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Worker Severely Injured By Electrocution Gets $1.2M

Categories: Settlements

A construction site worker, employed by Brazuka Construction, was paid $1.2 million settlement after he was severely injured by electrocution at a residential work site.

According to the lawsuit filed in Essex County, the plaintiff was…

Lead Exposure From Flint Water Plant Result In $600M Deal

Categories: Settlements

In August, Michigan Attorney General announced (AG) in a press release that the Flint water crisis reached an agreement and a deal of $600 million as part of a preliminary…

MO Prison To Give Hepatitis C Treatment As Settlement

Categories: Settlements

In August, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced that people who are incarcerated in Missouri prisons would receive Hepatitis C treatment and education as a part of a settlement in a federal class action lawsuit.

In December…

Emergency Room Hold-Up, Murder Victim's Family Gets $30M

Categories: General

Murder victim’s family was granted $30 million by Tuscaloosa County jury, who waited for hours in the emergency room to see a surgeon at DCH Regional Medical Center following a shootout.

On Dec. 27, 2013, a gunfight…

Wrongful Death Claim Linked to J&J’s Talcum Powder

Categories: General

A man filed a wrongful death lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana claiming his mother developed ovarian cancer following the use Johnson & Johnson’s Talcum Baby Powder and Shower-to-Shower product for…

Abilify Global Settlement Order Released; Status to be Addressed on June 12

Categories: General

U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers overseeing the Abilify litigation, released a global settlement order (PDF) on May 2, which details the parameters for the mediation…

Growing Onglyza Cases May Prove to be a Burden for the Manufacturers

Categories: General

A product liability lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio by the widow of an Ohio man, who claims the use of Onglyza was the reason for the congestive heart failure suffered by her husband before his death…

Judge Rogers’ Efforts Pay-off: Parties of The Three Abilify Bellwether cases Agree to Settle

Categories: General

Judge Casey Rogers’ mediation efforts finally paid off as the parties involved in the first three Abilify-gambling bellwether cases agreed to settle the dispute before the…

J&J And Ethicon, Inc. To Pay $5.5M Over TVM Devices

Categories: General

On Friday, Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum made an announcement stating that Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and its subsidiary Ethicon, Inc. agreed to pay $5.5 million over the allegations of deceptive marketing of…

Corona Man Wins The Largest Auto Collision Verdict Of $51.8M

Categories: General

A Corona man was awarded $51.8 million by Queens Supreme Court jury in a verdict who was injured in a car crash in 2017. The verdict was one of the largest verdicts recorded in New York City auto collision lawsuit.

The…