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Product Liability Claims Against 3M Dismissed
In an order issued on September 10 by Judge Joan Ericksen of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, design, manufacturing, negligence, and breach of warranty claims by an Ohio resident Nancy Axline against…
Jenkins Bros. Ordered To Pay $7 Million in an Asbestos Trial
A recent asbestos trial concluded with a New York Supreme court for Erie County announcing $7 million in favor of the plaintiffs representing James Stock Jr., now a 60-year-old and a former laborer at Jenkins Brothers Valve Company. The…
Imerys Agrees To Settle Asbestos-related Mesothelioma Case
Johnson & Johnson’s Talcum powder supplier Imerys Talc America has agreed to settle the claims made by a plaintiff that years of using their asbestos-…
Scrotum Amputation Lawsuit Filed Over Invokamet Consumption
Amidst recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warnings regarding flesh-eating infections due to Invokana and similar diabetes drugs, a product liability lawsuit…
Class Action Lawsuit For Talc-Cancer Warnings Rejected
A majority opinion issued recently by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit rejected the class action lawsuit, filed by Mona Estrada in April 2014, claiming economic damages for all the women who purchased Johnson &…
J&J Ordered To Pay $29 Million To A Mesothelioma Victim
A California Jury asked Johnson & Johnson to pay $29.2 million as damages along with punitive damages in the sixth talcum powder trial concerning…
Roundup Cases Set For Spring 2019 Bellwether Trials
The U.S. District Vince Chhabria presiding over the Roundup multidistrict litigation has assigned 4 cases for Spring 2019 trial and has ordered all MDL plaintiffs to…
Defendant Opposes Bellwether Pool Reduction in Stryker MDL
The defendant involved in the Stryker LFIT V40 Femoral Head MDL submitted a brief on September 6, requesting Massachusetts federal judge to deny the…
Roundup MDL Judge Circulates Draft of Plaintiff Fact Sheet
Judge Vince Chhabria, overseeing the Roundup litigation has circulated a draft of a plaintiff fact sheet (PFS) after both the parties weighed in with…
Arguments Over GDD Lawsuit Centralization on September 27
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) will consider oral arguments on whether to consolidate all Gadolinium Deposition…