The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced on October 24, 2017, that Fisher-Price was recalling about 63,000 of their “Soothing Motion Seats” made for babies. These seats bounce and sway and play songs and nature sounds to help soothe and calm a baby. They…
In December 2015, all federally-filed Bair Hugger warming blanket lawsuits were consolidated into one court in the District of Minnesota. At the time there were about 50 cases pending in various districts, but now, that number has increased to more than 3,500. After almost two…
Back in November 2016, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that Samsung was recalling about 2.8 million of its top-load washing machines. Consumers were reporting incidences of the tops flying off during use, posing a risk of injury from impact. At the time,…
In August 2017, the third Xarelto bellwether trial concluded in the U.S. District Court in Jackson, Mississippi. The jury sided with the drug manufacturers, Bayer and Johnson & Johnson. This was the third win for the defense in the consolidated federal proceedings. The plaintiff in…
There are more than 700 Roundup Lawsuits pending in the Northern District of California, where all federally-filed cases were consolidated back in October 2016. The plaintiffs involved in the litigation claim that after using Roundup for an extended period of time, they developed non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma…
On October 9, 2017, a Texas woman filed a new Physiomesh lawsuit against manufacturer Ethicon and parent company Johnson & Johnson (J&J). She filed the case in the Eastern District of Texas, but it has since been transferred to the Northern District of Georgia where…
A New Mexico woman has filed a new Stockert 3T heater-cooler lawsuit against manufacturer Sorin Group Deutschland GmbH and the Sorin Group USA, Inc. The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota on September 8, 2017. The plaintiff claims…
When all federally-filed testosterone replacement lawsuits were consolidated in the Northern District of Illinois in 2014, District Judge Matthew Kennelly determined that AndroGel, would be the subject of the first several bellwether trials since it the most prescribed of the testosterone replacement drugs. Two AndroGel…
According to Time magazine, the death toll from hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, was at least 103, with an estimated $200 billion in damages. That makes 2017 the worst year for hurricanes since Katrina and friends (including Dennis and Rita) blew through in 2005. In…
Individuals who have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) typically suffer from symptoms like abdominal pain, cramping, bloating, and diarrhea or constipation. Viberzi (eluxadoline), a prescription drug manufactured by Allergan, was approved in 2015 to treat IBS and help people manage their symptoms. Recently, however, the FDA…
