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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

2nd Circuit Affirms Injunction Against Lawyer Who Disclosed Zyprexa MDL Documents
Posted on 12 Aug 2010 by Tom Moylan

NEW YORK - (Mealey's) The Zyprexa multidistrict litigation court properly enjoined an Alaska attorney and mental health advocate from obtaining and disseminating confidential discovery documents produced by Eli Lilly and Co., a panel of the Second... Read More

Tags: David Egilman , Second Circuit , Mealey's , Eli Lilly , personal injury , injunction , Lanier Law Firm , James B. Gottstein , drugs and devices , Litigation , multidistrict litigation , lawsuit , Zyprexa , MDL , torts

Nevada Propofol Defendants Ordered To Pay $162.5 Million In Punitive Damages
Posted on 12 Oct 2011 by Tom Moylan

LAS VEGAS - (Mealey's) Three defendants in a Nevada state court propofol/hepatitis C infection case on Oct. 10 were ordered by a jury to pay the three plaintiffs $162.5 million in punitive damages ( Richard C. Sacks v. Endoscopy Centers of Southern... Read More

Tags: McKesson Corp. , punitive damages , hepatitis C , Nevada , Propofol , Baxter Healthcare Corp. , Richard C. Sacks v. Endoscopy Centers of Southern Nevada , drugs and devices , Litigation , Teva Parenteral Medicines Inc. , anesthetic

California State Jury Awards $48.1 Million In Motrin Injury Case
Posted on 4 Oct 2011 by Tom Moylan

LOS ANGELES - (Mealey's) A California state court jury on Oct. 3 awarded $48.1 million to a 22-year-old man who says Johnson & Johnson and subsidiary McNeil Consumer Healthcare failed to warn him that the nonprescription pain and fever remedy... Read More

Tags: Christopher Trejo , TEN , Johnson , toxic epidermal necrolysis , McNeil Consumer Healthcare , Motrin , drugs and devices , Litigation , Christopher Trejo v. Johnson &amp , ibuprofen , jury award , Johnson &amp

Nevada Jury Awards $104 Million In Compensatory, Punitive Damages In Propofol Case
Posted on 13 Oct 2011 by Tom Moylan

LAS VEGAS - (Mealey's) A Nevada state court jury on Oct. 12 ordered a maker and distributor of generic propofol to pay $90 million in punitive damages in a case in which a plaintiff claimed that he was infected as a result of reusable "jumbo"... Read More

Tags: punitive damages , hepatitis C , Baxter Healthcare , Nevada , Propofol , Endoscopy Centers of Southern Nevada , compensatory damages , Scior , Michael Washington , drugs and devices , Michael Washington v. Scior , Litigation , Scior Inc. , colonoscopy , Teva , Teva Parenteral Medicine , anesthetic

Fosamax MDL Jury: Drug Wasn't Defectively Designed, Didn't Cause Jaw Injury
Posted on 3 Oct 2011 by Tom Moylan

NEW YORK - A New York federal jury hearing the fourth Fosamax bellwether trial on Oct. 3 found that Merck's osteoporosis drug was not defectively designed and did not cause a plaintiff to develop osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) ( In Re: Fosamax Products... Read More

Tags: osteonecrosis of the jaw , ONJ , Linda Secrest , Merck , drugs and devices , Litigation , osteoporosis drug , Linda Secrest v. Merck &amp , In Re: Fosamax Products Liability Litigation

Forest Pharmaceuticals Pleads Guilty, Pays $313M For Off-Label Promotion, Obstruction
Posted on 16 Sep 2010 by Tom Moylan

BOSTON - (Mealey's) Forest Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Sept. 15 pleaded guilty to three federal criminal charges, including one felony charge, and agreed to pay $313 million in criminal fines, forfeiture and civil penalties to resolve allegations stemming... Read More

Tags: False Claims Act , United States of America v. Forest Pharmaceuticals , Food and Drug Administration , Lexapro , personal injury , whistle-blower suits , Celexa , FDA , off-label , drugs and devices , Litigation , lawsuit , torts , Forest Pharmaceuticals , Levothroid , Forest Laboratories

Massachusetts Jury Awards $63 Million To Girl, Parents For Children's Motrin Injuries
Posted on 14 Feb 2013 by Tom Moylan

BROCKTON, Mass. - (Mealey's) A Massachusetts state court jury on Feb. 13 awarded $63 million to a family whose young daughter was severely injured by a reaction to Children's Motrin ( Lisa Reckis, et al. v. Johnson & Johnson, et al. , No.... Read More

Tags: Jordan Hospital , Samantha T. Reckis , Massachusetts , Children's Motrin , Johnson , toxic epidermal necrolysis , Lisa Reckis v. Johnson &amp , TENs , McNeil-PPC Inc. , drugs and devices , Litigation , amp , failure to warn , Plymouth County Superior Court , loss of consortium , jury award , Johnson &amp