A Connecticut nursing home has come under scrutiny after a series of COVID-19 infections and several deaths occurred. According to CBS, Greer Village Senior Community, a nursing home and rehabilitation center in Canaan, had 89 cases including eight deaths from late September to the end of October.
Starting around the…
On Nov 9, Johnson & Johnson received a reprieve after the Supreme Court of Oklahoma voided a $465 million verdict against the company. …
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch has urged the United States Supreme Court justices to reject Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) petition to delay the state’s seven-year lawsuit that alleges that J&J failed to warn consumers about possible health risks associated with talcum powder and ovarian cancer, Law360.com reported.
The Mississippi Supreme…
During the 2020 pandemic, many nursing homes and long-term care facilities received legal protection from liability as well as financial aid, in the interest of keeping their doors open during a public health crisis. …
Giant Eagle, a 103-year-old company that owns a chain of supermarkets and pharmacies in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana and Maryland, agreed to settle lawsuits that accuse it of contributing to the opioid crisis in communities throughout Ohio.
The financial terms of the settlement — announced Oct. 29 — were…
Chevron USA and Syngenta, two major defendants in multidistrict litigation (MDL) against claims that the weed killer, paraquat, caused Parkinson’s disease, propose to begin the proceedings by weeding out invalid claims.
Attorneys for the corporations moved to dismiss approximately 100 claims in September for reasons ranging from deficiencies in claims…
The legislature of Oklahoma is taking a new look at the state’s opioid prescription laws for the first time in three years. In a Nov. …
A U.S. federal judge has ruled that Philips, a Netherlands-based multinational conglomerate, must face more than 100 lawsuits over its recalled continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine for sleep apnea.
Insurance Journal reported that the consolidation of the lawsuits was announced on Oct. 8 and will be presided over by…
Less than two months after delaying the decision to permit JUUL to remain on the market, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration has authorized the first e-cigarette on the market. Despite JUUL’s popularity in the vape space, the approved e-cigarette is not manufactured by JUUL Labs.
On Oct. 12, the…
The multidistrict litigation (MDL) against the makers of the interstitial cystitis medication Elmiron has conducted a “science day” designed to educate the court on how the drug allegedly causes vision damage in long-term users. …
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