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First New Jersey Levaquin Tendon Injury Trial Ends With Defense Verdict
Posted on 14 Oct 2011 by Tom Moylan

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - (Mealey's) The first trial in New Jersey's Levaquin mass tort litigation ended Oct. 14 with a defense verdict for Johnson & Johnson and subsidiary Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. ( Paul Gaffney v. Johnson &... Read More

Tags: black box warning , Paul Gaffney v. Johnson &amp , Beare , tendonitis , Johnson , Levaquin , fluoroquinolone , New Jersey , tendon rupture , Atlantic County Superior Court , drugs and devices , Litigation , antibiotic , Gaffney , Robert and Judith Beare v. Johnson &amp , Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals , mass tort , Johnson &amp

New Jersey Accutane Judge Denies Defendant Roche's Motion To Recuse For Bias
Posted on 14 Feb 2013 by Tom Moylan

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - (Mealey's) The judge overseeing New Jersey's Accutane litigation on Feb. 13 denied a motion by defendant Hoffman-La Roche Inc. to recuse, refuting allegations that she is biased in favor of plaintiffs and stating that in... Read More

Tags: Seeger Weiss , DRI , Judge Carol E. Higbee , Hoffman-La Roche , In Re Accutane Litigation , Defense Research Institute , David Buchanan , Accutane , Atlantic County Superior Court , drugs and devices , Litigation

New Jersey Jury Awards $3.35 Million, Weighs Punitives In State's 1st Pelvic Mesh Trial
Posted on 26 Feb 2013 by Tom Moylan

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - (Mealey's) A New Jersey court on Feb. 26 is hearing evidence for a punitive damages verdict in the state's first pelvic mesh bellwether trial, a day after returning a $3.35 million compensatory verdict for a woman who claims... Read More

Tags: punitive damages , Linda Gross v. Ethicon , Linda Gross , pelvic mesh , Johnson , Gynecare Prolift pelvic mesh sling , Atlantic County Superior Court , Litigation , In Re Pelvic Mesh / Gynecare Litigation , verdict , Johnson &amp , drugs and medical devices , Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc.

Jury Awards $7.76 Million In Punitive Damages In New Jersey's 1st Pelvic Mesh Trial
Posted on 28 Feb 2013 by Tom Moylan

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - (Mealey's) A New Jersey court on Feb. 28 ordered the Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc. subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson to pay $7.76 million in punitive damages to a woman who claims to have debilitating injuries from a Gynecare Prolift... Read More

Tags: punitive damages , Linda Gross v. Ethicon , Linda Gross , pelvic mesh , Gynecare Prolift pelvic mesh sling , Atlantic County Superior Court , Litigation , In Re Pelvic Mesh / Gynecare Litigation , verdict , Johnson & Johnson , drugs and medical devices , Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc.