About 60 doctors, pharmacists, medical professionals, and others linked to the alleged opioid pushing were charged by federal prosecutors, according to a statement by the Justice Department last week. The cases are a result of more than 350,000 prescriptions for controlled substances and…
What Happened In The MassTorts World Last Week? 2019-Apr-22
An upcoming trial date against Monsanto over its Roundup weedkiller was vacated by U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria as he ordered the parties to enter into confidential mediation to avoid the need for hundreds of individual cases to go before juries nationwide. As per the pre-trial court…
What Happened In The MassTorts World Last Week? 2019-Apr-15
On Friday, April 5, a jury in Long Beach, California, rejected a talcum powder lawsuit brought by a 65-year-old retired teacher, who claimed that Johnson & Johnson's baby powder was contaminated with asbestos and was the reason for…
What Happened In The MassTorts World Last Week? 2019-Apr-08
In a case management order issued on March 22, U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo, presiding over all Taxotere hair loss lawsuits, indicated that the start of the first bellwether trial was delayed until September 16, 2019.
Personal Injury News: Pick of Last Month: Apr-2019
In a landmark judgment on March 1, the Quebec appeals court ordered three tobacco companies to pay more than $11 billion to Canadian smokers who claimed in two class action lawsuits that they were never informed about the risks of smoking.
What Happened In The MassTorts World Last Week? 2019-Apr-01
Los Angeles County is the latest to issue a ban on the infamous glyphosate-based weed killer,Roundup after a San Francisco federal jury ruled in the first phase of the bellwether trial that glyphosate exposure was a substantial reason for a California man, Edwin Hardeman's cancer.
What Happened In The MassTorts World Last Week? 2019-Mar-25
As the first Roundup bellwether trial is still in progress before the federal jury, a separate state court trial will begin today involving claims brought by a California couple that they both developed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma due to years of exposure to popular weed killer Roundup.
What Happened In The MassTorts World Last Week? 2019-Mar-18
U.S. District Judge Robert B. Kugler, presiding over all federal valsartan lawsuits, issued an order on February 25, to stay all pending deadlines entered in these cases before the valsartan multidistrict litigation (MDL) was established. The stay will remain effective until any further orders are…
What Happened In The MassTorts World Last Week? 2019-Mar-11
U.S. District Judge Landya McCafferty presiding over all Atrium hernia mesh lawsuits approved new procedures in a case management order issued on February 19, for the direct filing of cases into the multidistrict litigation (MDL) in New Hampshire.
Personal Injury News: Pick of Last Month: Mar-2019
An Edison High School graduate who suffered injuries in a drag racing accident was awarded $39 million by a Middlesex County jury. In July 2012, the plaintiff was riding a motorcycle on Saw Mill Road in Heller Industrial Parks, when he was struck by a drag racer, who shifted into the plaintiff's lane hitting him head-on. According to court…
What Happened In The MassTorts World Last Week? 2019-Mar-04
York County joined statewide and national fight against opioid companies for the devastating opioid crisis. A 283-page complaint blaming Purdue Pharma, Johnson & Johnson, and other opioid manufacturers for the epidemic was originally filed on November 21, 2018, in York County Superior Court, and was…
What Happened In The MassTorts World Last Week? 2019-Feb-25
As a result of the oral arguments heard last month, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) issued a transfer order last week affirming that all valsartan recall lawsuits in nationwide District Courts will be consolidated before U.S. District Judge Robert B. Kugler in the District of…