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Summary Judgment For the 2nd Cook IVC Filter Bellwether Case
In an order issued on December 5, Judge Richard L. Young of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted summary judgment to Cook Medical Inc. on failure-to-warn claims in an…
Oklahoma Claims $465M Opioid Verdict Insufficient
On Monday, Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter's office filed an appeal against the $465 million verdict claiming that the amount will be insufficient to curb the effect of the state's…
PPI Kidney Injury Bellwether Case Selection: Updates
In a case management order submitted on December 3 in the U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey Judge Claire C. Cecchi, overlooking the proton pump inhibitors (PPI) lawsuits, stated the parties had submitted competing proposals…
JPML Denies Separate MDL For Opioid-addicted Babies
In an order issued on December 7, 2018, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation denied a separate MDL track to class action lawsuits brought by the nation's …
Bayer Appeals To Reverse $25M Roundup Verdict
On Monday, Bayer appealed to the U.S. federal court to reverse the $25 million verdict given against them in favor of a Californian man, who alleged the company’s Roundup…
San Francisco: The Latest To Sue Opioid Pharma Companies
San Francisco is the latest to sue a slew of prescription drugmakers and distributors alleging that they went against the federal laws by marketing opioids as safe…
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…