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Biomet's Motion For Mistrial Over Punitive Damages Denied
On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Stephen Clark of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri rejected Biomet Inc.'s motion for mistrial in the punitive damages phase of an M2a Magnum hip implant lawsuit, which the manufacturer…
Talcum Powder MDL Status Conference To Be Held Today
Last week, parties involved in the talcum powder litigation submitted a Status Report and Proposed Joint Agenda for the status conference scheduled for today to review the progress…
Demand Letter, Verified Bill of Particulars, Threshold Motion
Our drafted PI Demand Letter begins at the point of impact and ends with the medical chronology of treatment. It guides the adjuster through all that the claimant has lost as a result of the insured's negligence.
In PI matters, we are…
Purdue's Former President Denies Responsibility For Opioid Crisis
Purdue Pharma's former president and board chair of the company claimed that he, his family, and the company are not responsible for the opioid crisis throughout the United States.…
Tasigna Lawsuits Consolidated In New Jersey Multicounty Litigation
New Jersey’s Supreme Court has announced centralization of all Tasigna lawsuits across the country before Superior Court Judge Rachelle Harz in Bergen County for coordinated pretrial proceedings.
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Reviewing a Dismissed Zoloft Birth Defect Case Denied by PA Court
A petition to review a Zoloft birth defect case dismissed earlier when the plaintiffs’ causation expert was excluded by the trial court was denied by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.…
Bard Proposes Ventralight ST & Ventralex Claims For Initial Trials
C.R. Bard and its Davol, Inc. subsidiary have proposed that from over a thousand lawsuits faced by them, claims related to Bard Ventralight ST and Bard Ventralex mesh be the first to go before a jury later this year.
The company…
Talc Claimants Seek To Toss J&J's Chapter 11 Motion
The official committee of talc claimants asked a New Jersey bankruptcy judge to dismiss Johnson & Johnson's (J&J) Chapter 11 case by stating that the proceeding is…
Talcum Powder
Johnson and Johnson's widely used and globally accepted Talc is facing allegations of causing Ovarian cancer when used perennially. Consecutively, six verdicts in favor of the plaintiffs have made the situation positive for the other filed…
Opioid Crisis: Now under JPML Docket
The JPML is reviewing the motion filed with them to transfer and consolidate the "National Prescription Opiate Litigation" which was long due to handling the Opioid crisis sweeping across the nation. Opiate drug makers are also facing lawsuits by…