Product Liability and Class Action News

With $2 billion on the line, the highest court in the nation has refused to hear an appeal that aimed to undo a jury award given to cancer patients and their families. On June 1, 2021, the Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the defendant, Johnson & Johnson, to overturn a judgment awarded in a talc powder lawsuit, the Associated Press reported.

The Original Trial and

More than five and a half years after the first Roundup lawsuits were filed, pharmaceutical company Bayer—which purchased Monsanto in 2018—is still in the process of resolving claims. On May 19, 2021, the company appeared before U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco to request preliminary approval of a settlement deal with a total value of $2 billion.

The settlement would go to compensate plaintiffs in

Pressure Cooker Explosions Prompt Ongoing Recalls and Lawsuits

A popular kitchen appliance could be an accident waiting to happen. Electric pressure cookers allow busy people to quickly cook meals using a combination of high pressure and high temperatures.

The problem is that this high-pressure internal environment could set the stage for an explosion if something goes wrong—which happens too often. Hundreds of people across the United States

Agricultural Workers Could Be Entitled to Compensation

Agricultural workers who were exposed to the herbicide paraquat and have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease may have a claim for financial compensation.

With lawsuits against paraquat manufacturers already filed in multiple states, attorneys are now investigating paraquat lawsuit cases at no charge.

A paraquat toxic exposure lawsuit may be your only chance to receive the compensation you need to

It’s Not Too Late to File a Roundup Claim – Yet

In recent years, plaintiffs have filed 125,000 claims alleging that the weedkiller Roundup caused their cancer. Now, thousands of lawsuits are moving forward with trials – and new claims are still being filed. Speak with an experienced Roundup Cancer claim lawyer today about your next steps in getting legal compensation.

The Latest Update on Roundup Cancer

Two years after an investigative report uncovered allegations of shocking abuse occurring at a juvenile detention center once known as “the Harvard of reform schools,” Glen Mills sexual abuse lawsuits are still being filed.

Survivors of the horrific acts of violence committed at Glen Mills School have the right to hold accountable the staff members who harmed them and the school that let it happen—but they need

With Devereux Under Investigation, Sexual Abuse Victims Still Have Time to Seek Justice

When allegations came to light in August 2020 that dozens of children had been physically and sexually abused by employees of Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health, the news left readers stunned.

But for many former patients, there was nothing shocking about the news of Devereux Foundation abuse. They knew what could happen to children left

How Long Should I Be in Pain After A Hernia Surgery?

Thanks to defective hernia mesh implants, not all hernia repair surgeries go as planned. The patients who received defective mesh often end up in worse shape than they were before surgery and, sometimes, have to undergo an entire second surgery and recovery.

Patients across the United States are moving forward with claims for compensation against the

What You Need to Know About Pursuing a Claim

Thanks to recent research, it’s now known that the bladder drug Elmiron can lead to eye damage and vision loss. To learn more about the Elmiron legal case or how you should go about filing your claim speak to one of our experienced Elmiron injury claim Lawyers today.

 What Is Elmiron Eye Damage?

• Maculopathy
• Macular retinopathy
• Pigmentary maculopathy

More current and former students of a youth detention center in Glen Mills, PA,  are coming forward with their own stories of appalling abuse.

They join the hundreds of students, each with their own shattering tales of assault, who are already suing the institution for abuse that allegedly occurred over a period of more than 40 years.

The horrors that are claimed to have occurred over the

A massive nine-figure settlement isn’t the end of lawsuits for global health and consumer products manufacturer Johnson & Johnson – far from it.

Facing almost 20,000 lawsuits by women who blame talcum powder for causing cancer – and their families – manufacturer Johnson & Johnson has agreed to settle 1,000 of these cases in bulk.

The payout? A whopping $100 million.

For these plaintiffs, it’s about time

When you see “FDA approved” on medicine, you think it’s safe. Sometimes, though, that isn’t the case. Zantac received its FDA approval in 1983, and it took 36 years for people to realize that it causes cancer. By the time the FDA issued a recall in 2020, millions of people were exposed to N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) from Zantac. NDMA is a known carcinogen responsible for almost two

Talc Lawsuit Update: New Jersey Judge’s Ruling Paves the Way for 16,000+ Lawsuits by Cancer Patients and Families

After it became publicized in recent years that there could be a causal link between talc powder and ovarian cancer, more than 16,000 lawsuits against talc manufacturer Johnson & Johnson have piled up. The U.S. Department of Justice has also launched a criminal investigation into the matter, Bloomberg reported.