Latest Mass Tort News and Updates

In an order issued on August 22, 2018, Judge Jane T. Milazzo sanctioned a Taxotere plaintiff for withholding requested information about her medical history.

The manufacturer of the controversial weedkiller Roundup seeks to overturn the $289 million verdict granted by a San Francisco jury favoring a…

A deal that will unify the state and local governments against the pharmaceutical industry over “all Ohio” settlement of opioids damage claims is nearing approval.

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In an order issued on September 18, U.S. District Judge George Wu dismissed Johnson & Johnson's plea to toss a lawsuit brought by seven women in the ongoing legal battle over…

In a September 10 notice of appeal, a plaintiff involved in the Zimmer hip implant litigation has appealed to the 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to…

In an order submitted on September 14, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department confirmed a trial court's order granting additur in a 2017…

In a case management order issued on September 19, C.R. Bard’s hernia mesh multidistrict litigation (MDL) Judge Edmund A. Sargus appointed two attorneys as…

U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers presiding over Abilify gambling lawsuits has finalized six individual cases for a “fast-tracked” discovery process. As per the…

According to an order issued on September 11 by U.S. District Judge Richard Story presiding over all Ethicon physiomesh cases, the discovery deadlines have been extended for two and a half months; this will push the start of the first…

Judge Arnold New on Friday allowed two boys to pursue punitive damages linked to their claims against Johnson & Johnson unit that they were not given an appropriate warning about the alleged breast growth due to…