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Partial Win For Wright Medical in a Hip Implant Lawsuit
Wright Medical Technology, Inc., named as the defendant in a hip implant lawsuit filed by a plaintiff, was granted a partial motion to dismiss a part of the plaintiff's complaint but denied the motion to strike her request for punitive…
21 Abilify Cases Remanded Back to Their Home State Courts
U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers, overseeing the Abilify gambling multidistrict litigation No. 2734, granted plaintiffs' omnibus motion request to remand 21 cases to California…
Aggressive Trial Pace Set For Pa. Risperdal Mass Tort Cases
Pursuant to the January 2018 decision by a three-judge-panel in Pennsylvania Superior Court, plaintiffs can now seek punitive damages in lawsuits filed over male breast growth caused by side effects of…
37 Ethicon Physiomesh Cases For The Initial Discovery Pool
The parties involved in the Ethicon hernia mesh litigation filed a notice on November 5 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia,…
A Maryland Judge Dismissed 12 Time-barred BHR Lawsuits
In an order issued on November 19, Judge Catherine Blake of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland tossed 12 complaints filed over defects of Smith & Nephew Birmingham Hip Resurfacing system, stating the statute of…
Monsanto Appeals $78 Million Roundup Cancer Verdict
On November 20, agribusiness giant Monsanto filed a notice of Appeal in San Francisco Superior Court challenging the $78 million verdict in favor of a cancer-stricken California man who blamed the company's…
Jury Awards $30.2 Million To a Mesothelioma Victim
On November 13, a California jury awarded $30.2 million to a former construction worker who was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer caused due to…
Court Grants Summary Judgment To GE In Asbestos Case
Last week, a Connecticut federal court granted summary judgment to General Electric over an asbestos case, stating there was no material fact that the company’s products…
Bayer's Roundup Lawsuit Settlements Are Nearing
Mediator Ken Feinberg, appointed by the court last May for court-mandated settlement talks over allegations that Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer caused…
FDA To Conduct Talc-Asbestos Test Methods Meeting
FDA will hold a meeting next month to discuss testing methods for the baby powder, following a nationwide recall after federal regulators found segments of asbestos…