Skip to main content

Latest Mass Tort News and Updates

The First New York Talc Cancer Trial Held Off Until January

Categories: General

A talcum powder cancer trial involving claims filed by a plaintiff has been postponed to January 2019, after a Manhattan Superior Court Judge Barbara Jaffe announced there were not enough jurors to head the trial. In 2017, the plaintiff…

Boston Failed To Escape An IVC Filter Lawsuit

Categories: General

In an order submitted on November 27, Judge Richard Mills of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois denied Boston Scientific Corporation’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit involving complaints against its Greenfield IVC…

Summary Judgment in Favor of Bankrupt Wisconsin Company

Categories: General

In an order submitted on November 26, the California Court of Appeal, First District, Division Five, granted summary judgment in favor of Special Electric Company, Inc., regarding claims filed by a plaintiff that he developed…

$11 Million Asbestos Verdict Stays Dismissed: NY High Court

Categories: General

On November 27, 2018, the New York Court of Appeals upheld an intermediate appellate court's order to toss an $11 million asbestos verdict. The court released a…

Florida Blames Walgreens & CVS For Opioid Deaths

Categories: General

Florida is suing the nation's largest two drugstore chains, Walgreens and CVS, over their passive conduct to the increasing demand and supply of opioids into Florida…

Cook IVC Filter Bellwether Trial Update

Categories: General

Georgia resident's trial over defective Cook Celect Cava Filter is scheduled to begin on January 14, 2019, in the U.S. District of Arizona. In the complaint filed, the plaintiff stated that the filter broke and migrated to other parts…

Health Canada Links Inhaling Talcum to Lung Disorders

Categories: General

A recent draft screening assessment released by the Health Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada indicated that inhaling loose talcum powder may also…

Opioid Overdose Antidote Gets A Nod From NY AG

Categories: General

On Thursday, New York's attorney general Letitia James announced a deal stating more companies will be able to make an easy-to-use version of opioid overdose antidote.

As per the agreement by the attorney general’s office, Adapt…

Settlement Master Assigned For 3T Heater Cooler System Cases

Categories: General

In a case management order issued on December 3, Judge John E. Jones III overseeing all the 3T Heater-Cooler System heart infection lawsuits…

Four Peer-Reviewed Studies Support Talc Ovarian Cancer Link

Categories: General

Attorneys representing plaintiffs in the talcum powder lawsuits have indicated to the U.S. District Judge Freda L. Wolfson in the District of New Jersey, that four new peer-reviewed studies show that talc powder can cause ovarian cancer…

ISO 27001
A+ rating
CAALA _1
CAOC
NYSTLA
gdpr-website (1)
NSIC-CRISIL (1) 1
Hipaa_0