Transvaginal Mesh Sales Halted The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered makers of transvaginal surgical mesh implants to immediately stop the distribution and sale of the products in the United States. The FDA said that Boston Scientific and Coloplast,...
By Leah M. McMorris, Esq. Published April 1, 2019 Service members in the U.S. military may have been exposed to excessive noise while using 3M Combat Earplugs. From 2003 until 2015, 3M Company had the exclusive U.S. military contract to supply millions of pairs of...
By David C. Strouss, Esq. 2021 UPDATE: The 9th Circuit upheld the award of $25 million in damages to Plaintiff Edward Hardeman, ruling against Monsanto's appeal of the award of punitive damages. UPDATE: Trial Judge Vince Chhabria reduced the jury award of punitive...
By Leah M. McMorris Posted on March 19, 2019 A California jury awarded $29 million to a woman dying from mesothelioma cancer in her lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, attributing her development of the asbestos-linked cancer to her use of J&J baby powder....
Thornton Law Firm is a proud corporate sponsor of the Cristo Rey High School Work-Study Program. Loren, a junior at Cristo Rey in Boston, is in her second year interning with us. Legal Assistant Mary Collins, a long-term Thornton Law Firm employee, trains, works with, and mentors Loren closely.
By: Patricia M. Flannery, Esq. Published January 7, 2019 Every year for the holiday season Thornton Law Firm proudly supports the Heading Home nonprofit. Our staff and lawyers buy and wrap presents to the residents Heading Home serves in shelters, transitional, and...
By: Marilyn McGoldrick, Esq. Published December 17, 2018 Johnson & Johnson documents confirm they knew since at least 1971 that their talc powders contained asbestos A new report by Reuters makes public the fact that cosmetics giant Johnson & Johnson knew...
By: Patricia M. Flannery, Esq. Published on December 27, 2018 Thornton Law Firm, LLP, Massachusetts’s leading plaintiff’s injury law firm, announced today that partners Michael P. Thornton, David J. McMorris, and Andrew S. Wainwright were named Super Lawyers by...
By: Marilyn McGoldrick, Esq. November 21, 2018 Stryker Femoral Heads Confidential Settlement A settlement was announced this month in the Stryker MDL litigation. The settlement covers individuals with cases in the federal court litigation and cases filed in New...
By: Marilyn McGoldrick, Esq. Gas Explosions and Fires Devastate Our Neighbors in Lawrence, Andover and North Andover Over-pressured gas lines serviced by Columbia Gas Company burst and caused explosions and fires over a wide swath of Lawrence, Andover and North...
Twenty-two women who had ovarian cancer were awarded a total of $4.2 billion dollars in their claims against Johnson & Johnson. All the cancer-stricken women had used Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder and Shower-to-Shower talcum powder for many years. This is by far the largest verdict against Johnson & Johnson in a talc cancer case to date. The Missouri state court jury awarded a total of $550 million in compensatory damages to the women, and added a punitive damage award of $4.14 billion dollars. It is the largest verdict in a jury trial in the United States in 2018.
Five plaintiffs were awarded a total of $502 million dollars in the 2nd test (bellwether) case to go to trial against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) relating to its Depuy Pinnacle hip implants, in January of 2016, J&J appealed the verdict, which the trial judge reduced to $151 million dollars. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral argument on December 7, 2017, and issued their opinion in April 2018. The Fifth Circuit overturned the entire verdict and remanded the case back to the Northern District of Texas and Judge Ed Kinkeade for a new trial.
