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J&J and Its Subsidiary Sued Over Ethicon Physiomesh Defects
Another product liability lawsuit was filed against Johnson & Johnson and its Ethicon subsidiary, wherein the plaintiff alleged that he had to undergo a revision surgery to have the Physiomesh removed after developing a…
PPI MDL Lawyers Called To Meet The Presiding Judge
‘Plaintiff Fact Sheets’ release is expected soon for the proton pump inhibitor (PPI) lawsuits which include nearly 552 federally-filed Nexium, Prilosec, and Prevacid…
TVM Settlement Amount Crosses A Billion For Endo
Two big transvaginal settlements amounts, announced by Endo International Plc., for the U.S. TVM cases takes the total settlement amount to over a billion. The first settlement news came in…
First Win for Abbvie in TRT lawsuit
Claims against AndroGel manufacturer AbbVie were rejected by the jury in Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois; thereby, ruling in favor of the defendant. Allegations faced by AbbVie included failure to warn the plaintiff, James Couch, and his…
The Fourth Xarelto Trial moved to Early 2018
Just when hopes were running high on the fourth Xarelto trial scheduled to begin this October in the US District Court ND Texas, we are informed that it has been postponed until early 2018. The verdicts for the three previous lawsuits went in…
$57 M For A Pennsylvania Woman Over A Transvaginal Injury
A Pennsylvania woman was awarded close to $57 million that included $50 million as punitive damages for injuries she suffered from the vaginal mesh devices; the lawsuit was filed against Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon Inc., it is also…
Judge Fallon Denies New Bellwether Trials
Judge Fallon presiding over Xarelto MDL 2592 also denied a motion for new bellwether trials for the plaintiffs who had lost to the defendants in the first two bellwethers trials. The judge stood by his decisions stating that they were made on the…
$150 million punitive charges on a TRT lawsuit
The very first bellwether trial for TRT lawsuits ended in a mistrial which involved a plaintiff whose allegation against AndroGel was that it caused his heart attack, thereby bringing a pause phase. But the $150 Million verdict to…
Plavix Verdict Affects Pelvic Mesh Cases
A move made this September wherein the plaintiffs involved in the pelvic mesh related injury against Boston Scientific agreed for their cases to be heard in a courtroom other than the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. This decision has its…