September 14, 2020 — Bayer has made final settlement terms with three major law firms representing thousands of plaintiffs involved in the Roundup litigation. All three firms filed notification of the terms with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, where the Roundup MDL is taking place, on September 14, 2020. Making final settlement terms marks...
Continue ReadingAugust 19, 2020 — “Per the parties’ agreement, the Court amended certain pretrial deadlines and trial dates.” Reference: “United States District Court.” MDL – 2740 Taxotere (Docetaxel) Products Liability Litigation | Eastern District of Louisiana | United States District Court, 28 Dec. 2020, www.laed.uscourts.gov/case-information/mdl-mass-class-action/taxotere
Continue ReadingAugust 18, 2020 — Monsanto sought to reduce $4 million from the $20.5 owed to groundskeeper Dewayne “Lee” Johnson, but was rejected by the Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District of California. The appeals court also rejected Monsanto’s request for a rehearing. In the court’s July ruling, it said that Johnson had presented “abundant” evidence that Monsanto’s...
Continue ReadingAugust 2020–Plaintiffs’ attorney Aimee Wagstaff reported to Judge Chhabria that Bayer was backing away from the company’s tentative settlement agreements made in March. The agreements were set for finalization in July. Bayer stated in June that it had a $10 billion settlement with U.S. law firms which would resolve the majority of over 100,000 Roundup claims. However, only two...
Continue ReadingThe 9th U.S. District Court of Appeals affirmed the $3.6 million award to a plaintiff against Bard Medical. The MDL jury in Phoenix awarded the plaintiff $1.6 million in damages and $2 million in punitive damages finding that Bard knew the G2 device fractured, migrated, and caused perforations than other existing products and physicians should be warned. Source: Reuters
Continue ReadingAugust 2020 — There are more than 3,500 lawsuits in the Roundup MDL as of August 2020. Reference: Moncivais, Katy. “Roundup Cancer Lawsuit: 2020 Updates & Settlements.” Consumer Safety, 8 Jan. 2021, https://www.consumersafety.org/product-lawsuits/roundup/
Continue ReadingAugust 1, 2020 – The Department of Justice (DOJ) investigated Sanofi-Aventis US LLC and GlaxoSmithKline LLC regarding the allegations that the heartburn drug, Zantac, caused cancer. The DOJ and U.S. Attorney’s Office were specifically interested in whether these companies violated the False Claims Act by failing to reveal their knowledge about the presence of NDMA in their product. The probes...
Continue ReadingJuly 27, 2020 – A federal judge in Florida has harpooned a key legal defense that 3M planned to use against thousands of lawsuits accusing the company of knowingly making defective earplugs used by U.S. soldiers. Maplewood-based 3M has denied the allegations and invoked the “government contractor defense,” which shields contractors from tort liability for defects in products designed...
Continue ReadingJuly 23, 2020 – The newest military branch, Space Force, is gaining the attention of those curious to know how they are operating. Space Force’s mission is to protect our vulnerable orbital networks and has the same status as all U.S. Military Branches. Orbital warfare is the “new mentality” and “prime driver” behind the creation of the Space Force....
Continue ReadingJuly 5, 2020 – Two more Zantac cancer lawsuits were consolidated into the U.S. District Court of Florida, where the Zantac litigation is pending. The two plaintiffs, one from Pennsylvania and the other from Florida, were both women who claimed that regular use of Zantac lead them (or their decedent) to develop cancer. The Pennsylvania-based plaintiff filed a claim on...
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