by Grace | Sep 17, 2022 | herbicide lawsuit, roundup lawsuit
Monsanto recently won the seventh bellwether trial in the Roundup MDL on September 1, 2022. This verdict was the fifth consecutive win for the Bayer subsidiary despite significant verdicts for plaintiffs back in 2018. Bayer announced that the jury determined that...
by Grace | Sep 16, 2022 | juul lawsuit, vaping lawsuit
Several states announced that e-cigarette manufacturer Juul agreed to pay $438.5 million to 34 states and territories. This announcement follows a two-year-long investigation into Juul’s marketing and sales practices nationwide. For years, many have accused Juul of...
by Grace | Sep 15, 2022 | bard lawsuit, hernia mesh lawsuit
The judge overseeing the thousands of hernia mesh lawsuits against C.R. Bard recently appointed John Jackson as the settlement mediator in the multidistrict litigation. This settlement mediator will work with legal defense from both parties to potentially reach a...
by Grace | Sep 14, 2022 | addiction lawsuit, johnson johnson lawsuit, opioid lawsuit
New Hampshire announced that it agreed to a $40.5 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson for the company’s opioid marketing in the state. The state’s attorney general’s office chose not to join the opioid settlement back in February in which J&J and three...
by Grace | Sep 13, 2022 | herbicide lawsuit, paraquat lawsuit
The judge presiding over the paraquat multidistrict litigation recently pushed the opening bellwether trial to July 2023. Given the rising number of cases in the last couple of months, the judge moved the date presumably to provide more time for discovery. This...