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Juul To Pay $462M Over Illicit Vape Marketing

Categories: Settlements

Juul Labs Inc, the creator of e-cigarettes, has agreed to pay $462 million to resolve charges by six states, including New York and California, that it illegally promoted…

Cancer Victims' Lawyers Ask To Dismiss J&J's 2nd Bankruptcy

Categories: General

Lawyers for cancer patients stated in a court filing that Johnson & Johnson's second effort to settle talc cases through bankruptcy should be rejected as an unprecedented scam…

FDA Announces New Labeling & Safety Warnings For Opioids

Categories: FDA Related

In response to complaints that patients' sensitivity to pain or level of discomfort increased when using immediate-release (IR) and extended-release/long-acting (ER/LA) opioids, the…

$1M In Opioid Settlement Funds For Aroostook County

Categories: Settlements

Aroostook County will receive more than $1 million in settlement funds for opioid prevention initiatives.

In addition to the $1.5 million given to the County by drug maker…

Veterans Ask Court To Reject 3M's Bankruptcy Plea

Categories: General

Veterans and military personnel in the United States have asked a judge to reject 3M's attempt to use the bankruptcy of its subsidiary Aearo Technologies as a defence against…

Experts To Discuss Opioid Misuse Impact In A Webinar

Categories: General

National medical professionals will talk about the implications of opioid abuse and addiction that go beyond the impacts on the users' physical and mental health.

The…

Juul To Pay $23M To King County Over Vape Suit

Categories: Settlements

King County's legal action against the e-cigarette manufacturer Juul will result in a settlement of more than $23 million.

In a 2019 lawsuit, King County charged Juul…

Family Of A Patient Gets $8.5M In Medical Malpractice

Categories: Settlements

A Glastonbury-based private surgical practice performed a regular knee replacement operation on a patient who later passed away, and a jury has now awarded his wife and estate $8.5 million.
 
An architect from Wethersfield passed just…

Local Orthodontist Sued Over Brain Injury

Categories: General

A local orthodontist's practice is being sued by a father from Ector County on the grounds that an orthodontic wire that moved from his kid's mouth into his brain last year caused his son to suffer brain damage.
 
The guy is suing…

Parents Of Girl Killed In Christmas Parade Sue A Driver

Categories: Settlements

The 11-year-old dancer's parents have filed a civil complaint against the float driver who struck her and other parties involved in the fatal event from November's Raleigh Christmas Parade.
 
The girl's parents claimed in their 56-page…