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FDA To Conduct Talc-Asbestos Test Methods Meeting
FDA will hold a meeting next month to discuss testing methods for the baby powder, following a nationwide recall after federal regulators found segments of asbestos…
Essure Devices Discontinued As Per FDA's Guidelines
The Food & Drug Administration of the U.S. indicated that all the Essure devices are removed from the market, and the women who had permanently implanted the…
Jan. 27, St. Louis Roundup Trial Postponed
A Roundup trial that was scheduled to begin on January 27 in St. Louis County Circuit has been postponed.
The postponed lawsuit involving a plaintiff who alleged the…
Okla. AG Files Lawsuit Against 3 Opioid Distributors
On Monday, Oklahoma Attorney General announced a new lawsuit filed against three distributors of opioids. The three pharmaceutical distributors include McKesson Corp.,…
Endo Reaches Out Of Court Opioid Settlement
On Friday, Oklahoma Attorney General said that he made an out-of-court settlement of $8.75 million with Endo Pharmaceuticals over the opioids crisis.
The settlement…
The First New York Talc Cancer Trial Held Off Until January
A talcum powder cancer trial involving claims filed by a plaintiff has been postponed to January 2019, after a Manhattan Superior Court Judge Barbara Jaffe announced there were not enough jurors to head the trial. In 2017, the plaintiff…
Boston Failed To Escape An IVC Filter Lawsuit
In an order submitted on November 27, Judge Richard Mills of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois denied Boston Scientific Corporation’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit involving complaints against its Greenfield IVC…
Summary Judgment in Favor of Bankrupt Wisconsin Company
In an order submitted on November 26, the California Court of Appeal, First District, Division Five, granted summary judgment in favor of Special Electric Company, Inc., regarding claims filed by a plaintiff that he developed…
$11 Million Asbestos Verdict Stays Dismissed: NY High Court
On November 27, 2018, the New York Court of Appeals upheld an intermediate appellate court's order to toss an $11 million asbestos verdict. The court released a…
Florida Blames Walgreens & CVS For Opioid Deaths
Florida is suing the nation's largest two drugstore chains, Walgreens and CVS, over their passive conduct to the increasing demand and supply of opioids into Florida…