Latest Mass Tort News and Updates

At least 700 Byetta lawsuits, Januvia, Janumet, and…

A Bergen County Jury of New Jersey unanimously awarded nearly $15 million to a woman who alleged she suffered from debilitating pain caused by one of the two pelvic mesh devices that she received in 2008 sold under J&J’s Ethicon brand name…

The Stryker LFit v40 lawsuits centralized along with other hip replacement lawsuits before U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in the U.S. District Court for the…

The plaintiff of the 3rd Xarelto bellwether trial, which went in favor of the Xarelto defendants J&J's Janssen Pharmaceuticals and Bayer in August 2017, faced a defeat again when…

Plaintiffs of the Stryker LFIT V40 Femoral Head Products Liability Litigation have filed the master complaint under MDL No. 2768, trials for which will commence September 16, 2019, onward.…

A federal judge presiding over the Bair Hugger MDL No. 2666 in the District of Minnesota ordered two Bair Hugger warming blanket lawsuits to be ready for the bellwether trials on and after April 30, 2018. Plaintiffs of…

A new Talcum Powder lawsuit has been added to the nearly 5,500 existing talcum powder cases filed against giant conglomerate Johnson & Johnson across the country. This case has been filed in Connecticut by the family of a deceased woman who…

Luzerne County has filed a federal RICO-based lawsuit against various opioid manufacturers and wholesale distributors accusing them of racketeering and illegally marketing painkillers that are highly addictive. The suit is…

The first Philadelphia Xarelto trial began as per schedule this November. The plaintiff, an Indiana woman, alleged she suffered serious internal bleeding while on Xarelto for treating Atrial fibrillation. Compensations have…

After a three week trial, the federal jury ruled in favor of Cook Medical in what was the first trial over the significant injuries caused by their Celect IVC filter brand. The jury failed to find the company at fault…