Posted by Marilyn McGoldrick on Dec 1, 2014 12:32:05 PM A jury in West Virginia has awarded $18.5 million to four women who suffered painful complications after receiving Boston Scientific’s Obtryx vaginal mesh slings. The verdict included an award of $4 million...
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From U.S.S. Constitution To U.S.S. Bainbridge – Boston’s Naval History
Posted by Michael Lesser on Nov 26, 2014 10:20:06 AM Patrick O’Brian’s The Fortune of War finds its heroes, Captain Jack Aubrey and naval surgeon Stephen Maturin, aboard the H.M.S. Java as passengers, thrust into a ferocious, bloody, and ultimately decisive...
Consumer Class Actions Filed Against Airbag Maker Takata Corporation
By Patricia M. Flannery, Esq. Posted on Nov 21, 2014 The first class actions have been filed against airbag maker Takata Corporation after consumers learned that the propellants used in Takata airbags caused the airbags to explode and spew shrapnel inside cars rather...
$26.7 Million Verdict In First Boston Scientific Vaginal Mesh Trial
Posted by Marilyn McGoldrick on Nov 17, 2014 12:37:28 PM Four women were awarded $26.7 million in compensatory damages in the first federal bellwether trial over Boston Scientific Corp.'s Pinnacle transvaginal mesh implants. The jury ruled that the mesh implants were...
Billion Dollar Stryker Rejuvenate And ABG II Hip Implant Settlement
By Marilyn T. McGoldrick, Esq. Posted on Nov 3, 2014 A global settlement valued at over $1 billion dollars with the manufacturer of the Stryker Rejuvenate and ABG II hip implants, Homedica Osteonics Corp. (also known as Stryker Orthopaedics), has been announced...
Xarelto Anticoagulant May Be Next Nationwide MultiDistrict Litigation
Thornton Law Firm is no longer accepting new Xarelto cases. By Marilyn T. McGoldrick, Esq. Posted on Oct 30, 2014 The Judicial Panel on MultiDistrict Litigation has been asked to certify a new MultiDistrict Litigation for the plaintiffs alleging injuries and...
Bard Agrees to Settle Over 500 Vaginal Mesh Lawsuits for $21 Million
Posted by Marilyn McGoldrick on Oct 9, 2014 8:46:00 AM Transvaginal mesh manufacturer C.R. Bard reportedly will settle over 500 of its pending vaginal mesh lawsuits for over $21 million dollars, according to Bloomberg News, which cited anonymous sources "familiar with...
$2 Million Dollar Verdict For Actos User with Bladder Cancer
Posted by Marilyn McGoldrick on Oct 7, 2014 1:09:00 PM On Friday a state court jury awarded 79-year old Frances Wisniewski $2,050,000 in compensatory damages in her lawsuit against Takeda Pharmaceuticals for her development of bladder cancer after taking...
Settlement: Child’s Birth Defects Caused By Semiconductor Chemicals
By David C. Strouss, Esq. Posted on Sep 26, 2014 Thornton Law Firm and co-counsel recently settled a lawsuit on behalf of a child with serious birth defects whose mother was exposed to toxic substances during pregnancy while working in the semiconductor chip...
Texas Jury Awards Woman Injured By Mesh Implant $73.5 Million
Posted by Marilyn McGoldrick on Sep 12, 2014 4:18:00 PM Taking only one day to deliberate after hearing evidence, a Dallas jury has awarded a 42-year old woman more than $70 million ($23.5 million in compensatory and $50 million in punitive) in damages related to her...
Asbestos Coverup Fraud Charges Reinstated Against BASF And Lawyers
By Andrew S. Wainwright, Esq. Posted on Sep 8, 2014 Drywall Many people are not aware that for many years, the talc they were exposed to may have contained asbestos. Asbestos-containing talc was incorporated in many commercial and home construction...
Verdict: $3.27 Million Dollars Against Ethicon In Bellwether TVM Trial
Posted by Marilyn McGoldrick on Sep 5, 2014 4:30:00 PM A federal court jury in West Virginia has awarded plaintiff Jo Huskey and her husband $3.27 million dollars from Johnson & Johnson's Ethicon unit in the second bellwether transvaginal mesh trial. In 2011,...