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Ethicon Faces Defective Design Lawsuit For Its Hernia Mesh

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A case was filed recently in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas by a woman who claims she suffered complications following a laparoscopic hernia repair. In this case, allegations are against Ethicon Physiomesh Composite…

A second loss for AbbVie's AndroGel, slammed with $140 Million

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AbbVie faced a second loss in the Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) bellwether trial when the jury announced a verdict of nearly $140 million in favor of the plaintiff. The…

JPML Denies To Vacate Conditional Transfer of Taxotere Cases

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The request to vacate the conditional transfer of one Taxotere lawsuit was denied by the JPML panel on the grounds that the transfer would further expedite the litigation process as a whole. The case was…

JPML Denies To Vacate Conditional Transfer of Taxotere Cases

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The request to vacate the conditional transfer of one Taxotere lawsuit was denied by the JPML panel on the grounds that the transfer would further expedite the litigation process as a whole. The case was…

Bard IVC Filter Plaintiff Produces Sufficient Evidence

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The U.S. District Court, District of Arizona was approached by C. R. Bard, the defendant named in the IVC Filter litigation involving the Eclipse filter, to pass a…

Pa. Supreme Court Decision May Impact Hundreds of Plaintiffs

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A decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court regarding whether it will hear the appeal involving two Risperdal lawsuits is awaited which can further impact hundreds of…

Negligence in Prolift Design Cost J&J & Ethicon $35 Million

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A nine-person jury panel held J&J and its Ethicon Inc. subsidiary responsible for being negligent in designing and marketing of Prolift, a transvaginal mesh…

1st AndroGel Trial: Plaintiffs Allowed to Present All Claims

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Retrial for a previously tossed $150 million AndroGel verdict announced as punitive damages and no compensatory damages in favor of the…

PTC Symptoms Lead to Filing of Mirena IUD Lawsuit

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An increasing number of product liability lawsuits are filed against Bayer Healthcare, the maker of intrauterine birth control device Mirena. The lawsuits are filed by…

Leg Amputation Triggers Filing of Invokana Lawsuits

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An Invokana lawsuit was filed by a man from Mississippi alleging that the side effects of this antidiabetic drug resulted in the surgery to have his leg…