A Retired Police Officer Injured During Hemorrhoid Surgery. A California state jury has awarded nearly $10 million to a woman injured by a defective hemorrhoid stapler during surgery. The judgment was returned against Johnson & Johnson subsidiaries Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc. and J&J Healthcare Systems, Law360 … [Read more...]
Jury Awards California Woman Nearly $10 Million for Injury in Hemorrhoid Surgery
More than $2M Actos Bladder Cancer Case Award
Actos Bladder Cancer Case. A jury in a Pennsylvania state court awarded more than $2 million to a woman who claimed Takeda Pharmaceuticals’ diabetes medication Actos (pioglitazone) caused her bladder cancer. The plaintiff’s case alleged that Takeda officials failed to adequately warn Frances Wisniewski’s doctor about the cancer risks … [Read more...]
Jury Awards $3.27 Million in Damages in Transvaginal Mesh Case
Transvaginal Mesh Injury Lawsuits. A West Virginia jury hit Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon Inc. with $3.27 million in damages in a product liability suit over Ethicon's transvaginal mesh sling. The jury found that Ethicon did not warn doctors and patients of the device’s potential risks. Law360 reports that the jury found in … [Read more...]
Vioxx Jury Awards $20M to Idaho Couple
Vioxx Contributed to A Postal Worker's Heart Attack. Merck & Co.'s painkiller Vioxx contributed to an Idaho postal worker's heart attack, a jury in Atlantic City ruled Monday, reversing the verdict in the man's first trial and awarding him and his wife $20 million in damages. The verdict in the case of Frederick "Mike" … [Read more...]
$10M Award for Shipyard Worker’s Widow
Former Shipyard Workers Died Of Lung Cancer Due To An Asbestos Exposure. A jury awarded $10.4 million to the widow of a former shipyard worker who died of lung cancer after four years of working with materials that contained asbestos. The Newport News Circuit Court verdict in Wanda Jones' wrongful death lawsuit against three … [Read more...]
Jury Awards Vioxx Plaintiff $9M in Damages
Vioxx Plaintiff For Heart Attack Risk. A jury awarded $9 million in punitive damages on Tuesday to a man who blamed his heart attack on Vioxx, finding that manufacturer Merck & Co. failed to warn about the risks of its arthritis drug and misrepresented the risks to physicians. The damages are in addition to $4.5 million … [Read more...]
Jury awards $160 million in nursing home suit
Nursing Home Suit Claims An Old Man Paired With A Violent Roommate. After hearing claims that a nursing home knowingly paired a frail 81-year-old man with a violent, mentally ill roommate who viciously pummeled him, a jury responded Wednesday with one of the largest civil judgments ever awarded in San Antonio. Finding that Summit … [Read more...]
