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Coverage of class actions and MDL, often targeting the design, manufacturing and marketing of defective products.
By Max Mitchell | September 7, 2017
A Philadelphia jury has handed up a $57.1 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon after a trial over allegations that its transvaginal mesh product was defective.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | September 6, 2017
The manufacturer of an airplane engine that allegedly failed midflight has been denied a retrial in a case that ended in a $2.7 million verdict for the widow of one of the passengers killed in the resulting fatal crash, a federal judge has ruled.
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By therecorder | The Recorder | September 5, 2017
C.A. 2nd; B260355 The Second Appellate District affirmed a judgment. The court held that federal law did not preempt a jury’s finding that a cigarette…
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By therecorder | The Recorder | August 25, 2017
C.A. 2nd; B275482 The Second Appellate District granted a petition for writ of mandate. The court held that insurers improperly sought to use a declaratory…
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By Amanda Bronstad | August 24, 2017
A talcum powder trial in Los Angeles ended with a bang on Monday--–a $417 million bang, to be exact. But jurors almost didn't hear the case at all.
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By Sue Reisinger | August 24, 2017
Michael Ullmann, general counsel of Johnson & Johnson will have a lot to think about in the aftermath of the massive verdict.
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By Andrew Denney | August 23, 2017
An attorney for plaintiffs who said they were duped into buying "organic" infant formula that actually contained synthetic ingredients told a federal appeals court on Wednesday that producer Abbott Laboratories lied to a third-party entity charged with certifying the product's contents.
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By Max Mitchell | August 23, 2017
Rejecting an expert's findings as "nothing more than a radiation version of the impermissible 'any breath' theory," a federal appeals court in Pennsylvania has blocked attempts to revive more than 70 cases alleging that a defunct nuclear power plant caused the plaintiffs' cancer.
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By Max Mitchell | August 22, 2017
A fight over whether 90 pelvic mesh cases pending in Philadelphia state court against a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary should be transferred to other jurisdictions in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's game-changing decision in is focusing on the defendant's contacts with a third-party mesh supplier that is based in Pennsylvania.
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By Samantha Joseph | August 22, 2017
A closely watched multimillion-dollar suit before Florida's Supreme Court could change Florida rules on expert testimony.
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