Injuries Allegedly Caused by the Boston Scientific Pelvic Mesh Devices. Three plaintiffs over injuries allegedly caused by the pelvic mesh devices. On October 3, 2016, a West Virginia federal judge rejected Boston Scientific Corp.'s appeal to overturn a $14.3 million award to three plaintiffs over injuries allegedly caused by the … [Read more...]
$14.3M Verdict Against Boston Scientific
$70M Verdict in Risperdal Gynecomastia Trial
The Largest Award Made in a Risperdal Gynecomastia Trial. In the largest award yet made in a Risperdal gynecomastia trial, last week a Philadelphia jury awarded $70 million to a Tennessee boy who developed female breasts (gynecomastia) after taking the antipsychotic drug Risperdal. This case was the fifth Risperdal gynecomastia … [Read more...]
$46.5M Awarded by Jury in Most Recent PCB Lawsuit
Punitive Damages Over PCB Lawsuit. A St. Louis jury awarded $46.5 million to plaintiffs in a month-long trial that began April 28. The jury voted awarded $17.5 million in damages and $29 million in punitive damages against Monsanto alleging negligence in the production of PCBs. The plaintiffs claimed exposure to polychlorinated … [Read more...]
DePuy Pinnacle Bellwether Trial Goes to the Jury
DePuy Pinnacle Trials Goes To The Jury. Testimony has finished in the bellwether trial involving the DePuy Orthopaedics Pinnacle metal on metal hip implant, and the case has gone to the jury. The outcome of this case could be for the disposition of a number of pending cases. The five plaintiffs in the case allege the Pinnacle hip … [Read more...]
Jury Awards $11M in First Bellwether Trial
A Follow Up to the $11 Million Award Against Wright Medical Conserve Hip Replacement System in First Bellwether Trial. Back in 2015, Parker Waichman LLP reported that the first bellwether trial resulted in a plaintiff receiving a jury award of $11 million in damages due to injuries associated with her Wright Medical Conserve Hip … [Read more...]
First Bellwether Trial Begins
Thousands Of Patients Developed Bladder Cancer The first Actos bellwether trial is moving forward and jury selection has taken place. Thousands of patients in the ongoing Actos litigation allege that they developed bladder cancer as a result of taking Actos (pioglitazone). Specifically, the couple who brought the case in the first … [Read more...]
Jury Awards South Dakota Woman $3.35M in Transvaginal Mesh Verdict
$3.35M in Transvaginal Mesh Verdict. Jurors in New Jersey have awarded a woman $3.35 million in compensatory damages in the first trial involving an allegedly defective transvaginal mesh surgical device, the Gynecare Prolift. According to Bloomberg, jurors will now consider punitive damages against the division of Johnson & … [Read more...]
