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Informational Hearing Held Over Bard's Hernia Mesh Lawsuits
In a pretrial order issued on October 3, 2018, the U.S. District Court for Southern District of Ohio conducted a case information session regarding C.R. Bard's polypropylene…
Court Favors Boehringer In Third Pradaxa Bellwether Trial
A Hartford Superior Court ruled in favor of Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals in the third bellwether trial involving claims by a man who suffered bleeding due to the alleged use of blood thinner medication…
NY Court Denies A Talc Supplier's Summary Judgment Motion
In an order issued on October 5, 2018, the New York Supreme Court for the New York County denied a summary judgment motion to Whittaker, Clark & Daniel in a talcum…
Zimmer Hip Replacement Lawsuits Allowed Centralization
In a transfer order issued on October 3, 2018, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) declared to consolidate and centralize all federal…
C.R. Bard Prevails In The Fourth IVC Filter Bellwether Trial
The fourth bellwether trial involving design defects claims brought by a couple over of the inferior vena cava filter (IVC filter) concluded with the Arizona…
J&J To Compensate Indian Patients Over Faulty Hip Implant
According to a formula devised by a government panel of experts, Indian patients who suffered severe complications allegedly due to the faulty hip implants sold by Johnson and Johnson (J&J) might receive ₹1.2 crore each in…
Plaintiff’s Family Gets $1.25 Million in a Pradaxa Case
On October 17, 2018, Boehringer Ingelheim was hit with a $1.25 million verdict by a federal jury in Huntington, West Virginia, awarding a family of a deceased woman who suffered gastrointestinal bleeding due to the company's blood…
Former Pipefitter Awarded $6 Million By An Illinois Jury
An Illinois Circuit Court jury for Cook County awarded more than $ 6 million to the daughter of a former pipefitter who was diagnosed with mesothelioma allegedly caused due to the…
$68 Million Verdict Upheld In The First Bard TVM Trial
A New Jersey Superior Court upheld the $68 million verdict awarded to a 70-year old North Carolina resident over the alleged injuries suffered due to C.R. Bard's defectively designed…
First Ethicon Bellwether Trial To Begin on Dec. 2, 2019
As per an order submitted on October 9, 2018, in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, the pretrial schedule for the first Ethicon hernia mesh…