Latest Mass Tort News and Updates

In an order issued on July 30, the federal court overseeing the Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI) litigation, established the form, procedure, and schedule for the completion and service of Defendant Fact Sheets (DFS).

The…

An Ohio jury recently postponed the first bellwether trial date for the Opioid litigation to six months from the earlier date. U.S. District Judge Dan Aaron Polster…

In a landmark judgment on August 10, a San Francisco jury awarded the groundskeeper $250 million in punitive damages and nearly $40 million in compensatory damages over his alleged cancer.

The plaintiff, who is nearing…

Taxotere lawsuits alleging permanent hair loss side effect continue to move forward in the federal litigation in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of…

Judge Rex Burlison in Missouri’s 22nd Circuit Court, St. Louis, confirmed on Tuesday the $4.7 billion award for 22 plaintiffs who alleged that asbestos…

In a motion filed on August 14 in the Eastern District of Tennessee, Exactech Inc. agreed on a summary judgment in a plaintiff's case involving allegations regarding the company's AcuMatch hip implant. The move was taken considering the…

A three-judge panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals in Kansas City granted a new trial in C.R. Bard's transvaginal mesh lawsuit. The jury allowed…

In an order issued on August 16, Judge Martinotti presiding over Invokana lawsuits, instructed the plaintiffs whose claims remain unresolved to submit additional…

As the complications related to transvaginal mesh used to treat pelvic prolapse and stress urinary incontinence continues to build up, Scotland takes…

The Seventh Circuit sanctioned the appeal filed by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), to reverse a $3 million jury award given to the widow of a victim, stating that the company cannot be held liable as the victim took a generic version of GSK's…