Mass Tort News

The Mesothelioma trial running for over two months has finally ended with a jury ordering J&J and its talc supplier to cough up $37 million as compensatory damages. The case was filed by a man and his wife seeking compensation for his…

The second Bard IVC filter lawsuit is scheduled to begin on May 15, 2018, filed by a woman from Georgia, who was implanted with C.R. Bard’s Eclipse blood clot filter to treat recurrent deep vein thrombosis in 2010. A pretrial conference is…

Mid-April, Philadelphia County will witness the beginning of the second Xarelto linked gastrointestinal bleeding lawsuit. The defendants named in this litigation, Bayer Healthcare…

Opioids: MDL No 2804; in Re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation) created on December 5, 2017, to be presided to U.S. District Judge Dan A.…

Roundup Weed Killer: MDL No. 2741; in re: Roundup Products liability litigation was formed in October 2016, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vince…

Lawyers met with the U.S. District Judge presiding over the litigation this week, to discuss the next steps to preparing cases for trials of the thousands of talcum powder…

Following the preparation of 3M Bair Hugger System trial cases to be heard April 2018 onwards, the Federal Court has ordered initiation of preparing for the…

The U.S. District Judge conducted virtual online interviews of more than 60 attorneys to choose 24 plaintiffs' lawyers for the proceedings of Zantac lawsuits.

According…

The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts overseeing Stryker Hip Replacement lawsuits has extended the date for Plaintiff Fact Sheets…

Another heart failure lawsuit filed recently now awaits a nod for from the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation for centralization of all federally-filed Onglyza and…