Mass Torts News

One of the largest opioid distributors, Mallinckrodt, has agreed to pay  $1.6 billion as a settlement for the thousands of lawsuits faced by it over the opioid crisis.

McKesson Corp., Cardinal Health Inc., and AmerisourceBergen Corp. have renewed a settlement by offering 1 billion in legal fees to the states, cities, and counties who have sued them over the misguiding distribution of highly addictive…

The U.S. District Judge Casey Rodgers, presiding over the coordinated discovery and pretrial proceedings of federal 3M military earplugs lawsuits, indicated that the…

Plaintiffs involved in the Biomet Hip implants lawsuits have time only until September 1 for direct filing of their cases in court; no direct filings will be allowed after that date. Recently, the court also released an order on August…

A recent lawsuit filed in the U.S District Court for the District of New Jersey claims that Invokana manufacturer Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Janssen…

Following a unanimous verdict of $289 million for a cancer victim's lawsuits alleging Roundup's cancer link, mount to nearly 8,000 against Bayer in…

U.S. District Judge Robin L. Rosenberg, appointed to preside over the coordinated discovery and pretrial proceedings of Zantac lawsuits, issued a pretrial order on February…

Endo Pharmaceuticals plans to settle all lawsuits against its prescription opioid Opana painkiller in a separate track, hoping to put a cap on its legal exposure.…

In an order issued on August 31, U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers instructed all plaintiffs in Abilify litigation to furnish more information to estimate the…