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$500K Verdict Against J&J in Pelvic Mesh Lawsuit
A plaintiff was awarded $500,000 in damages by the Philadelphia jury in the verdict against Johnson & Johnson’s unit Ethicon on June 28, after finding that the design defects in a…
GSK Proposes Reconsideration In Zofran Lawsuits
GlaxoSmithKline has requested the federal judge presiding over all federal Zofran birth defect lawsuits to revisit the preemption defense, based on a recent ruling by…
Lawsuit Filed Over Generic Drug Makers Of Valsartan
A recent complaint filed by a plaintiff on June 14 in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey indicated that he received contaminated valsartan pills for…
Ethicon Mesh Alleged For Infections, Recurrent Hernia
On June 13, a Florida woman filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and its Ethicon subsidiary for selling defective and substandard hernia mesh…
J&J To Be Sole Responsible In Talc Punitive Damages Trial
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) will face a new trial on the issue of punitive damages, following the $12 million awarded in compensatory damages to a plaintiff on June 12, who was diagnosed with mesothelioma due to exposure to…
Plaintiffs Ask Merck To Submit Data On Zostavax Vaccine
According to a motion filed this month, Plaintiff Executive Committee (PEC) indicated that Merck has refused or delayed to provide adverse reports which include details of injuries, complications, and other negative experiences…
Monsanto Files A New Motion To Overrule The $2B Verdict
According to Monsanto, repeated misconduct by plaintiffs’ counsel influenced jurors who awarded more than $2 billion to a couple in California in the trial over…
Structure Proposed For Opioid Crisis Settlement
On June 17, plaintiffs filed a motion seeking certification for a negotiation class, a new structure that will be representing all 24,500 cities and counties in the United States as part of an…
Status Conference Held For Bard Hernia Mesh Lawsuits
An in-person status conference was convened by the Southern District Court of Ohio on June 25, with counsel for PSC and counsel for defendants, to discuss various matters on the Bard…
Two U.S. Marines File Lawsuits Against 3M Earplugs
Two plaintiffs filed product liability lawsuits against 3M Earplugs Company and Aearo Technologies, LLC, in the U.S. District Court for the District of…