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Zimmer Hip Replacement Lawsuits Allowed Centralization
In a transfer order issued on October 3, 2018, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) declared to consolidate and centralize all federal…
C.R. Bard Prevails In The Fourth IVC Filter Bellwether Trial
The fourth bellwether trial involving design defects claims brought by a couple over of the inferior vena cava filter (IVC filter) concluded with the Arizona…
J&J To Compensate Indian Patients Over Faulty Hip Implant
According to a formula devised by a government panel of experts, Indian patients who suffered severe complications allegedly due to the faulty hip implants sold by Johnson and Johnson (J&J) might receive ₹1.2 crore each in…
Plaintiff’s Family Gets $1.25 Million in a Pradaxa Case
On October 17, 2018, Boehringer Ingelheim was hit with a $1.25 million verdict by a federal jury in Huntington, West Virginia, awarding a family of a deceased woman who suffered gastrointestinal bleeding due to the company's blood…
Former Pipefitter Awarded $6 Million By An Illinois Jury
An Illinois Circuit Court jury for Cook County awarded more than $ 6 million to the daughter of a former pipefitter who was diagnosed with mesothelioma allegedly caused due to the…
$68 Million Verdict Upheld In The First Bard TVM Trial
A New Jersey Superior Court upheld the $68 million verdict awarded to a 70-year old North Carolina resident over the alleged injuries suffered due to C.R. Bard's defectively designed…
First Ethicon Bellwether Trial To Begin on Dec. 2, 2019
As per an order submitted on October 9, 2018, in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, the pretrial schedule for the first Ethicon hernia mesh…
Judge To Review Viagra, Cialis Bellwether Trial Schedule
As per a proposed joint agenda submitted on October 9, Judge Richard Seeborg overlooking the Viagra and Cialis multidistrict litigation (MDL No. 2691; In Re: Viagra…
Possible New Trial For The $289 Million Roundup Verdict
A San Francisco jury announced on August 10 that Monsanto may get a new trial in a $289 million verdict awarded to a plaintiff who is suffering from cancer allegedly due to the company's herbicide…
Bayer Seeks To Reverse $86M Roundup Verdict
Attorney general for Bayer has asked the California appeals court to reverse an $86 million verdict, in which the company was held responsible for a couple's cancer caused by the glyphosate present in its weedkiller…