On November 16, attorneys representing a plaintiff in a lawsuit filed against Monsanto company requested U.S District Judge Vince Chhabria for an expedited trial as the plaintiff has less than six months to live as per his oncologist.
Personal Injury News: Pick of Last Month: Dec-2018
On October 3, 2018, the Philadelphia County jury for the Court of Common Pleas returned an $11.7 million verdict against Silvi Concrete Products in a lawsuit involving an accident caused due to a retread tire on the company's truck.
What Happened In The MassTorts World Last Week? 2018-Nov-26
On November 13, a California jury awarded $30.2 million to a former construction worker who was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer caused due to asbestos exposure, holding defendant J-M Manufacturing 45% liable for the disease. The California Superior Court for Los Angeles…
What Happened In The MassTorts World Last Week? 2018-Nov-19
The parties involved in the Ethicon hernia mesh litigation filed a notice on November 5 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, submitting an updated list of 37 cases selected for inclusion for the initial discovery pool. Following case-specific discovery, the parties are…
What Happened In The MassTorts World Last Week? 2018-Nov-12
On Friday, November 2, Stryker Incorporation announced a confidential, private settlement before the multidistrict litigation (MDL) Judge Indira Talwani in Boston for cases linked to both recalled and unrecalled components of Stryker LFIT Cobalt Chromium V40 Femoral Heads used in hip…
What Happened In The MassTorts World Last Week? 2018-Nov-05
A Massachusetts state court jury awarded $ 43.1 million to the family of late former brake worker, to be paid by R.J. Reynolds; Reynolds was ordered to pay $13.1 million as compensatory damages and $30 million in punitive damages for the worker's death in 2015. The jury also returned a defense verdict for the other defendants remaining in the…
What Happened In The MassTorts World Last Week? 2018-Oct-29
In a response filed in the Eastern District of Kentucky, Onglyza drugmaker AstraZeneca asked Judge Karen Caldwell, presiding over all Onglyza heart failure lawsuits to follow a phased pretrial schedule by giving priority to the "general causation" issue of whether the diabetes medication causes…
What Happened In The MassTorts World Last Week? 2018-Oct-22
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.
What Happened In The MassTorts World Last Week? 2018-Oct-15
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 federal jury ruling in favor of Becton Dickinson & Company’s subsidiary C.R. Bard. The woman underwent treatment for deep-vein thrombosis…
What Happened In The MassTorts World Last Week? 2018-Oct-08
Judge Michael L. Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia sanctioned a manufacturing defect claim in the Zimmer NexGen Knee case to proceed. The federal judge denied Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc.'s request for summary judgment and stated that the plaintiff…
What Happened In The MassTorts World Last Week? 2018-Oct-01
In a recently filed product liability lawsuit, Stryker Howmedica Osteonics Corporation's hip implant component Secur-Fit femoral stem and C-Taper LFit femoral head were reported to be defectively designed and prone to corrosion. The lawsuit was filed by a couple on September 13 in the U.S.…
What Happened In The MassTorts World Last Week? 2018-Sept-24
A California Jury asked Johnson & Johnson to pay $29.2 million as damages along with punitive damages in the sixth talcum powder trial concerning plaintiff Carolyn Weirick's mesothelioma. The 59-year-old woman was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2017 and her attorney's blame…