By Brittany Mierzwa – On Monday January 18th, U.S. District Judge Casey Rodgers of the Northern District of Florida announced the selection of a bellwether case in the Deepwater Horizon BELO litigation. Christopher F. Causey’s case was selected to go to trial as a test of more than 500 similar […]
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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 […]
Posted by Kim Truongle February 27, 2013 – Yesterday, a jury in New Jersey found in favor of a mesh implant Plaintiff, awarding her a $3.35 million verdict. What does this mean for your mesh implant case? This does NOT mean that all mesh cases will gross millions, nor that […]
Posted by Buck Daniel November 7, 2012 – A scheduling order issued by Judge Rebecca Doherty has set the first Actos lawsuit trial to begin on November 3, 2014 with a second trial scheduled for July 8, 2015. The judge also stated in the scheduling order that the attorneys for […]
Posted by Buck Daniel November 7, 2012 – A consolidated complaint was filed by 12 plaintiffs, who claim to have been diagnosed with bladder cancer as a result of using Actos, on August 14, 2012. Specifically, the court documents allege that the defendants, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, should have known about the […]