Latest Mass Tort News and Updates

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Paula Patrick issued an opinion on Wednesday to Pennsylvania Superior Court to uphold the $77 million Risperdal verdict stating…

In a supplemental memorandum filed on June 18, the plaintiffs in the DePuy hip multidistrict litigation requested permission to conduct trial preservation depositions for 11 defense witnesses. The plaintiffs asserted that the ongoing…

Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) provider AbbVie Inc. recently managed to overturn a $140.1 million verdict for a man who accused the company of hiding the adverse…

A case management order issued by Judge Matthew Kennelly on June 29, confirmed that Actavis has agreed to settle all Androderm lawsuits filed by men claiming they suffered a heart attack, stroke or other injuries as side effects of…

In a case management order issued on June 28, Judge David Campbell presiding over the established Bard IVC filter MDL confirmed three lawsuits as the next bellwether…

According to a recent stipulation order, a process has been established to allow Plaintiffs' counsel to toll the statute of limitations concerning potential Nexium, Prevacid…

Several plaintiffs filed a transfer motion on June 19 with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) indicating a multidistrict litigation (MDL) be formed for…

The pharmaceutical giant AbbVie owes $448 million in an antitrust case after U.S. District Judge Harvey Bartle ruled that the AndroGel partner used sham litigation to block the generic versions of their…

A Missouri Court of Appeals dismissed a $55 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson over a lawsuit filed by a plaintiff, claiming her diagnosis of ovarian cancer was due to J&J's…

U.S. District Judge Robin Rosenberg, of the Southern District of Florida, issued an order on July 9, granting part permission to the plaintiffs in the Tasigna lawsuit to…