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Pinnacle-Hip Lawsuit - J&J Agrees To Pay $1 Billion

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Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $1 billion to resolve claims involving personal injury linked to the usage of a metal-on-metal version of DePuy Orthopaedics.

There are around 10,000 Depuy Pinnacle hip lawsuits…

Monsanto Faces Class Action Over Controversial Weedkiller

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A lawsuit filed against Monsanto last month in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California alleged the use of herbicide Roundup in…

Janssen Agrees To Settle Punitive Risperdal Lawsuit

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Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of J&J, has agreed to settle a Risperdal case in Philadelphia to avoid punitive damages.

According to a…

FDA Approved Magnevist Alleged For Multiple Organ Damages

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The U.K. Royal College of Radiologists recently updated a 23-page document, which contains the risks linked to the use of gadolinium-based MRI…

J&J's 2,400 Talcum Lawsuits Transfer Request Dismissed

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On May 09, 2019, U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika in Wilmington dismissed J&J’s request to transfer 2,400 Talcum lawsuits to a federal court…

Motion Filed For 3M Lawsuit To Track Separate Class Action

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According to a motion filed on May 3, Judge Rodgers urged to establish a separate track for pretrial proceedings involving 3M Earplug class action claims filed…

Recall of Teva Losartan Tablets Announced by FDA

Categories: FDA Related

The FDA has announced recall of Teva Losartan Tablets on April 27, 2019, due to the presence of cancer-causing Nitroso-N-methyl-4-aminobutyric acid (NMBA) in at least six lots of active pharmaceutical ingredient manufactured by Hetero…

Case Management Conference Held for Talcum Powder Lawsuit

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Ahead of the case management conference held on April 29, 2019, the parties involved in the talcum powder litigation submitted a joint report outlining the status of the litigation, along with the agenda for topics to be addressed in…

Jury Awards Covil Corp Worker's Family $32.7M

Categories: Verdicts

In one of the state’s largest mesothelioma verdicts, a North Carolina jury awarded the estate of an erstwhile worker $32.7 million following a five-day trial in October. Recently, the defendant’s appeal to overturn the verdict was…

Roundup's Primary Glyphosate Safe To Use Assures EPA

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EPA recently announced over the usage of Glyphosate that it doesn't cause cancer.

According to the review, glyphosate is the most-used herbicide in the U.S and meets the standard in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,…