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Emergency Room Hold-Up, Murder Victim's Family Gets $30M

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Murder victim’s family was granted $30 million by Tuscaloosa County jury, who waited for hours in the emergency room to see a surgeon at DCH Regional Medical Center following a shootout.

On Dec. 27, 2013, a gunfight…

Wrongful Death Claim Linked to J&J’s Talcum Powder

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A man filed a wrongful death lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana claiming his mother developed ovarian cancer following the use Johnson & Johnson’s Talcum Baby Powder and Shower-to-Shower product for…

Abilify Global Settlement Order Released; Status to be Addressed on June 12

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U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers overseeing the Abilify litigation, released a global settlement order (PDF) on May 2, which details the parameters for the mediation…

Growing Onglyza Cases May Prove to be a Burden for the Manufacturers

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A product liability lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio by the widow of an Ohio man, who claims the use of Onglyza was the reason for the congestive heart failure suffered by her husband before his death…

Judge Rogers’ Efforts Pay-off: Parties of The Three Abilify Bellwether cases Agree to Settle

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Judge Casey Rogers’ mediation efforts finally paid off as the parties involved in the first three Abilify-gambling bellwether cases agreed to settle the dispute before the…

J&J And Ethicon, Inc. To Pay $5.5M Over TVM Devices

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On Friday, Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum made an announcement stating that Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and its subsidiary Ethicon, Inc. agreed to pay $5.5 million over the allegations of deceptive marketing of…

Corona Man Wins The Largest Auto Collision Verdict Of $51.8M

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A Corona man was awarded $51.8 million by Queens Supreme Court jury in a verdict who was injured in a car crash in 2017. The verdict was one of the largest verdicts recorded in New York City auto collision lawsuit.

The…

Family Wins $6 Million In Wrongful Death Lawsuit

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Kansas Jury awarded $6 million to a family against Wesley Medical Center which resulted in one of the largest verdicts in Kansas history. 

The woman was 35 weeks pregnant and had a panic attack when she went to Wesley's…

Sonoma County Appeals $1.9M Verdict Toward Injured Bicyclist

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Sonoma County is appealing against a verdict of $1.9M awarded to a woman, who was severely injured in a rural, cratered road while riding her bicycle.

On July 10, 2016, the woman was riding her bicycle with a friend at…

Florida Bars Hit With $30.8M For Underage Drinking

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On Aug 23, 2019, Tallahassee, Fl. jurors hit two Florida bars with a $30.8 million verdict over brain damage suffered by a woman in a hit-and-run case, which was followed after a night of underage drinking.

According to…