On June 16, 2022, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) issued a notice of hearing session. The hearing will take place on July 28, 2022. The panel will hear arguments concerning various potential litigations that day, including arguments for and against the potential…
On June 14, 2022, a group of plaintiffs filed a motion with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) to consolidate all Exactech joint replacement lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The plaintiffs claim that each of…
According to a new order signed by paraquat MDL Judge Rosenstengel, the date of the first paraquat trial has been delayed. Previously, the first trial was expected to begin on November 15, 2022. But because of a growing number of new cases joining the litigation…
On June 11, 2022, a New York couple filed a new Exactech lawsuit against the makers of the Exactech Optetrak Total Knee System. Doctors implanted the system into one of the plaintiffs, and he claims that he later suffered from serious injuries. He seeks compensatory…
On June 2, 2022, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) urged consumers to immediately stop using Mobility Transfer Systems adult portable bed rails. “These products can create an entrapment hazard and pose a risk of serious injury or death to users,” the CPSC wrote. This…
A new study published in the JAMA Network Open reports that gestational age can greatly affect outcomes related to necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a dangerous gastrointestinal infection. Other research has connected the use of cow’s milk formula in premature infants with a greater risk of NEC.…
A California mom recently filed a new baby food lawsuit against Nurture, Inc. and Gerber Products Company on behalf of her son. She claims that the manufacturers knowingly sold baby food that contained dangerous levels of toxic heavy metals like mercury, lead, and arsenic, which…
Following a months-long shortage of infant formula caused in part by the shut-down of the Abbott Laboratories facility in Sturgis, Michigan, Abbott has now resumed operations at that facility. The hope is that this move will soon result in the shelves being restocked with the…
The U.S. Senate passed The Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 in late June, with bipartisan support. The legislation was included in the “Honoring Our PACT Act” and was expected to be signed into law by now, but procedural issues delayed a planned vote. Now,…
A New York couple has filed a new Exactech lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. They claim that after one of them was implanted with the Exactech Optetrak Comprehensive Total Knee System, he suffered from serious injuries. He…
Back in 2019, New York legislators passed the Child Victims Act. It gave victims of child sexual abuse a one-year window to file civil lawsuits seeking compensation for the abuse they suffered, regardless of when the abuse took place. The deadline was later extended by…
A Louisiana woman recently filed a new Exactech knee lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. She claims that after being implanted with the Exactech Optetrak Total Knee Replacement System, she suffered from serious injuries. Exactech Knee Fails in Two…
