Mass Torts News

On Thursday, a California jury, who had been deliberating virtually for two days over a $70 million asbestos case, reached a defense verdict for Honeywell at the conclusion.

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Last Monday, a New York woman, filed a lawsuit against Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. and the Cooper Companies Inc. in the state's federal court, alleging that the ParaGard…

Allergan, Inc. filed a motion on August 7 in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey involving its Biocell textured breast implant, seeking…

Last week, Metalclad Insulation LLC's counsel, Sheila G. O'Gara, in response to the complaint made in an ongoing online asbestos trial that Metalclad's expert witnesses never got…

Last week, the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel reinstated an Ethicon pelvic mesh lawsuit, ruling that the trial court misjudged the claim as time-barred under…

The Oklahoma state judge approved the $85 million deal between Teva Pharmaceuticals and the state of Oklahoma, over the company’s alleged role in the opioid epidemic…

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a $3.6 million jury award over C.R. Bard's IVC filter, after finding that state-law duty to warn was not preempted by federal edicts.…

On August 12, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) sent a letter asking U.S. District Judge Freda Wolfson, overseeing the talcum powder lawsuits, to appoint court-approved experts to…

On August 20, Bayer officials disclosed in a press release that the company had reached an agreement with plaintiff law firms to pay approximately $1.6 billion to settle nearly 39,000 …

The safety and effectiveness of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters were questioned once again when a new study suggested that IVC filters might increase the risk of venous thromboembolism when used in patients with…