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Selection of Abilify Gambling Cases for 2nd Bellwether Trial
U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers ordered parties involved in the Abilify gambling litigation to reach on a common agreement regarding the selection of trial cases by the end of…
Judge Prompts to Back the $77 Million Risperdal Verdict
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Paula Patrick issued an opinion on Wednesday to Pennsylvania Superior Court to uphold the $77 million Risperdal verdict stating…
Request For Trial Preservation Depositions in DePuy Hip MDL
In a supplemental memorandum filed on June 18, the plaintiffs in the DePuy hip multidistrict litigation requested permission to conduct trial preservation depositions for 11 defense witnesses. The plaintiffs asserted that the ongoing…
Judge Kennelly Reversed $140.1 million AndroGel Verdict
Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) provider AbbVie Inc. recently managed to overturn a $140.1 million verdict for a man who accused the company of hiding the adverse…
Global Settlement for About 500 Androderm Cases by Actavis
A case management order issued by Judge Matthew Kennelly on June 29, confirmed that Actavis has agreed to settle all Androderm lawsuits filed by men claiming they suffered a heart attack, stroke or other injuries as side effects of…
C.R. Bard Lawsuits Selected For Second Bellwether Trial
In a case management order issued on June 28, Judge David Campbell presiding over the established Bard IVC filter MDL confirmed three lawsuits as the next bellwether trials. The trials are scheduled for September 2018, November 2018,…
Statute Of Limitations Over PPI Claims May Be Tolled
According to a recent stipulation order, a process has been established to allow Plaintiffs' counsel to toll the statute of limitations concerning potential Nexium, Prevacid…
MDL Request Motion Filed For Zimmer Lawsuits Over M/L Taper
Several plaintiffs filed a transfer motion on June 19 with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) indicating a multidistrict litigation (MDL) be formed for…
A $55 Million Talcum Verdict Overturned
A Missouri Court of Appeals dismissed a $55 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson over a lawsuit filed by a plaintiff, claiming her diagnosis of ovarian cancer was due to J&J's…
AbbVie Inc. Ordered To Pay $448 million in Antitrust Lawsuit
The pharmaceutical giant AbbVie owes $448 million in an antitrust case after U.S. District Judge Harvey Bartle ruled that the AndroGel partner used sham litigation to block the generic versions of their testosterone replacement therapy…