Latest Mass Tort News and Updates

In an order issued on February 27, Judge A. Richard Caputo of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania refused to toss a lawsuit involving complaints against Arthrex Inc.'s iBalance knee implant, ruling that the…

On Friday, March 1, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the six-year statute of limitations for construction tort claims was applicable to diseases with long latency periods, such as those linked to…

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) found a third type of carcinogen called N-Nitroso N-Methyl 4-aminobutyric acid (NMBA) in the popular blood pressure medicine Losartan and announced a recall on February 28, 2019.

U.S. District Judge Landya McCafferty presiding over all Atrium hernia mesh lawsuits approved new procedures in a case management order issued on February 19,…

On Tuesday, March 12, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejected Johnson & Johnson's request to remove a Philadelphia judge from a pelvic mesh trial…

In a pretrial order issued on March 7, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria rejected a motion for summary judgment filed by Monsanto to escape a series of bellwether cases lined up against it over the hazards of the controversial weed…

On Thursday, March 14, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals tossed Bayer AG's attempt to force a North Carolina woman and her husband's claims, linked to Essure…

Claire's was hit with a proposed class action on Wednesday in New York federal court, a day after the retail company recalled three of its makeup products, over…

On Wednesday, March 13, the Oakland jury found Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder was tainted with carcinogenic…

On Monday, March 11, the 5th U.S. Court of Appeals concluded that a former Navy mechanic's asbestos lawsuit against shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls must be sent back to state court after finding that the case was not qualified to be…