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MDL Court Frames Guidelines For Testing Asbestos In Talc
On November 1, Special Master Joel Pisano, appointed by the U.S. District Judge Freda L. Wolfson presiding over all federal talcum powder lawsuits, approved a supplemental…
Jury Awards $13M To Mesothelioma Victim’s Family
Last week, a California appellate court declared the $13 million verdict made by a lower court jury in favor of a mesothelioma victim's family.
According to the court memorandum, the victim was affected by the rare and deadly…
Abilify Makers Strive To Drop 550 Plaintiffs From the MDL
In a motion filed on January 16, 2019, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company requested the judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation for the antipsychotic drug Abilify to toss gambling lawsuits filed by 550…
Pa. Courts Allowed To Have Jurisdiction in Talcum Case
According to the January 16 ruling of a federal judge, Pennsylvania courts can now have jurisdiction over talcum powder lawsuits since the defendant followed state law…
Bard Prohibited From Sealing IVC Filter Evidence Documents
On January 15, U.S. District Judge David Campbell of the District of Arizona, overseeing thousands of lawsuits involving C.R. Bard's IVC filter, denied the…
Miss. Supreme Court Temporarily Halts An Upcoming Talc Trial
The Missouri Supreme Court passed an order on Monday, January 14, which temporarily paused an upcoming talcum powder trial involving claims filed by 13…
Missoula Agrees To Join Opioid Lawsuit Against Drug Makers
A Missoula City Council committee agreed to join the opioid lawsuit filed by other governments in Montana, including Great Falls and Lake County, against the…
J&J and Ethicon Blamed For Bowel Perforation Complication
On January 14, 2019, a woman and her husband filed a product liability lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and its Ethicon subsidiary in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana as the woman suffered painful and…
Opioid Epidemic: New York Set For January Trial
Jerry Garguilo, a New York state court judge, on Wednesday, set a trial date of January 20 for the lawsuits brought by the state attorney general and the Long Island counties of Nassau and Suffolk against a group of…
Second Case Management Order Issued For Onglyza Lawsuits
On January 9, 2019, the federal Court overseeing the coordinated pretrial proceedings for hundreds of Onglyza lawsuits issued the second Case Management Order, which…