Mass Tort News

In a pretrial order issued on March 7, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria rejected a motion for summary judgment filed by Monsanto to escape a series of bellwether cases lined up against it over the hazards of the controversial weed…

On Thursday, March 14, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals tossed Bayer AG's attempt to force a North Carolina woman and her husband's claims, linked to Essure…

Claire's was hit with a proposed class action on Wednesday in New York federal court, a day after the retail company recalled three of its makeup products, over…

On Wednesday, March 13, the Oakland jury found Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder was tainted with carcinogenic…

On Monday, March 11, the 5th U.S. Court of Appeals concluded that a former Navy mechanic's asbestos lawsuit against shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls…

In a status conference held last week, Judge Edmund A. Sargus, overlooking the Bard hernia mesh MDL, issued a pretrial order, which included a prediction made…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed the presence of asbestos in product samples taken from Claire’s and Justice stores and advised…

On Tuesday, Suffolk Superior Court Judge Janet Sanders denied a motion filed to dismiss a lawsuit filed against the Sackler family, claiming them responsible for the opioid…

U.S. District Judge Robert B. Kugler, presiding over all federal valsartan lawsuits, issued an order on February 25, to stay all pending deadlines entered in these…

On Tuesday, March 19, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Navy product manufacturers were liable for exposure from asbestos-containing materials used…