$2.5M In Damages Nixed In Med Mal Suit Over Patient’s Death
A Florida appeals court has ordered a new trial on damages owed to the daughter of a man who died after an allegedly unnecessary heart procedure, saying the estate’s attorneys should not have been allowed to refer to her life expectancy during closing argument. In an opinion filed Wednesday, the three-judge panel said that references […]
High Court Declines To Hear Facebook Sex Trafficking Case
Although the Supreme Court on Monday passed on hearing the case of a woman who accuses Facebook of facilitating and benefiting from child sex trafficking, Justice Clarence Thomas said that the immunity afforded to online platforms should be revisited under the right circumstances. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case […]
7th Circuit Upholds $20 Million Verdict Against Ethicon in Pelvic Mesh Case
Casting aside Ethicon’s “broad-spectrum attack on the judgment,” the 7th US Circuit Court upheld a $20 million verdict to a woman who was permanently injured by the company’s Prolift pelvic mesh device. Ethicon appealed in Barbara Kaiser v. Johnson & Johnson and Ethicon, Inc., No. 18-2944. An Indiana state jury had awarded $35 million to […]
Attacking and Lying, Johnson & Johnson is Battered by Talcum Powder – Cancer Litigation
Ten years into the nationwide litigation over talcum powder, Johnson & Johnson is bleeding billions of dollars in settlements, legal fees, jury verdicts, and stock valuation. The company faces 15,299 cases nationwide in federal court, but all of the action so far has been in state courts. The U.S. Justice Department started a criminal investigation […]
How Johnson & Johnson Hid Asbestos In J&J Baby Powder Products For Over 40 Years
Among the recent documents unsealed in court indicates that in May 1974, an official at Johnson & Johnson’s Windsor mine in Vermont recommended “the use of citric acid in the depression of chrysotile asbestos” from talc extracted from the site. “The use of these systems is strongly urged by this writer to provide protection against […]
Recalls Underway for Zantac and Axid Antacids Because of Cancer Impurity
Drug companies are recalling batches of Zantac (Ranitidine) and Axid (Nizatidine) proton-pump inhibitors because of contamination by a cancer-causing impurity. Mylan Pharmaceuticals is conducting a voluntary nationwide recall, to the consumer level, of three lots of Nizatidine Capsules, (including the 150mg and 300mg strengths).Appco Pharma LLC is voluntarily recalling prescription ranitidine hydrochloride capsules.Northwind Pharmaceuticals is […]
7th Circuit Upholds $20 Million Verdict Against Ethicon in Pelvic Mesh Case
Casting aside Ethicon’s “broad-spectrum attack on the judgment,” the 7th US Circuit Court upheld a $20 million verdict to a woman who was permanently injured by the company’s Prolift pelvic mesh device. Ethicon appealed in Barbara Kaiser v. Johnson & Johnson and Ethicon, Inc., No. 18-2944. An Indiana state jury had awarded $35 million to […]
Juul ignored early signs it was hooking teens
Executives at Juul Labs Inc ignored early signs that their products were hooking teenagers, according to a Reuters investigation published Tuesday. Juul managers reportedly knew that young people were attracted to their products shortly after they went on sale in 2015 when teenagers called in asking where they could buy the device, a former company […]
Bombshell $10M suit claims two NYC hotels turned a blind eye to sex trafficking
A 10-year-old girl was raped, tortured and beaten as she was sold for sex at two Big Apple motels while staff turned a blind eye to her obvious abuse, a bombshell $10 million lawsuit filed Tuesday claims. The suit, filed in Brooklyn federal court and the first of its kind in New York, claims Wyndham […]
New Study Could Prove Link Between Mesothelioma and Talcum Powder
For the past few years, we have heard about a number of lawsuits being filed alleging that baby powder containing talc causes cancer. Last year, Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay over $4 billion to a group of women who developed ovarian cancer. In 2016, the manufacturing giant was ordered to pay $55 million […]