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March 2021 Trial Date For Opioid Lawsuits In West Virginia
A trial date of March 2021 has been set by a panel of judges from West Virginia for hearing the lawsuits filed by counties, cities, towns, and hospitals claiming the damages caused due to the…
Plaintiff Wins $4M in First Bard IVC Filter Bellwether Trial
The federal jury overseeing the first Bard IVC Filter bellwether trial belonging to MDL No.: 2641 in re Bard IVC Filters Products Liability Litigation…
Bayer Closer To Settle Roundup Lawsuits
On Friday, Bayer AG agreed to outline settlement terms with half a dozen law firms representing tens of thousands of plaintiffs claiming that its weedkiller Roundup causes…
Hundreds of Incretin Mimetics Lawsuits Reinstated
Nearly 700 lawsuits, all involving antidiabetic drugs Byetta, Victoza, Januvia, and Janumet, were reinstated by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…
Judge Young Dismisses Cook’s Second IVC Filter Bellwether
Cook Celect IVC Filter Lawsuits are progressing as per schedule set by Chief Judge Richard L. Young. On March 9, the second bellwether went to trial in the U.S. District…
AndroGel Retrial Awards $3.2 Million to the Plaintiff
In a retrial that started early March, AbbVie was ordered by a federal jury to pay $3.2 million to the plaintiff who claims he suffered a heart attack while using AndroGel. The jury awarded $200,000 compensatory damages and $3 million in punitive…
Risperdal Lawsuit: En Banc Hearing Denied: Pa. Superior Court
Defendants named in the Risperdal lawsuit, Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals, had filed a motion early March requesting a rehearing…
Ohio State Unifies To Fight Against Opioid Companies
Attorney General Dave Yost and Gov. Mike DeWine announced the "One Ohio" agreement on Wednesday, stating that the Cities and counties representing more than 85% of Ohio residents have planned to come together with the state to seek…
Abilify Bellwether Trial Dates Set for Summer
Judge M. Casey Rodgers presiding over the centralized Abilify litigation has set three dates for the first set of bellwether trials. The first trial will begin on June 18, followed…
Jury Selection Over Bard’s First TVM Lawsuit
C.R. Bard, Inc. will face its first transvaginal mesh lawsuit in New Jersey before Bergen County Superior Court Judge James DeLuca. The Plaintiff is a woman who…