury litigation submitted contradicting proposals last month on how to proceed with the multidistrict litigation (MDL) witnessing a growing number of…

Lawsuit Filed Against C.R. Bard’s Dulex Hernia Mesh

Categories: General

Martha Karen Jones filed a complaint against C.R.Bard in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee for the infections caused due to the defectively designed Bard Dulex…

Plaintiff & Defendant Fact Sheets for Ethicon Physiomesh MDL

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Observing the growing number of Ethicon Hernia Mesh complaints, the Federal Court decided to adopt the Plaintiff and Defendant Fact Sheets, last week, for use…

Bard IVC Filter Lawsuit: Motion Filed For A New Trial

Categories: Settlements

C.R. Bard filed a motion on April 23, 2018, seeking a new trial after Plaintiff Sherri B was rewarded $4 million in the March IVC Filter bellwether trial by the…

Talcum Mesothelioma Lawsuit Underway in South Carolina

Categories: General

Johnson & Johnson, Imery’s Talc America, and the Rite Aid drug store chain are the defendants named in the Talcum Powder lawsuit that went to trial on May…

Jury Sides 3M in the First Bair Hugger Bellwether Trial

Categories: General

The two-week trial for 3M Bair Hugger System ended in favor of the defendant as the Minneapolis federal jury announced on May 30 that the plaintiff failed to…

Opioid Crisis: First State Court Trial To Begin in May 2019

Categories: General

Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman set May 28, 2019, as the date for initiating the trial for the opioid litigation against the Opioid Big Pharma industry and its…

Ohio Man Files Lawsuit Filed Over Side-Effects of Onglyza

Categories: General

An Ohio man filed a product liability case against Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, as he suffered coronary artery disease and congestive heart failure due to the alleged…

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