Weekly Mass Torts Bulletin 2022-December-12
Pharma firms engaged in the selling of the heartburn medication Zantac have won a critical fight in a lawsuit brought by individuals who say the medicine caused them to develop cancer.
Personal Injury News: Pick Of Last Month: Dec-2022
A court sentenced a man to life in prison with no possibility of parole after he drove his SUV into a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, killing six people and injuring many more. He and his family argued that mental illness pushed him to do it.
Weekly Mass Torts Bulletin 2022-December-5
A group of plaintiffs has asked the court to lift the stay on the earplug hearing loss lawsuits and allow the cases to proceed.
Weekly Mass Torts Bulletin 2022-November-28
According to federal regulators, at least 260 deaths have been linked to recalled Philips CPAP sleep apnea machines, BiPAP machines, and mechanical ventilators, which were taken off the market last year amid concerns that toxic particles from the sound abatement foam could enter the airways and users' lungs.
Weekly Mass Torts Bulletin 2022-November-21
The United States District Judge presiding over all federal hernia mesh lawsuits involving Bard products will meet with lawyers involved in the litigation next week as preparations for a third and fourth bellwether trial, which are expected to have a significant impact on ongoing settlement talks to resolve thousands of claims.
Weekly Mass Torts Bulletin 2022-November-14
An Eleventh Circuit panel revised but did not overturn a previous ruling that federal law does not preempt a Georgia doctor's claim that Monsanto failed to warn people about the alleged cancer risks of its Roundup weedkiller, rejecting pharmaceutical and business groups' claims that the decision would disrupt distributors.
Personal Injury News: Pick Of Last Month: Nov-2022
A lawsuit filed this month in Olmsted County District Court claims that Mayo Clinic Hospital-Saint Marys medical personnel inadvertently overdosed a patient with an opiate, causing a brain injury.
Weekly Mass Torts Bulletin 2022-November-7
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released new guidelines for clinicians on when and how to prescribe opioids for pain.
Weekly Mass Torts Bulletin 2022-October-31
The parties report that nearly 6,000 complaints have already been filed by individuals who have suffered injuries after receiving the hernia repair products, with the majority pending in Massachusetts state court, in advance of a meeting this week before the U.S. District Judge recently appointed to preside over all federal Covidien hernia mesh…
Weekly Mass Torts Bulletin 2022-October-24
Virginia has already received its first payment from the $99 million opioid settlement, which spanned over nine years with Johnson & Johnson.
Weekly Mass Torts Bulletin 2022-October-17
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals approved 3M’s Aearo Technologies LLC's petition to reconsider a bankruptcy court's judgement, refusing to prevent MDL action against the parent firm notwithstanding Aearo's Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Weekly Mass Torts Bulletin 2022-October-10
3M Co. failed a bankruptcy court gambit to resolve almost 230,000 military earplug defect complaints and is now finding another road through mass tort litigation, one that includes a combination of trials, appeals, and settlements which would require the company to make difficult decisions, particularly about scheduling.