Mass Torts News

A San Francisco jury announced on August 10 that Monsanto may get a new trial in a $289 million verdict awarded to a plaintiff who is suffering from cancer allegedly due to the company's herbicide…

Attorney general for Bayer has asked the California appeals court to reverse an $86 million verdict, in which the company was held responsible for a couple's cancer caused by the glyphosate present in its weedkiller…

In a response submitted on September 28, 2018, Wright Medical Technology Inc. denied allegations that their Profemur Z hip implant was defectively designed and the company knowingly concealed the health risks associated with the device…

In efforts to find a global solution for the nation's opioids epidemic, thousands of lawsuits filed against distributors and pharmacies in the Cherokee Nation are sent back…

In a response filed on October 12, 2018, more than a dozen opioid manufacturers expressed their opposition regarding forming a separate MDL for infants addicted to…

Johnson & Johnson agreed to settle a Mississippi plaintiff's case involving Risperdal side-effects, days before going to the trial. The plaintiff was a young…

On Thursday, a New Jersey jury ordered Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to pay punitive damages of $750 million to four plaintiffs, who alleged their talc-based baby powder…

U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer excluded statements given by plaintiffs' seven expert witnesses in a Mirena contraceptive lawsuit as the judge found the…

According to a lawsuit filed on October 11 in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, the use of Nexium, Prilosec, Nexium 24HR, and Prilosec OTC…

As per an order submitted on September 7, hernia mesh lawsuits involving C.R. Bard Inc 's polypropylene implants can be filed directly in the multidistrict…