Mass Tort News

A Pennsylvania woman was awarded close to $57 million that included $50 million as punitive damages for injuries she suffered from the vaginal mesh devices; the lawsuit was filed against Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon Inc., it is also…

Judge Fallon presiding over Xarelto MDL 2592 also denied a motion for new bellwether trials for the plaintiffs who had lost to the defendants in the first two bellwethers trials. The judge stood by his decisions stating that they were made on the…

The very first bellwether trial for TRT lawsuits ended in a mistrial which involved a plaintiff whose allegation against AndroGel was that it caused his heart attack, thereby bringing a pause…

A move made this September wherein the plaintiffs involved in the pelvic mesh related injury against Boston Scientific agreed for their cases to be heard in a courtroom other than the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. This decision has its…

The number of cases filed for Risperdal, IVC Filters, Xarelto lawsuits is increasing as the days are passing, making them the fastest growing mass torts. The…

The Plaintiffs of Benicar MDL 2606 have been offered a settlement amount of $300 million by Daiichi Sankyo. If a 95% agreement is reached at by all the claimants, the settlement procedure will be finalized for the 2,300 cases filed under the…

Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a letter to Bayer indicating requirements for submitting adverse event reports and postmarket activities associated with …

Defendants named in the Risperdal gynecomastia litigation, Johnson & Johnson, and its Janssen Pharmaceuticals subsidiary, will now have to compensate thousands of Risperdal…

A request has been put before the New Jersey Supreme Court by both parties of Abilify litigation for the creation of a Multicounty Litigation (MCL) to ensure that future…

The Johnson & Johnson’s Talcum powder case in which the verdict of $72 million was dismissed in October 2017 was put forth for an appeal by the family of the…