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 About 1,150 Whill Model Ci personal electric wheelchairs have been recalled due to a problem with the mobility device’s control pad. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the motorized vehicles can suddenly accelerate or decelerate and the...

Fifty-five injuries and one death have been attributed to Becton Dickinson Alaris infusion pumps, prompting a swift recall of eight different pump systems and their modules from thousands of hospitals and other healthcare facilities that use the pumps. In total,...

As expected, Johnson & Johnson has filed an appeal with the Missouri Supreme Court asking it to throw out a $2.1 billion ruling awarded to 22 women who suffered ovarian cancer after years of using Johnson’s Baby Powder and Shower...

As we explained last month, Bayer/Monsanto has come to the table with a less-than-fair settlement offer that would leave thousands of victims with less than $10,000 to compensate them for what has often been hundreds of thousands of dollars in...

The mining company that exclusively supplied Johnson & Johnson with talc for decades is in the middle of ongoing bankruptcy proceedings that will ultimately result in payouts for more-than 25,000 plaintiffs who suffered ovarian cancer or mesothelioma related to use...

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation has agreed to pay more than $642 million to settle two separate claims brought by the U.S. Department of Justice that the company violated the False Claims Act. According to the lawsuits filed against the pharmacy giant,...

U.S. District Court Judge M. Casey Rodgers made the first substantial ruling in thousands of cases filed against 3M for hearing damage caused by faulty earplugs. In her decision, issued Friday, July 24, Judge Rodgers found that 3M cannot use...

When coronavirus arrived in the United States in March, effects of the lockdown crippled both the public and private sectors. The nation’s court system was no exception, as in-person hearings and jury trials were halted across the country. Civil and...

As COVID-19 continues to impact in-person court action, bellwether trials for mass torts and other civil court cases will likely be postponed. These continuations include a bellwether trial previously slated to be heard next winter, in January 2022, against Gilead...

About 5,400 Modavari Forrest Live Edge Benches sold at Fred Meyer and Smith’s Marketplace stores have been recalled after two injuries were reported due to the benches’ instability.  The benches, which were imported from India by Furniture Connexion, Inc. of...