Latest Mass Tort News and Updates

Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Ethicon's motion before Judge Kenneth Powell to recuse from the upcoming pelvic mesh trial for a plaintiff, slated…

Just a week after the United Kingdom's National Health Services (NHS) declared a temporary ban on the use of transvaginal mesh, Ireland's Chief Medical…

Gadolinium, used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) procedures, is facing allegations over its adverse effects on exposure. Recently, a lawsuit filed by a California man, Jeffrey Steiner, claims…

As the Taxotere litigation convened its status conference on July 18, a joint status report was submitted a day prior highlighting the case progress so far. Lawsuits…

Bayer recently announced to take Essure Birth control device off the U.S. market by the end of 2018, blaming “inaccurate and misleading publicity” for poor sales. The…

The Seventh Circuit denied reviving a Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) lawsuit filed against Auxilium Pharmaceuticals Inc. linked to its drug Testim stating that the District Court…

Another product liability lawsuit will join the centralized Roundup lawsuits under MDL No. 2741: Roundup Products Liability Litigation. The plaintiff, a…

Despite the death of an ovarian cancer victim her daughter and the acting trustee appealed the California jury's decision to dismiss the $417 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson. The plaintiff's lawyer has requested for the…

In a case management order submitted recently, U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake, presiding over the Smith & Nephew Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) systems complications, presented the protocols for preserving explanted hip…

A Pennsylvania appeals court dismissed Johnson & Johnson's petition to conduct an en banc hearing for a $13 million verdict  awarded to an Indiana woman over pelvic mesh injury claims, in the state of Philadelphia County