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Mar-1-17 San Diego, CA: Just over a year from now the first Ethicon surgical abdominal mesh lawsuit is slated for trial. According to a recent study published in JAMA, there could be many more reports of hernia complications—and abdominal mesh lawsuits—before Ethicon’s Physiomesh trial. Hernia Mesh Lawsuit Illinois resident Matthew Huf... - Takata Agrees to Settle Defective Airbags MDL for $1B
Santa Clara, CA: Takata Corporation has agreed to pay $1 billion to settle multi-district litigation alleging the airbag manufacturer was aware of the fatal defect with its airbags but sold them anyway. At least 11 deaths have been linked to the airbags, which can explode due to a design defect. According to the proposed settlement terms Takata will... - Takata to Pay $1B for Airbag Scandal
Feb-28-17 Santa Clara, CA: Takata Corporation has agreed to pay $1 billion to settle multi-district litigation alleging the airbag manufacturer was aware of the fatal defect with its airbags but sold them anyway. At least 11 deaths have been linked to the airbags, which can explode due to a design defect. According to the proposed settlement terms Takata will... - Eliquis Lawsuits Moving Forward in MDL, Venue Still to be Determined
Feb-27-17 Miami, FL: Apixaban, a blood thinner marketed by Bristol-Meyers Squibb Co. (Bristol Meyers) and Pfizer Inc. (Pfizer) under the name Eliquis and promoted as “something better than warfarin,” turned out to be something else again for patients, according to Eliquis blood thinner lawsuits. Plaintiffs allege the latter-generation blood thinners... - California Labor Lawsuit Settles for $1.8 Million
Feb-23-17 Los Angeles, CA: A California labor lawsuit that’s been waged for over three years appears to be on the brink of resolution following a settlement agreement between the defendant, Zales Delaware Inc. and plaintiffs in a class action alleging that employees were stiffed on wages. The lawsuit was originally filed and litigated in federal court in C... - Family Blames Takata Airbag for Woman's Death
Feb-23-17 Detroit, MI: The children of a Michigan woman who died earlier this month say their mother never fully recovered from Takata airbag injuries sustained in a low-speed crash in 2014, according to the Detroit Free Press . Dianne Moulton died Feb. 2, three years after the Takata airbag in her 2002 Honda CR-V exploded in a parking lot collision in Dearb... - Risperdal Case Load Shows No Sign of Slowing Down
Feb-21-17 Philadelphia, PA: With Risperdal side effects lawsuits continuing to grow at a compelling rate within a mass tort in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, the file is poised to move forward with a meeting planned for March 9 with regard to the centralized litigation (In Re: Risperdal Litigation, Case No. 100300296). As reported by senior staff wr... - Blogger Says ‘No Thanks’ to IVC Filter
Feb-19-17 Washington, DC: Any patient about to be implanted with an IVC filter , or presented with a recommendation for same by their doctor, would naturally assume the procedure is necessary and unavoidable. Indeed, for many patients who can’t tolerate blood thinners the placement of this medical catcher’s mitt remains a life-sustaining strike agains... - Oracle Claw-Back Violation of California Labor Laws
Feb-16-17 San Francisco, CA: Oracle America Inc. has been sued in federal court by a former sales employee claiming violations of the California labor laws and unfair business practice laws. In her lawsuit, Marcella Johnson claims that Oracle has a “retroactive re-plan” that reduced her earned commissions. The company retroactively increases quot... - $671M DuPont C8 Cancer Settlement Reached
Santa Clara, CA: A $671 million settlement has been agreed in multi-district litigation brought against DuPont Co and its former subsidiary Chemours Co., that alleged the chemical manufacturers deliberately dumped carcinogenic chemicals, specifically Teflon ingredient C8 or PFOA, into the Ohio River. Their actions, according to the allegations, resu... - How Will New EEOC Regulations in 2018 Affect Donning and Doffing?
Feb-11-17 Washington, DC: Employers, and especially those employing 100 workers or greater, will be looking to 2018 and preparations for a response to new rules proposed for the employer information report under the auspices of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEO-1). There is speculation the proposed changes could expose employers to increased instances... - Monsanto Loses Labelling Battle in California – Tentatively
Feb-3-17 Fresno, CA: Opponents and families involved in lawsuits against the makers of the chemical herbicide known as Roundup are hailing a “tentative decision” by a California judge based on written arguments to allow glyphosate to be added to the “list of chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer” under... - J&J Talcum Powder Lawsuit Claims Ovarian Cancer Risk Was Known
Feb-3-17 Santa Clara, CA: The fourth ovarian cancer trial brought against Talc maker Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and Imerys Talc America is set to go to court next week. It follows three previous trials, all of which saw multi-million dollar awards for plaintiffs who alleged they developed ovarian cancer from using J&J Talc-containing products. In 2... - Despite $1B Penalty by the Feds, It’s Not Over Yet for Takata: Airbag Injuries
Feb-1-17 Washington, DC: The massive $1 Billion criminal penalty announced by the US Department of Justice earlier this month surrounding defective Takata airbags is not, in reality, an end to the troubles for the beleaguered Japanese manufacturer. Just one day after the Christmas holiday this past December, German automotive manufacturer BMW announced a recall of... - $2.85M Settlement Proposed in Lowe's Employment Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $2.85 million settlement has been reached in an employment class action lawsuit pending against Lowe’s Home Centers LLC. Filed by installation workers for the DIY retailer, the lawsuit alleges that those installation workers were misclassified as independent contractors rather than employees eligible for benefits. Lead plain... - Risperdal Litigation Second Largest
Jan-29-17 Philadelphia, PA : Litigation over the antipsychotic drug Risperdal was the second largest mass tort (just behind Reglan) in 2016 and believed to be mainly responsible for the pharmaceutical inventory in Philadelphia’s Complex Litigation Center to be “at its highest level in recent years.” The Legal Intelligencer (Jan 27, 2017) re... - Optical Disc Drive Antitrust Class Action Settlement
Santa Clara, CA: Settlements have been reached in an antitrust class action lawsuit alleging a group of electronics companies conspired to fix the prices of optical disk drives. These devices enable data to be read from and/or written to optical disks, such as DVDs, CDs and other computer software storage. The consolidated class action results f... - A Tangle of Hernia Mesh Complaints
Jan-15-17 Miami, FL: Knowing you have surgical abdominal mesh in your body that has been recalled is unnerving, to say the least. Even worse, and for many people, suffering pain and infection long after the mesh has been withdrawn or recalled from the market means mesh removal surgery followed by a possible hernia mesh lawsuit. Ethicon Physiomesh Lawsui... - FDA Warns Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities Identified With St. Jude’s Implantable Cardiac Devices
Jan-9-17 Santa Clara, CA: Today the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued information and recommendations regarding cybersecurity vulnerabilities for St. Jude Medical's radio frequency (RF)-enabled implantable cardiac devices and Merlin@home Transmitter. The agency, while confirming there is a risk for a breach, has also noted that to date they have n... - Alere Inc. In Tough over Recalled INRatio, Abbott Merger in Jeopardy
Jan-3-17 Georgetown, DE: An Alere lawsuit filed by former suitor Abbott Laboratories Inc. (Abbott) over a proposed merger is, for the moment, redirecting attention away from the failed INRatio measuring device that was recalled in July. The recalled product nonetheless has a role in the recent performance of Alere Inc. (Alere) that has prompted Abbott to back a...