Mass Torts News

It appears that there are more drugs that cause pain than relieve it. Case in point: Xarelto. Generally known as Rivaroxaban, this drug is as an anticoagulant, a blood thinner that is used to reduce the risk of blood clots and strokes. Lately,…

Considering the recommendations made by a government-appointed committee, the Indian Drug Regulator has asked Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to pay ₹20 lakh as interim compensation to each affected individual who suffered complications…

On Wednesday, Ontario passed a bill to join five other provinces in a class-action suit led by British Columbia against opioid manufacturers alleging false marketing…

Last week, a study was published in the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging where researchers with a purpose to investigate the effects of ischemic stroke on…

The jury selection for the much-talked-about first bellwether trial involving Bayer AG Monsanto and a 70-year old plaintiff began as scheduled on February 25, in San Francisco, California.  

The plaintiff, who used…

On August 16, 2021, New Orleans District Attorney agreed to a $2 million settlement for an exonerated man who had spent 23 years in prison on rape and murder charges.

Jason Williams, New Orleans Paris District Attorney, states that the…

A California jury has cleared four major drug companies from liabilities in the opioids epidemic litigation that demanded the companies to pay tens of billions of dollars to compensate for the opioid crisis…

Last week, a study was published in the medical journal Cancers, which indicated that users of the recalled heartburn drug Zantac…

On December 16, the New York Supreme Court for New York County awarded summary judgment to East Manufacturing Corp., a trailer manufacturer, after finding that the plaintiffs' counsel failed to establish that the plaintiff’s decedent was exposed…

On December 15, Health Canada, the department of the Government of Canada responsible for the country's federal health policy, released a report titled …