In February 2023, the court was considering final pretrial motions for the upcoming June 2023 trial. Additionally, two other significant lawsuits were scheduled to go to trial later in the [...]
A major development occurred when U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone set the date for the first trial in the Injectafer litigation, scheduled to begin on June 5, 2023. While the [...]
As lawsuits against Injectafer continued to move forward in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, many plaintiffs claimed that the drug manufacturer failed to warn about the risks associated with the [...]
A study published in August 2019 lent support to the growing number of lawsuits against Injectafer, confirming that the drug can cause hypophosphatemia (HPP), a condition in which phosphorus levels [...]
A Chicago Roundup trial ended in a mistrial after the defense introduced an irrelevant and prejudicial reference to a past alcohol-related criminal charge against the plaintiff during cross-examination. The judge [...]
In the Womack trial held in Philadelphia, Monsanto secured a victory against claims related to Roundup exposure. Despite being represented by experienced plaintiffs’ attorneys and following a previous $78 million [...]
The Roundup multidistrict litigation (MDL) saw six new cases added in October 2024, bringing the total number of pending cases to 4,355. This relatively small increase reflects the ongoing but [...]
A Massachusetts state court ruled that federal law preempts a plaintiff’s claims that Monsanto failed to warn about the dangers of Roundup, delivering a setback for the plaintiff. While the [...]
On November 8, 2024, the federal court handling PFAS multidistrict litigation (MDL) approved the addition of two more cases: Town of Dundee, Florida v. AGC Chemicals Americas, Inc. and Henson [...]
The PFAS multidistrict litigation against major manufacturers, including 3M and AGC Chemicals, continues to grow. On October 29, 2024, seven significant cases were transferred from state courts to the federal [...]
