Mass Torts News

A Hartford Superior Court ruled in favor of Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals in the third bellwether trial involving claims by a man who suffered bleeding due to the alleged use of blood thinner medication…

In an order issued on October 5, 2018, the New York Supreme Court for the New York County denied a summary judgment motion to Whittaker, Clark & Daniel in a …

In a transfer order issued on October 3, 2018, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) declared to consolidate and centralize all federal…

The fourth bellwether trial involving design defects claims brought by a couple over of the inferior vena cava filter (IVC filter) concluded with the Arizona…

According to a formula devised by a government panel of experts, Indian patients who suffered severe complications allegedly due to the faulty hip implants sold by Johnson and Johnson (J&J) might receive ₹1.2 crore each in…

On October 17, 2018, Boehringer Ingelheim was hit with a $1.25 million verdict by a federal jury in Huntington, West Virginia, awarding a family of a deceased woman who suffered gastrointestinal bleeding due to the company's blood…

An Illinois Circuit Court jury for Cook County awarded more than $ 6 million to the daughter of a former pipefitter who was diagnosed with mesothelioma allegedly caused due to the…

A New Jersey Superior Court upheld the $68 million verdict awarded to a 70-year old North Carolina resident over the alleged injuries suffered due to C.R. Bard's defectively designed…

As per an order submitted on October 9, 2018, in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, the pretrial schedule for the first Ethicon hernia mesh…

As per a proposed joint agenda submitted on October 9, Judge Richard Seeborg overlooking the Viagra and Cialis multidistrict litigation (MDL No. 2691; In Re: Viagra…