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6th Circ. Affirms Summary Judgment To J&J In Mesh Lawsuit
On Monday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a Tennessee federal court's decision to dismiss a woman's product liability claim against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Healthcare Systems Inc. and its subsidiary…
Bard’s 'Lifesaving' Assertion Over Hernia Mesh Barred
Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Edmund A. Sargus Jr., presiding over C.R. Bard Inc.'s hernia mesh lawsuits, ruled that the manufacturer cannot present its Ventralight…
Mirena MDL Over Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Tossed
On Tuesday, the 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals dismissed the Mirena multidistrict litigation after finding that the plaintiffs lacked evidence over the allegations that the birth…
3M Plaintiffs Seek To Combine 5 Cases For A Single Trial
On December 7, plaintiffs involved in the lawsuits over hearing loss from 3M Combat Arms (CAEv2) earplugs filed a motion asking the presiding U.S. District Judge, Casey…
Bayer's Quarterly Analysis Reports Problems With Essure
On Monday, Bayer, the manufacturer of the controversial birth control device, Essure, issued the…
Nine PPI Drugs Bellwether Cases Selected For Discovery
On December 4, U.S. District Judge Claire C. Cecchi, overseeing the proton pump inhibitor (PPI) drugs litigation, issued a case management order (CMO)…
First Bard Hernia Mesh Bellwether Jury Trial Rescheduled To April 2021
The first bellwether jury trial of Bard hernia mesh lawsuit has been rescheduled to begin on April 19, 2021, by the U.S. District Judge considering the ongoing pandemic.
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3 Years Of Probation For Ex-Insys Manager Over Opioid Crisis
On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in Hartford, Connecticut, at a hearing held via videoconference, sentenced a former Insys Therapeutics Inc. sales manager to three years of probation for his role in paying doctors kickbacks…
Teva Moves A ParaGard IUD Lawsuit To Federal Court System
Earlier this week, Teva Pharmaceuticals filed a notice over the removal of a ParaGard IUD lawsuit to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, which was originally filed in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas.
The lawsuit was filed by…