Latest Mass Tort News and Updates

On Wednesday, February 13, Missouri Supreme Court granted Johnson & Johnson's request to move a talcum powder case out of St.Louis City Court into…

The New Jersey Supreme Court announced plans to establish a new consolidation program for all hernia mesh lawsuits filed in the state to include all lawsuits involving Ethicon Proceed and Prolene products and will be deciding whether…

On Friday, Oct.11, a California jury freed Johnson & Johnson (J&J) of allegations a plaintiff who claimed that the company's talcum powder contained…

On Wednesday, February 13, a federal judge indicated that he might toss a Roundup lawsuit involving claims filed by a plaintiff claiming that Monsanto…

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana declined to award punitive damages to a plaintiff who was granted $3 million in compensatory damages in the third Cook IVC Filter bellwether case.

The trial,…

In a case management order issued on February 8,  U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell agreed to consider a proposal submitted by C.R. Bard, requesting the court to establish a separate track for…

In an order issued on February 6, Arkansas federal Judge Timothy Brooks denied summary judgment request filed by Smith &  Nephew in a lawsuit involving its Synergy Stem artificial hip, finding questions of fact whether the hip…

A Philadelphia Judge dismissed claims filed against Colgate-Palmolive Co. that the company's Cashmere Bouquet talcum powder was the reason for a woman's mesothelioma…

On Monday, Oct.14, Johnson & Johnson's (J&J) subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceutical announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Xarelto (…

U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria of the Northern District of California, presiding over all Roundup lawsuits, issued a pretrial order on Wednesday, February 6, indicating that Monsanto must take the deposition of a man dying of non-…