Latest Mass Tort News and Updates

In its opening brief to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 3M claimed that the judge misunderstood precedent, ignored significant evidence, and adopted an unduly narrow construction of his inherent jurisdiction to block action against 3M.…

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, together with 17 other state attorneys general, announced a $5.7 billion settlement deal with pharmaceutical chain Walgreens for their alleged role in the…

New Hampshire's Attorney General said that he has agreed to join a nationwide settlement with Walmart to resolve charges that the firm contributed to the opioid addiction issue by…

Philips has completed safety studies on several of its equipment nearly two years after first publicly raising concerns about the possible disintegration of the polyester-based polyurethane foam included in many of its…

The Attorney General of South Carolina has agreed to settlements with Teva, Allergan, CVS, and Walgreens for their participation in the opioid crisis.

These corporations have…

Local governments in Northwest Florida and Miami-Dade County have filed lawsuits against the multinational consulting company McKinsey & Company for prior work in assisting with the marketing of opioids.

Local governments in Northwest Florida and Miami-Dade County have filed lawsuits against the multinational consulting company McKinsey & Company for prior work in assisting with the marketing of…

A multistate settlement with CVS over charges that the drugstore corporation contributed to the country's opioid problem is likely to pay California around $470 million.

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The Addiction Science Team at the University of Missouri-St. Louis will receive around $6 million to enhance its statewide training and delivery of opioid overdose reversal medicine…

The city of New York will pay $3 million to the mother of a mentally ill kid who was slain in a hail of police bullets after cops mistook a hairbrush for a rifle.

Five officers fired 20 rounds at the 18-year-old kid outside his house in…