Mass Tort News

On Monday, April 19, 2021, the 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld an award of summary judgment to Sanofi-Aventis in a Taxotere lawsuit stating that the plaintiff did not demonstrate that the drug…

22 women who sued Johnson & Johnson (J&J) over its baby powder product containing asbestos that resulted in ovarian cancer have requested the U.S. supreme court to let…

A $50 billion trial is underway in California filed by CA. counties against opioid drug makers including Johnson & Johnson, Endo Pharmaceuticals, and other drug manufacturers to…

New Jersey appeals court reversed the verdict of $117 million in a lawsuit that claimed a man developed mesothelioma due to the asbestos present in the…

Milwaukee County is set to receive a landmark settlement of $71 million as an agreement that will address the opioid epidemic in the county.

The settlement amount will be used for abatement,…

Nevada has reversed the course and decided to rejoin the $26 billion multi-state opioid settlement, which was earlier rejected, cited as insufficient to deal with the crisis.

Attorney General…

Sanofi's first win in a bellwether trial over Taxotere hair loss has been overturned by a federal appeals court, indicating a new trial to be held.

The case was one of the thousands of claims…

Teva Pharmaceuticals has been held responsible for fueling the opioid crisis in the New York state as per the ruling by a New York jury in Suffolk County State Supreme Court.

As per the jury's…

The state attorney general of Texas announced that Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and Texas has reached an opioid settlement worth $225 million that will resolve the opioid claims against the…

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries indicated that it is ready to pay a settlement of as much as $3.6 billion to settle thousands of lawsuits against the company and other drug companies over allegations of fueling the…