Teva Pharmaceuticals has been held responsible for fueling the opioid crisis in the New York state as per the ruling by a New York jury in Suffolk County State Supreme Court.
Weekly Mass Torts Bulletin 2021-Dec-27
A federal jury in Florida has awarded a combat earplugs lawsuit verdict in the favor of 3M and its Aearo Technologies LLC subsidiary against a U.S. Army veteran over hearing loss claims. The email from 3M stated that the company is pleased with the verdict, and it will also help to deal with the…
What Happened In The MassTorts World Last Week? 2019-Dec-09
Johnson & Johnson's (J&J) request to toss the $70 million Risperdal verdict has been upheld by the Pennsylvania appeals court. According to the 2013 lawsuit, the plaintiff, a Tennessee resident, had taken Risperdal since he was a toddler, which led to breast development, a condition…
What Happened In The MassTorts World Last Week? 2018-Dec-03
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 in her body piercing her thigh.
Weekly Mass Torts Bulletin 2021-Dec-20
A military service member has been awarded a $22.5 million settlement by a Florida federal jury in a 3M earplugs lawsuit that accused the company of manufacturing faulty earplugs that result in hearing loss.
Personal Injury News: Pick Of Last Month: May-2020
A jury awarded $4 million verdict to the family of a 72-year-old man who died after his doctor tried to insert a catheter 14 times. According to the lawsuit, the victim was suffering from mitral valve regurgitation, a heart problem that can cause a backflow of blood. He also had 80% to 90% blockage in one of his arteries.
Weekly Mass Torts Bulletin 2021-Dec-13
A joint plan to narrow more than 130,000 potential personal injury claimants accusing alleged links between the heartburn drug Zantac and various cancers has been presented by the parties of the Zantac MDL. Florida-based U.S. District Judge Robin L. Rosenberg is overseeing the Zantac MDLs and informed that…
Weekly Mass Torts Bulletin 2021-Dec-6
Attorneys representing a group of states have asked a federal judge to reject the settlement of thousands of opioid lawsuits against OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma. The states claim that the bankruptcy plan will give legal protection to the Sackler family. The attorneys representing the states said that…
Personal Injury News: Pick Of Last Month: November-2021
The mother of a student from a Chicago Public School who was bullied in the school will receive a $1.2 million settlement as the traumatized student attempted suicide which resulted in his death.
As per the court documents, the mother of the student alleged that the school staff and the students of the Carter Woodson Elementary School…
Weekly Mass Torts Bulletin 2021-Nov-29
Sanofi secures a second win in litigation surrounding its chemotherapy drug Taxotere after the company proved that it provided adequate warnings about the risk of the drug’s usage to the plaintiff. As per the lawsuit filed by the plaintiff in 2016, she claims that she suffered permanent hair loss in 2008…
Weekly Mass Torts Bulletin 2021-Nov-22
Colorado's 64 counties have agreed on the division of the $400 million in the opioid settlement amount awarded by the federal judge to fund addiction treatment, recovery and prevention programs. The settlement amount includes $300 million from Johnson & Johnson, Amerisource Bergen, CardinalHealth,…
Weekly Mass Torts Bulletin 2021-Nov-15
$465 million opioid judgment that was earlier ruled against Johnson & Johnson (J&J), alleging that the company illicitly marketed drugs that resulted in the opioid epidemic, has been overturned. The lawsuit alleged that J&J deceptively forced the distributors, wholesalers, pharmacies,…