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Dec 4, 2024 | 
consumernotice.org | Christian Simmons |Emily Miller
Lawsuits involving Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder and its possible ties to ovarian cancer are set to remain paused for several more months. Bloomberg reported that Judge Christopher Lopez is keeping a stay on active litigation in place into March. Lopez is overseeing the bankruptcy case of Red River Talc, a J&J subsidiary. J&J formed this subsidiary to help resolve an $8 billion settlement of thousands of talcum powder lawsuits.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
consumernotice.org | Christian Simmons |Emily Miller
Two major PFAS lawsuit settlements are now set to move forward. Federal Judge Richard Gergel gave the final approval on Friday for a $750 million settlement involving Tyco Fire Products and a $316.5 million settlement involving BASF Corporation, determining that both payouts were “fair, reasonable, and adequate.”Both settlements will resolve claims of contamination involving per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as forever chemicals.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
consumernotice.org | Christian Simmons |Emily Miller
Roundup lawsuits continue to go to trial in Pennsylvania court, with recent wins for both sides. Monsanto won the latest trial, which ended last week. In that case, a woman had blamed her non-Hodgkin lymphoma on the weed killer after using it for several years before her diagnosis. That trial marked the 15th win in the last 22 trials for Bayer, which acquired Monsanto in 2018, but it has been far from a perfect run for the company.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
consumernotice.org | Christian Simmons |Emily Miller
The latest Roundup lawsuit to go to trial has ended in a victory for the defendants, as mixed results continue in the litigation. According to Law.com, plaintiff Judith Womack developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma after using Roundup regularly for several years. She blamed the development of her cancer on her exposure to the weed killer. For years, Roundup has been tied to the development of cancer. But a Philadelphia jury on Friday sided with Monsanto, the company behind Roundup.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
consumernotice.org | Christian Simmons |Emily Miller
Within months of being pulled from the market and halting clinical trials, Oxbryta, a sickle cell treatment drug, is now facing a lawsuit. The case, which was filed in California, claims that the makers of the drug failed to warn about serious adverse health effects tied to its use. Tirrell Allen, the plaintiff in the lawsuit, started taking Oxbryta in August after dealing with sickle cell for most of his life.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
consumernotice.org | Christian Simmons |Emily Miller
New bellwether trial dates have been selected in the Paragard multidistrict litigation after the court had initially set the first trial to begin sometime last month. The two bellwether trials, which will play a key role in determining the direction of thousands of Paragard lawsuits, will begin on Dec. 1, 2025 and Feb. 2, 2026. The court noted that those dates are pending the availability of the defendants’ counsel.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
consumernotice.org | Christian Simmons |Emily Miller
Momentum may have shifted for hundreds of pending baby formula lawsuits after defendants notched their first trial win in the ongoing litigation last week. Baby formula manufacturers Abbott Laboratories and Mead Johnson prevailed in a case against the mother of a child who developed necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). In this case, she claimed that the companies failed to warn of the risks associated with feeding cow’s milk formula to premature infants.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
consumernotice.org | Christian Simmons |Emily Miller
A significant amount of the ongoing hernia mesh lawsuits may soon be coming to a close. Becton Dickinson announced on Wednesday that it has agreed to a settlement that will resolve the “vast majority” of active hernia lawsuits against the company and its subsidiary C.R. Bard. This means that much of the federal litigation based in an Ohio MDL may be settled, along with cases in consolidated litigation in Rhode Island.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
consumernotice.org | Christian Simmons |Emily Miller
California has ordered a review of paraquat, meaning that the pesticide could have its registration suspended in this key agricultural state in the coming years. Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law last week that sets a January 2029 deadline for the California Department of Pesticide Regulation to reevaluate paraquat. According to the Fresno Bee, the CDPR will decide at that time to either maintain, suspend or cancel paraquat’s registration.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
consumernotice.org | Christian Simmons |Emily Miller
A judge has denied a motion to dismiss a class action suit against the makers of some hair relaxer products, setting the stage for the lawsuit to move forward. Judge Mary Rowland, overseeing the over 8,000 hair relaxer lawsuits pending in multidistrict litigation, did dismiss some components of the class action. However, she allowed most of it to proceed. According to court documents that were filed on Sep.
