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Asbestos-in-Talc Dangers; J&J Fails To Escape Talc Suits
Chancellor Dewayne Thomas of the Chancery Court of Mississippi’s First Judicial District in Hinds County on Tuesday denied Johnson & Johnson's motion to escape a…
Plaintiffs Not in Favor of Splitting Roundup MDL Trial
Plaintiffs involved in Monsanto's weed killer Roundup litigation opposed the federal judge's proposal to bifurcate upcoming bellwether trials into separate general causation and specification trials and called the decision as "…
Parties to Discuss Tolling Argument Status For PPI Lawsuits
As per a joint status report submitted by the parties of Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPI) litigation on December 14, there are currently 16,000 tolling argument claims submitted. If the arrangement is not extended, each of these claims may…
FDA To Discuss TVM Complications in February Next Year
As per a notice posted at the Federal Registry, members of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration's (FDA) Obstetrics and Gynecology Devices Advisory Committee will soon convene a meeting on February 12, 2019, to discuss…
Boeing Co. To Face an Asbestos Suit In Federal Court
In a December 14 ruling, 7th Circuit of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Amy St. Eve stated the Boeing Co.‘s removal of an asbestos-linked mesothelioma case to federal court…
Defendants’ Talc Suit Summary Judgment Motion Denied
In an order submitted on December 10, the New York Supreme Court rejected Colgate-Palmolive's motion for summary judgment in a Cashmere Bouquet talcum…
CDC Reports Fentanyl as The Most Dangerous Drug in The U.S.
On December 12, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s National Center for Health Statistics published a National Vital Statistics Report warning that the…
Plaintiffs Seek To Uphold $13M Hillshire Asbestos Verdict
Attorneys representing the family of a man who died of mesothelioma three years ago are requesting the court to uphold a $13 million asbestos verdict…
J&J To Pay More Than $400 M To Resolve Hip Device Suits
Johnson & Johnson recently agreed to pay more than $400 million to settle some product liability cases concerning Pinnacle hip-replacement devices. The officials indicated an average of about $125,000 per case to resolve about 3,300…
Federal Court Asks To Store Hernia Mesh Samples For Testing
In an order submitted on December 18, defendants must furnish eight exemplary samples for ten different variations of Ethicon Physiomesh at the earliest by next month. The Court expects some of the samples to be kept for other purposes…