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Pharma. Giant Slammed With More Than $40M Verdict
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On Friday, a 12-member California jury in Los Angeles passed a $40.3 million verdict in favor of a couple. The jury held Johnson & Johnson (J&J) liable for causing the woman to develop mesothelioma.
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Case Management Order Issued For Bard Hernia Mesh Lawsuits
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U.S. District Judge Edmund A. Sargus, presiding over all federal hernia mesh lawsuit issued a case management order on March 22, approving 12 cases selected by…
Okhlahoma’s OxyContin Lawsuits To Be Settled For $270 Million
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OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, agreed to pay $270 million to escape from a state court trial over the company's involvement in the opioid…
2nd. Circuit Court Refuses To Revive 60 Eliquis Lawsuits
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On Tuesday, March 26, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upheld the dismissal of 60 Eliquis lawsuits targeted at Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer Inc., related to the dangers of their blood thinner drug.
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Xarelto Defendants Announce A Whopping $775M Settlement
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A favorable settlement amounting to a total of $775 million was announced on Monday by Bayer AG and Johnson & Johnson’s subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals to resolve over 25,000 lawsuits pending in the U.S. courts over…
Eight Sackler Family Members on The Hook For Opioid Crisis
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More than 500 cities, counties and Native American tribes sued eight members of the billionaire Sacker family, who own Purdue Pharma, in the Southern District of New York, accusing them of the…
Jury Clears Sanofi In The First Taxotere Bellwether Trial
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The first bellwether trial, underway in Louisiana federal court against Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC over claims that the chemotherapy drug Taxotere causes patients to…
LA County Imposes Ban On Roundup Weedkiller
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Los Angeles County is the latest to issue a ban on the infamous glyphosate-based weed killer, Roundup after a San Francisco federal jury ruled in the…
Pa. Supreme Court Allows Out-of-State Ethicon Mesh Cases
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Johnson & Johnson's attempt to get all out-of-state plaintiffs dismissed, from the Ethicon pelvic mesh litigation in Philadelphia, was rejected…
Defendant Fact Sheet Chartered For Bard Hernia Mesh Lawsuits
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According to an order issued on April 1, the federal court overseeing the hernia mesh injury claims, targeted at C.R. Bard's polypropylene products,…
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