By Buck Daniel May 1, 2014 – The judge managing the diabetes drug MDL has filed several orders shaping the next steps in the litigation. On Oct. 15, 2013, Judge Lloyd D. George filed an order scheduling a hearing on transferring several new cases to drugs Januvia, Byetta and Victoza […]
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By Buck Daniel April 30, 2014 – Since our last update, there has been a great deal of activity in the Actos litigation. As of the end of March 2014, there were over 5,000 Actos cases filed in the MDL and Illinois State Court and another 1,000 still expected in […]
By Buck Daniel August 14, 2013 – More than 700 Pradaxa cases have now been filed in the Southern District of Illinois before Judge David Herndon. The majority of these cases claim gastrointestinal bleeding injuries, but there have also been many catastrophic bleeding events such as hemorrhagic stroke. Judge Herndon has […]
By Buck Daniel February 20, 2013 – On February 19, 2013 Judge Rebecca Doherty issued a scheduling order to proceed with two potential bellwether trials in the Actos MDL. These trials are tentatively scheduled for January 27, 2014 and April 14, 2014. Both Plaintiff and Defense counsel will submit a […]
By Kim Truongle – December 6, 2012 – There are transvaginal mesh cases against many manufacturers moving forward across the country. Johnson & Johnson pulled some of its mesh products off the market earlier this year. State-court cases against Johnson & Johnson are set to begin in New Jersey early next […]
Posted by Buck Daniel August 7, 2012 – The Judge in charge of the federal court’s MDL regarding the DePuy ASR hip litigation has scheduled two bellwether trials for 2013. These trials are intended to set a precedent for the remaining 1000+ cases involved in this litigation. Although the particular cases […]
By Shelley Blas May 31, 2012 – A motion was filed late last night in the product liability case involving Pradaxa. The petition seeks transfer of nearly a dozen pending cases, and all future claims, to a centralized docket in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. […]