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3rd Levaquin MDL Bellwether Trial Ends With 3rd Verdict For Johnson & Johnson
Posted on 27 Jan 2012 by Tom Moylan

MINNEAPOLIS - (Mealey's) The third Levaquin multidistrict litigation tendon rupture trial ended Jan. 26 with a defense verdict, defendant Johnson & Johnson's third compared to one plaintiff victory ( Clifford Straka v. Johnson & Johnson... Read More

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2nd Levaquin/Tendon Rupture MDL Trial Ends In Defense Verdict
Posted on 20 Jun 2011 by Tom Moylan

MINNEAPOLIS -- The second trial in the Levaquin antibiotic multidistrict litigation ended in a defense verdict June 17 when a jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota found that defendant Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc.... Read More

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Jury Awards $1.8 Million To Plaintiff In First Levaquin MDL Bellwether Trial
Posted on 9 Dec 2010 by Tom Moylan

MINNEAPOLIS - (Mealey's) A Minnesota federal jury on Dec. 8 awarded a plaintiff in the first Levaquin multidistrict litigation bellwether trial a total of $1,815,000 in compensatory and punitive damages after finding that manufacturer Ortho-McNeil... Read More

Tags: punitive damages , Minnesota Consumer Fraud Act , personal injury , Levaquin , product liability , fluoroquinolone , compensatory damages , Trial , FDA , Litigation , multidistrict litigation , lawsuit , antibiotic , Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals , In Re: Levaquin Products Liability Litigation , John Schedin , torts , Johnson & Johnson