Latest Mass Tort News and Updates

On Friday, Bayer AG agreed to outline settlement terms with half a dozen law firms representing tens of thousands of plaintiffs claiming that its weedkiller Roundup causes…

The federal jury overseeing the first Bard IVC Filter bellwether trial belonging to MDL No.: 2641 in re Bard IVC Filters Products Liability Litigation…

Nearly 700 lawsuits, all involving antidiabetic drugs Byetta, Victoza, Januvia, and Janumet, were reinstated by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…

Cook Celect IVC Filter Lawsuits are progressing as per schedule set by Chief Judge Richard L. Young. On March 9, the second bellwether went to trial in the U.S. District…

Defendants named in the Risperdal lawsuit, Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals, had filed a motion early March requesting a rehearing…

In a retrial that started early March, AbbVie was ordered by a federal jury to pay $3.2 million to the plaintiff who claims he suffered a heart attack while using AndroGel. The jury awarded $200,000 compensatory damages and $3 million in punitive…

Judge M. Casey Rodgers presiding over the centralized Abilify litigation has set three dates for the first set of bellwether trials. The first trial will begin on June 18, followed…

Attorney General Dave Yost and Gov. Mike DeWine announced the "One Ohio" agreement on Wednesday, stating that the Cities and counties representing more than 85% of Ohio residents have planned to come together with the state to seek…

C.R. Bard, Inc. will face its first transvaginal mesh lawsuit in New Jersey before Bergen County Superior Court Judge James DeLuca. The Plaintiff is a woman who…

Manufacturers of Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) used in the treatment of heartburn have denied all allegations of liability, failure to warn, negligence and breach of warranty, among other claims raised in the “Master Complaint”.

Defendants…