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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…

Plaintiff & Defendant Fact Sheets for Ethicon Physiomesh MDL

Categories: General

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…

Another Asbestos-In-Talc Trial Begins in California Court

Categories: General

A 94-year old mesothelioma victim succumbed to death due to the exposure to asbestos used in Johnson & Johnson…

Judge Rejects Ethicon's Plea to Dismiss 120 TVM Lawsuits

Categories: General

Ethicon Inc. had requested a Pennsylvania State Court Judge Arnold New to exclude 120 Transvaginal Mesh (TVM) lawsuits from Mass tort proceedings,…

Jury Announces Mistrial in a J&J Talc-Asbestos Lawsuit

Categories: General

A South Carolina jury failed to arrive at a unanimous decision whether Johnson & Johnson was responsible for the death of the 30-year old attorney, whose family claimed she suffered from mesothelioma due to the exposure to J&J's…

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