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Talc Lawsuit Daubert Hearing Scheduled For June 2019
As per the status conference held on September 27, 2018, U.S. District Judge Freda L. Wolfson indicated that Daubert Motion hearings would commence on June 11, 2019, for ovarian cancer claims linked to…
Bard IVC Filter Trial: Potential Claims Clipped By Az. Judge
An Arizona federal judge trimmed claims made by a plaintiff involved in the lawsuit against C.R. Bard’s IVC filter stating that the plaintiff cannot be awarded…
Zimmer & Stryker Continue To Face Product Liability Charges
Judge Michael L. Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia sanctioned a manufacturing defect claim in the Zimmer…
Federal JPML Denies GDD Lawsuits Centralization Motion
In an order issued on October 10, 2018, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML), rejected a centralization motion filed by the plaintiffs involved in the lawsuits filed against the manufacturers of…
J&J Scores in a NJ Asbestos Linked Cancer Trial
A New Jersey federal court on Thursday cleared Johnson & Johnson of a product liability case filed against it by a plaintiff. The deliberations went on for less than a day in New Brunswick, New Jersey, over allegations that…
First Roundup Trial Set To Begin on February 25, 2019
In a pretrial order submitted on October 3, 2018, the U.S. District Judge presiding over all Roundup lawsuits filed against the weed killer…
NY Court Allows Motion To Dismiss Jenkin Bros. Asbestos Case
In an order issued on September 26, 2018, the New York Supreme Court for New York County dismissed an asbestos lawsuit filed against Jenkins Brothers…
Informational Hearing Held Over Bard's Hernia Mesh Lawsuits
In a pretrial order issued on October 3, 2018, the U.S. District Court for Southern District of Ohio conducted a case information session regarding C.R. Bard's polypropylene…
Court Favors Boehringer In Third Pradaxa Bellwether Trial
A Hartford Superior Court ruled in favor of Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals in the third bellwether trial involving claims by a man who suffered bleeding due to the alleged use of blood thinner medication…
NY Court Denies A Talc Supplier's Summary Judgment Motion
In an order issued on October 5, 2018, the New York Supreme Court for the New York County denied a summary judgment motion to Whittaker, Clark & Daniel in a talcum…