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By Max Mitchell | October 18, 2019
The defense team said the judge's greeting showed bias, but plaintiffs counsel said the recusal allegation was a 'vituperative' allegation against a sitting judge.
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By Max Mitchell | October 9, 2019
Attorneys who focus on products liability in Pennsylvania said Tuesday's verdict is "impressive" and "staggering," but added that 25-year-old U.S. Supreme Court case law all but ensures the award will be reduced on appeal.
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By Max Mitchell | October 8, 2019
The Philadelphia jury deliberating in the first punitive damages trial over Johnson & Johnson's conduct in marketing the antispychotic drug Risperdal has slammed the company with an $8 billion verdict.
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By Max Mitchell | October 8, 2019
"You 12 individuals, as a jury speaking as one, have that power," Kline & Specter attorney Thomas R. Kline told jurors.
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By Max Mitchell | September 20, 2019
The majority agreed that New Jersey's punitive damages cap should apply to the case and reduced that element by $5 million, to $12.5 million; on all other issues, though, the Superior Court majority said Ethicon either waived its arguments or failed to meet its burden to convince the court to alter the trial courts' decisions.
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By Max Mitchell | September 20, 2019
Although Risperdal continues to be the largest mass tort by far, two much more recently consolidated mass tort programs have begun to emerge.
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By Max Mitchell | September 17, 2019
The case marks the first time a Pennsylvania jury has been able to consider awarding punitive damages in a Risperdal case.
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By Max Mitchell | September 16, 2019
The insurance companies argued that the structure of the pharmacies in which the physicians held minority ownership stakes, provided a means for the defendants to be paid alleged kickbacks for the prescriptions, but Glazer said the carrier gave no evidence that the Pharmacy Act had been violated.
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By Max Mitchell | September 12, 2019
Shapiro announced the lawsuit early Thursday morning, saying he sued the Sackler family, alleging they are personally liable for the opioid crisis because they "directed, controlled and participated" in a "deadly campaign of deception."
By Alaina Lancaster | September 11, 2019
Experts say a proposed Purdue Pharma settlement could provide some assurances on both sides, in the event of a bankruptcy, but several states aren't participating, including Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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