First gadolinium injury trial yields $5M verdict

By: Pat Murphy
Published: April 23, 2013

Tags: gadolinium, GE Healthcare, MDL, multidistrict litigation, nephrogenic systemic fibrosis, Omniscan, product liability

A federal jury in Ohio has awarded $5 million in the first case to go to trial in the multidistrict litigation involving patients who claim injury from the body scan contrast agent gadolinium.

J&J settles with 845 Levaquin plaintiffs over tendon damage

Published: November 15, 2012

Tags: drug litigation, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, Johnson & Johnson, Levaquin, MDL, multidistrict litigation, Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, product liability

Drug maker Johnson & Johnson has settled approximately 845 product liability suits brought by individuals who claim they suffered tendon damage as a result of taking the antibiotic Levaquin.

More trials set for vaginal mesh litigation

Published: September 13, 2012

Tags: MDL, multidistrict litigation, product liability, vaginal mesh, vaginal mesh litigation

In ongoing mass tort litigation over vaginal mesh implants, new bellwether trial dates have been set for cases over the Avaulta mesh product, manufactured by C.R. Bard.

NFL seeks to dismiss concussion MDL

Published: September 12, 2012

Tags: collective bargaining, concussion litigation, concussions, MDL, multi-district litigation, National Football League, NFL, preemption

Hitting back in the multi-district litigation brought by current and former professional football players alleging injuries from head trauma, the National Football League has filed a motion to dismiss the suits as “labor disputes” preempted by federal law.

Federal MDL panel sends Pradaxa cases to Illinois

Published: August 16, 2012

Tags: blood thinners, Illinois, MDL, multidistrict litigation, Pradaxa, product liability

A federal judicial panel has consolidated product liability suits over the blood thinner Pradaxa for multidistrict litigation in Illinois.

Yaz, Yasmin may cost Bayer $1.2 billion, says update

Published: August 7, 2012

Tags: Bayer, birth control, birth control litigation, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, MDL, multi-district litigation, Yasmin, Yaz

Bayer could pay more than $1.2 billion to settle personal injury lawsuits over the company’s Yaz and Yasmin birth control pills, according to a recent stock filing.

Plaintiffs seek MDL for da Vinci robot liability suits

Published: July 26, 2012

Tags: daVinci surgical robot, defective design, MDL, medical devices

Plaintiff's attorney Alyson Oliver, who brought suit against Intuitive Surgical on behalf of her client Lawanda Salisbury

A U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation in Cleveland heard arguments last week on the possible consolidation and coordination of a half-dozen product liability cases involving the da Vinci surgical robot.

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