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Court of Appeals Rejects Overturn of $12.8 Million Verdict
A state appeals court panel rejected the proposal to overturn a $12.8 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson's subsidiary Ethicon Inc. over their surgical mesh implant lawsuit filed by a plaintiff. Judge Victor P. Stabile…
PPI Attorneys Request MDL Coordination in Delaware Litigation
Attorneys associated with PPI lawsuits filed a proposal in the Superior Court of the State of Delaware on June 11 seeking coordination between MDL and Delaware Litigation. With this order, the parties hope to avoid any duplicate…
Court of Appeals Reinstates Birmingham Hip Implant Lawsuit
The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals confirmed on restoring a Birmingham Hip Resurfacing lawsuit filed by a plaintiff against Smith & Nephew alleging the manufacturer of failing to warn about the system's health risk.
The lawsuit,…
Bayer Denies Claim Made By Plaintiff In A Related Yaz Case
A New Jersey State Appeals Court found loopholes in the expert report of a woman who blamed Bayer AG's Yaz and Yasmin birth control pills for her gallbladder disease. The…
Federal Judge Blocks Roundup Label Warning Order in CA.
U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb confirmed on June 11 that Roundup and other glyphosate-based weedkiller products in the state of California need not carry cancer risk warning labels, rejecting new arguments to amend the injunction…
Third Time Win for Boston Scientific Over TVM Lawsuit
A 15 member Massachusetts jury ruled in favor of Boston Scientific over its pelvic mesh litigation, indicating that a plaintiff was given a proper warning about the adverse effects of the…
Case Management Order Issued for 3T Heater Cooler System
The plaintiffs and defendants involved in the Stockert 3T Heater Cooler System Litigation submitted a case management plan on June 19, 2018, for…
Opioid-Babies Denied Separate MDL Track by Judge Polster
U.S. District Judge Aaron Polster, overseeing the opioid litigation, denied the request put forth by attorneys to form a separate MDL track for babies with neonatal abstinence…
Jury Ordered DaVita To Pay $383.5 Million For Wrongful Death
A Denver federal jury awarded $383.5 million to the families of three patients who died of cardiac arrest after treatment at DaVita Dialysis Center. The jury granted each of the three parties $125 million in punitive damages and compensatory…
“Take-home” Asbestos Claim Reinstated By Delaware Justice
Chief Justice Leo E. Strine Jr. reversed the dismissal verdict of a "take-home" asbestos case involving the death of a worker’s spouse due to regular…