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Jury Confirms $4 M Punitive Damages for Mesothelioma Victim
Los Angeles jury announced $4 million as punitive damages on May 24, 2018, in favor of Plaintiff Joanne Anderson, who was diagnosed with mesothelioma and awarded $21.7 million as compensatory damages on May 23. The plaintiff alleged she…
Zimmer Kinectiv Hip Replacement Case Filed Over Metallosis
On May 19, Judith Harms from Minnesota filed a product liability lawsuit against the manufacturer of Zimmer Kinectiv Hip Replacement System in…
Jury Slams J&J with $21.7 Million Verdict in Asbestos Trial
A 68-year old woman was awarded $21.7 million on May 23 by the Los Angeles jury for the lawsuit filed against Johnson & Johnson and its talc supplier Imerys, claiming she was diagnosed with mesothelioma after being exposed to…
16 Zofran Lawsuits to be Picked for Early Bellwether Trials
On May 17, 2018, U.S. District Judge Dennis Saylor ordered both parties involved in the Zofran litigation over birth defects to pick a total of 16 cases to proceed to…
Judge Refuses Defendants’ Plea to Bifurcate PPI Litigation
The plaintiffs and defendants involved in Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) kidney injury litigation submitted contradicting proposals last month on how to proceed with the multidistrict litigation (MDL) witnessing a growing number of…
Lawsuit Filed Against C.R. Bard’s Dulex Hernia Mesh
Martha Karen Jones filed a complaint against C.R.Bard in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee for the infections caused due to the defectively designed Bard Dulex…
Plaintiff & Defendant Fact Sheets for Ethicon Physiomesh MDL
Observing the growing number of Ethicon Hernia Mesh complaints, the Federal Court decided to adopt the Plaintiff and Defendant Fact Sheets, last week, for use…
Talcum Mesothelioma Lawsuit Underway in South Carolina
Johnson & Johnson, Imery’s Talc America, and the Rite Aid drug store chain are the defendants named in the Talcum Powder lawsuit that went to trial on May…
Opioid Crisis: First State Court Trial To Begin in May 2019
Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman set May 28, 2019, as the date for initiating the trial for the opioid litigation against the Opioid Big Pharma industry and its…
Jury Sides 3M in the First Bair Hugger Bellwether Trial
The two-week trial for 3M Bair Hugger System ended in favor of the defendant as the Minneapolis federal jury announced on May 30 that the plaintiff failed to…