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Toyota can’t arbitrate sudden acceleration claims 

Published: March 27, 2012

Tags: arbitration, consumer protection, multi-district litigation

Toyota can’t compel the arbitration of class claims brought by customers who seek damages for diminution in the market value of their vehicles as a result of alleged defects that lead to incidents of sudden, unintended acceleration, a U.S. District Court in California has ruled.

Accutane litigation grows 

By: Correy Stephenson
Published: March 7, 2012

Tags: Accutane, drug litigation, multi-district litigation

After more than a decade, the litigation against Hoffman-LaRoche, the maker of the acne drug Accutane, continues to grow.

More than 7,000 cases are currently on file in multi-district litigation consolidated in New Jersey state court, and both sides continue to vigorously litigate with no settlement negotiations in sight.

Vaginal mesh suits get consolidated in West Virginia 

Published: February 16, 2012

Tags: FDA, Food and Drug Administration, multi-district litigation, pelvic mesh, vaginal mesh

Lawsuits against three major vaginal mesh device manufacturers have been centralized in multidistrict litigations in West Virginia.

Another defense win in bellwether Levaquin trial 

By: Barbara L. Jones
Published: February 1, 2012

Tags: Levaquin, multi-district litigation, pharmaceutical litigation

Once again, the defense has prevailed in a Levaquin bellwether trial.

Last week, a federal jury in Minnesota returned a defense verdict in a trial that is part of the multi-district litigation against Johnson & Johnson over the side effects of Levaquin, used to treat severe bacterial infections.

Zimmer knee replacement suits consolidated in MDL 

By: Correy Stephenson
Published: August 19, 2011

Tags: design defect, knee replacement, MDL, multi-district litigation, Zimmer, Zimmer NexGen

Lawsuits filed in federal court alleging that knee implants are defective have been consolidated in an MDL in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Yaz claims can’t proceed as class action, court says 

Published: May 24, 2011

Tags: class action, multi-district litigation, product liability, Yasmin, Yaz

Plaintiffs are not entitled to class certification on claims that they suffered injuries as a result of taking the oral contraceptives Yaz and Yasmin, a U.S. District Court in Illinois has ruled.

New Jersey Supreme Court consolidates DePuy hip suits 

Published: May 2, 2011

Tags: DePuy hip litigation, Food and Drug Administration, multi-district litigation

The New Jersey Supreme Court has consolidated all of the lawsuits filed against Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Orthopaedics over its recalled hip replacements for pretrial management and discovery motions.

DePuy hip implant litigation consolidated in Ohio 

By: Tony Ogden
Published: December 17, 2010

Tags: DePuy, hip implant litigation, MDL, multi-district litigation

Personal injury suits over hip implants manufactured by DePuy Orthopaedics will be consolidated in Ohio, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Legislation has announced.

Second bellwether hernia patch trial goes to plaintiff 

By: Nora Tooher
Published: August 30, 2010

Tags: Kugel mesh hernia patch, multi-district litigation

A federal jury in Rhode Island has awarded $1.5 million to a North Carolina man and his wife in the second bellwether trial in the Kugel mesh hernia patch litigation.

Levaquin MDL judge denies motion to dismiss 

By: Nora Tooher
Published: August 2, 2010

Tags: drug litigation, Johnson & Johnson, Levaquin, multi-district litigation, Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, tendon rupture

The judge overseeing the Levaquin multi-district litigation in U.S. District Court in Minnesota has denied a bid by Johnson & Johnson to dismiss one of six lawsuits chosen for bellwether trials.