In a hearing on March 24 in the Zofran Products Liability MDL, counsel for defendant GlaxoSmithKline asked U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV to grants its motion for summary judgment, arguing that the plaintiffs’ own expert failed to make a link between the drug...
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Litigation Update: 3M Earplugs MDL Bellwether Trials Set to Start with Issues of Expert Testimony and Juror Influence Before the Court
At a March 13 hearing in Florida federal court, two industrial hygienists were barred from testifying in the upcoming multidistrict litigation involving defective earplugs manufactured by 3M. In their motion, plaintiffs challenged the expert testimony of two...
Litigation Update: New Filings on TikTok’s $92 Million Proposed Settlement Plan
On March 24th, new briefs were filed in the TikTok MDL as mandated by U.S. District Judge John Z. Lee. These fillings came in response to the judge’s questions in reference to the proposed settlement of March 2nd. The judge had requested further information about...
As Asbestos Litigation Continues to Grow, Companies Need to Revisit Forecasts
Manufacturers and distributors of products containing asbestos, as well as the contracting firms whose tradesmen worked with materials containing the now-known carcinogen, may be at financial risk more than previously thought. The original financial risk models that...
Litigation Update: J&J, Imerys Ask New Jersey State Court to Throw Out Verdicts Totaling $117M
At a hearing before a New Jersey state appeals court on March 9, attorneys for Johnson & Johnson and Imerys Talc America sought to throw out verdicts totaling $117 million awarded in a case brought by Stephen Lanzo and his wife, Kendra; the plaintiffs alleged that...
Litigation Update: Trove of Internal Documents to be Produced in Opioid Litigation
As part of a global resolution to the opioid litigation, pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors have agreed to make public millions of pages of internal documents that detail the aggressive marketing and sales methods that fueled the epidemic. OxyContin...
Litigation Update: Judge in Data Breach MDL Appoints Diverse Plaintiffs’ Leadership Team
Five weeks after the judge presiding over the data breach MDL involving cloud management software firm Blackbaud Inc. issued an order inviting the parties to consider appointing a diverse team to lead the litigation, counsel did just that. In an order dated February...
Litigation Update: Verdicts Against Bard and J&J Totaling $83M Overturned
On March 2, a three-judge appeals panel in New Jersey overturned two verdicts totaling more than $83 million against Johnson & Johnson and C.R. Bard, Inc. on the grounds that the trial court had erred by preventing the defendants from presenting certain evidence...
Litigation Update: 3M Argues PFAS Lawsuit Should Go To Michigan Federal Court
In a hearing on March 2, attorneys for defendant 3M Company argued to a Michigan federal court that a lawsuit filed earlier in Michigan’s Washtenaw Circuit Court belonged in federal court since it was based in part on work done for the federal government. The state...
Litigation Update: Johnson & Johnson Sets Aside $3.9B to Cover Talc Liabilities
In an SEC filing on February 23, Johnson & Johnson set aside $3.9 billion in litigation expenses it says are “primarily associated with talc-related reserves and certain settlements”. The amount takes into account the record July 2018 $4.69B verdict awarded by a...