Latest Mass Tort News and Updates

A master settlement agreement has been finalized by the parties involved in the Androderm litigation against Actavis. According to the Docket Entry posted on July 26, the Court has announced that the first Androderm bellwether trial…

As concerns over Bayer's birth control implant Essure build up, a new investigative report by CNN reveals Bayer influenced doctors by paying about $2.5 million, to…

A New York jury favored a plaintiff in his claims that exposure to asbestos in gaskets made by Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company caused him mesothelioma…

According to a recent case management order, general causation expert witness and Daubert proceedings have been scheduled for June 2019 concerning J&J's …

Risperdal manufacturer, Johnson & Johnson's unit, requested a Pennsylvania appeals court to discard a $2.5 million verdict against them. J&J asserted that the…

A $35 million verdict linked to Johnson & Johnson's Ethicon pelvic mesh injury lawsuit by a plaintiff was altered by an Indiana federal Judge. The Jury announced that the woman must accept a $15 million reduction, to avoid a new…

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

U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange announced that the opioid lawsuit filed by the state of Oklahoma against the drug makers does not "necessarily rise" federal…

In an order issued by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) on August 2, about 53 Bard hernia mesh lawsuits pending in 21 federal district court…

Judge M. Casey Rodgers, overlooking Abilify multidistrict litigation (MDL), recently ordered September 1, 2018, as the deadline for the drugmakers to declare a way…