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Talc Supplier Slammed With $4.8M Verdict By LA Jury
A Vietnam War veteran who got diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma due to the daily use of Old Spice Talcum Powder for 22 years has been issued a $4.8 million verdict against Whittaker Clark & Daniels, a talc supplier.
On April 16, 2021…
First 3M Earplugs’ Landmark Trial Nearing Conclusion
The soon-to-be concluding 3M earplugs trial will impact settlement negotiations if any or affect the proceedings of hundreds of thousands of 3M combat arms earplugs lawsuits pending across the United States.
On March 29, the first…
JPML Asked To Centralize Belviq Cancer Lawsuits
On Monday, a petition was filed with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML), requesting consolidation of Belviq cancer claims filed by the former users of the…
Federal Judge Drops Argon Medical From An IVC Filter Case
On Monday, an order was filed in which U.S. District Judge Gershwin A. Drain released Argon Medical Devices Inc. from an inferior vena…
A Lawsuit Over 3T Heater-Cooler System Revived
Last Friday, a three-judge panel from the Third Circuit restored a lawsuit filed by a Louisiana man who alleged LivaNova’s 3T Heater-Cooler System for contracting…
Roundup MDL Will Include National Black Farmers' Lawsuit
On April 1, an order was filed by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) in which the panel…
U.S. Budget To Include $132B To Fight COVID & Opioid Crisis
On Friday President Biden's administration released a plan, which called for a nearly 25 percent increase in discretionary funding to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and the opioid…
Purdue Files Motion To Extend Stay On Its Opioid Litigation
On April 7, Purdue Pharma L.P. filed a motion asking a New York bankruptcy judge to extend a stay over the opioid lawsuits filed against it and the owner of the company, the Sackler…
Default Judgment Issued Against Endo Over An Opioid Case
On April 7, Endo International plc announced that it received a default judgment against its subsidiaries Endo Health Solutions Inc. and Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. by a Tennessee state court over a lawsuit filed on behalf of a baby who was born…
Service Groups Support J&J Over $2.1B Talc Verdict Review
On April 1, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups filed…