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Mistrial Announced In Ethicon's TVM Lawsuit by Philly Jury

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The seventh transvaginal mesh trial in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas concluded with the jury declaring a deadlock in the case involving…

BHR Hip THA Cases To Have A Special Mediator

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Judge Catherine C. Blake of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland appointed John W. Perry Jr. of Perry Dampf Dispute Resolutions as a special mediator to oversee the parties involved in the settlement of Smith &…

Plaintiff Awarded $2.1 Million In Asbestos Exposure Lawsuit

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An eight-day trial concluded on September 19 with the Tennessee Circuit Court for Maury County jury declaring $2.1 million in an asbestos verdict to…

Mistrial Announced For J&J's Talcum-Asbestos Case

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The California Superior Court for Los Angeles declared a mistrial in the latest talcum powder…

Stryker Secur-Fit & C-Taper LFit Linked To Design Defects

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In a recently filed product liability lawsuit, Stryker Howmedica Osteonics Corporation's hip implant component Secur-Fit femoral stem and C-Taper LFit…

Risperdal Plaintiff Allowed To Replead A Negligent Claim

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In an order issued on September 30, 2018, Judge Donald Cabell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, allowed the plaintiff to replead his negligent failure-to-warn claims linked to…

Another Asbestos-in-Talc Lawsuit Ends in a Mistrial

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This is the second time in two weeks that a talcum powder lawsuit has ended in a mistrial. On Tuesday, October 3, 2018, a Los Angeles jury was…

NY Judges Favors Defendant Over Design Defect Claim

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In an order issued on September 29, 2018, Judge Alison Nathan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, tossed a lawsuit filed against C.R. Bard's…

New Onglyza Plaintiffs Can Directly File Cases Under MDL

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The federal court presiding over the multidistrict litigation constituting of hundreds of heart failure lawsuits linked to Onglyza or Kombiglyze XR medication,…

Talc Lawsuit Daubert Hearing Scheduled For June 2019

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As per the status conference held on September 27, 2018, U.S. District Judge Freda L. Wolfson indicated that Daubert Motion hearings would commence on June 11, 2019, for ovarian cancer claims linked to…

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