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Opioid Crisis: First State Court Trial To Begin in May 2019
Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman set May 28, 2019, as the date for initiating the trial for the opioid litigation against the Opioid Big Pharma industry and its…
Jury Sides 3M in the First Bair Hugger Bellwether Trial
The two-week trial for 3M Bair Hugger System ended in favor of the defendant as the Minneapolis federal jury announced on May 30 that the plaintiff failed to…
Ohio Man Files Lawsuit Filed Over Side-Effects of Onglyza
An Ohio man filed a product liability case against Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, as he suffered coronary artery disease and congestive heart failure due to the alleged…
Another Asbestos-In-Talc Trial Begins in California Court
A 94-year old mesothelioma victim succumbed to death due to the exposure to asbestos used in Johnson & Johnson…
Judge Rejects Ethicon's Plea to Dismiss 120 TVM Lawsuits
Ethicon Inc. had requested a Pennsylvania State Court Judge Arnold New to exclude 120 Transvaginal Mesh (TVM) lawsuits from Mass tort proceedings,…
Jury Announces Mistrial in a J&J Talc-Asbestos Lawsuit
A South Carolina jury failed to arrive at a unanimous decision whether Johnson & Johnson was responsible for the death of the 30-year old attorney, whose family claimed she suffered from mesothelioma due to the exposure to J&J's…
Jury Awards Plaintiff $1.2 M in Cook IVC Filter Lawsuit
Following a three-week-long trial, a Houston firefighter was awarded more than $1.2 million by a Texas jury for the lawsuit filed against Cook Medical LLC involving an IVC filter.
The plaintiff was implanted with…
Monsanto to Pay $21.5 M Over Misleading Roundup Labeling
Agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology company Monsanto was ordered by a Missouri Federal Court to pay $21.5 million as the settlement amount to a class of consumers who filed a lawsuit against its weed killer Roundup. The verdict was given…
Temporary Ban on Vaginal Mesh Use in the U.K.
The U.K. Department of Health and Social Care and National Health Service (NHS) England has decided to halt the use of vaginal mesh for treating stress urinary incontinence, acting on the request put forth by the Independent Medicines…
Jury Sides the Defendant in the Second Bard IVC Filter Trial
The second bellwether trial for C.R. Bard's Eclipse IVC Filter ended in the defendant's favor on June 1, 2018, as the Arizona jury found that adequate warning was…