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Philips Settles CPAP Lawsuit for $1.1 Billion

The 2021 recall of millions of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines led to consumer lawsuits that were condensed into a class action. The sleep apnea machine maker Philips agreed to a $1.1 billion settlement for injuries that users and...

Hair Relaxer MDL Lead Counsel Challenge Common-Benefit Order

A district judge who recently excluded state court cases from sharing in a common-benefit assessment for multi-district litigation (MDL) involving damage from using hair relaxer products was challenged on that ruling by MDL’s lead counsel. A common benefit fund is...

Lawyers for Camp Lejeune Victims Push to Allow Jury Trials

Attorneys for Camp Lejeune contaminated water victims are pleading foul against the government for attempting to ban jury trials that the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 presumably grants so injured parties can be heard by juries. Lawyers in a...

Judge Deals a Blow to Lawsuits Claiming Tylenol/Autism Connection

The judge in the consolidated multidistrict litigation, which claims painkiller Tylenol can cause autism in children if their mothers take it during pregnancy, dealt plaintiffs a potentially fatal blow by barring their expert witness testimony in a December 18 hearing...

Washington Hip Implant Claims Have Been Consolidated Into One Case

A Washington State judge ruled for plaintiffs in defective hip implant litigation by consolidating their cases into a single case in King County Superior Court. The defendant, Depuy Orthopedics, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, had argued the cases were...

Covidien Hernia Mesh MDL Case is About to Get its Leadership Team

A leadership team is about to be appointed to move hernia mesh lawsuits through federal pretrial proceedings and discovery, while taking actions that will benefit each of the approximately 600 (and growing) plaintiffs. The leadership plan was proposed by Covidien...

Camp Lejeune Lawsuits Slowing Down and Becoming Wrongful Death Claims

Eddie Peterson is just one Marine veteran waiting for his day in court after being exposed to toxic drinking water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in the 1970s and contracting Parkinson’s disease. More than 93,000 other veterans, family members,...

9/11 Notice Act Could See Employers Notifying Former Employees of Toxic Exposure and Benefits

Legislators want to ensure New York City civilian employees exposed to toxins during the World Trade Center terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 know about the benefits they are entitled to, after the state Assembly and Senate unanimously passed a...

Forever Chemicals Found in Half of U.S. Tap Water

A recently completed government survey has found almost half of U.S. tap water is contaminated with cancer-causing ‘forever chemicals,’ named because the man-made toxins do not break down in nature or the human body, and accumulate over time. The U.S....

San Francisco School District Sues Altria Over Teen Vaping, Settlement Soon Follows

Weeks after San Francisco school district lawyers in federal court accused Altria Group Inc. (MO.N) of hooking a new generation of young people with its vaping products, Altria announced a settlement. On May 10, 2023, Altria agreed to pay $235...