Mass Torts News

Attorney generals in 21 U.S. states rejected an offer of $18 billion from Mckesson Corp. and other opioid distributors, as the states consider the fine to be less compared…

U.S. District Judge Denise J. Casper ruled in favor of Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Wednesday over claims by a Bay State man that the antipsychotic drug…

In an order issued on September 4, Senior Judge David Campbell, overlooking C.R. Bard IVC Filter litigation, denied a motion filed by a plaintiff to exclude…

In an order issued on August 27, 2018, the New York Supreme Court for New York County rejected a summary judgment motion filed by Colgate-Palmolive over a talcum powder case. The court found that the defendants failed to prove that…

The New Jersey Supreme Court has planned to merge all hernia mesh lawsuits, which allege Ethicon’s Prolene Hernia System of causing injuries to the plaintiffs. All…

An Alameda County Jury in California Superior Court has ruled in favor of Hennessy Industries LLC, a successor of AMMCO Tools Inc., dismissing allegations by a plaintiff that he developed mesothelioma due to the…

In a recent verdict, a Los Angeles County jury announced $ 8.45 million to be awarded to a victim's son over the lawsuit allegations that the victim developed mesothelioma due to the…

Bayer AG is planning to stop private sales of Roundup herbicide as a part of ongoing settlement talks to resolve thousands that it is facing for causing non-Hodgkin’s…

In an order issued on August 29, 2018, Judge Lorna Schofield stated that the jury found no valid evidence in the allegations by a plaintiff that Janssen Pharmaceuticals is liable for design defects in their antipsychotic drug…

U.S. District Judge John R. Tunheim announced in a pretrial order issued on August 17 that 18 more cases would be included in the second stage of bellwether trials for nerve damages linked to Avelox and Cipro, each party is required to…