By Amanda Bronstad | June 2, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Tuesday not to hear Johnson & Johnson's petition to review a $2.1 billion talcum powder verdict prompted plaintiffs lawyers with thousands of similar cases to declare victory. But Johnson & Johnson, in a statement, said the decision "leaves unresolved significant legal questions" in both federal and state courts.
By Amanda Bronstad | May 10, 2021
After dozens of injury reports, including one death, Peloton CEO John Foley, to the surprise of many lawyers, denied there were safety problems with the company's treadmills then, last, week, abruptly changed course and recalled 125,000 of the Tread+ products. His actions, although unusual and delayed, may have stopped potential lawsuits in their tracks, lawyers said.
By Amanda Bronstad | April 28, 2021
Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Ana Viscomi, who oversaw the 2018 trial, "did not assess the methodology, or the underlying data used by the two experts to form their opinions," according to Wednesday's opinion.
By Charles Toutant | March 31, 2021
The lawyer bought Re-Nourish from an advertisement in the New York Post, but filed his suit five days before he received the product shipment, Judge Mary Thurber of Bergen County Superior Court said.
By Charles Toutant | January 4, 2021
Hoffman faces a risk by filing consumer class action suits where he acts simultaneously as class counsel and class representative, although he's done it dozens of times before. New Jersey courts are divided on whether Hoffman, as class representative, pleads an ascertainable loss where he paid to purchase the product but has not used it.
By Robert Storace | November 18, 2020
Thirty-four attorneys general signed off Wednesday on a $113M settlement agreement with Apple Inc., to resolve iPhone throttling allegations.
By Amanda Bronstad | July 8, 2020
The notice of withdrawal came two days after a federal judge said he was likely to deny approval of the settlement, which Bayer reached last month to cap subsidiary Monsanto's liability over future Roundup claims.
By Suzette Parmley | June 25, 2020
In a class action suit almost two decades long over a faulty brake system in a long-discontinued Kia vehicle, the Supreme Court reinstated a trial court's decision that plaintiffs who lacked proof of actual costs incurred for repairs couldn't recover damages.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 23, 2020
A Missouri appeals court has reduced a $4.7 billion talcum powder verdict to $2.1 billion but refused to toss punitive damages altogether, concluding that the evidence at trial showed Johnson & Johnson's conduct was "outrageous because of evil motive or reckless indifference."
By Amanda Bronstad | May 22, 2020
Johnson & Johnson attributed its decision this week to discontinue sales of talc-based baby powder to COVID-19 and declining demand, but lawyers and law professors point instead to an April 27 ruling allowing plaintiffs' experts to testify in trials.
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