A Northern District of California judge dismissed a products liability lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Pharmaceuticals, ruling that plaintiffs failed to plead when their mother was exposed to Risperdal or discovered her cancer, leaving cla...
The estate of Samya Stumo has secured a verdict against Boeing in the consolidated litigation.
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that federal law does not shield freight brokers from state lawsuits claiming they negligently hired dangerous motor carriers, resolving a circuit split.
A federal judge in Kansas ruled that the Kansas Products Liability Act’s latent disease exception does not apply to toxic emissions, allowing most claims in a class action against a chemical plant to proceed, while dismissing the claims of three named plain...
A federal judge in the Eastern District of Louisiana dismissed with prejudice the claims of 11 plaintiffs in the Taxotere multidistrict litigation after finding they failed to voluntarily withdraw their cases despite receiving settlement funds.
A federal judge in Chicago allowed a pediatric epidemiologist to testify in a bellwether trial alleging Mead Johnson’s formula caused necrotizing enterocolitis in a premature infant, ruling the expert’s opinion fits the case facts.
A senior living facility providing specialized care for disabled residents qualifies as a public accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act, allowing key disability claims to proceed despite a statute of limitations bar for one plaintiff, a fed...
A federal judge in New Jersey dismissed with prejudice unjust enrichment claims brought by Albany County pricing multidistrict litigation, while denying a motion for reconsideration filed by self-funded payors.
A federal judge signed off on a three-class settlement resolving property and medical monitoring claims against DuPont, with more than 4,000 claims filed and zero objections from class members.
A federal magistrate judge ordered the automaker to turn over thousands of dealer repair records it had withheld in a putative class action alleging spontaneous tire blowouts.
A pilot's family argued that routine edits to a Bell helicopter's preflight checklist reset federal aviation law's repose period — a theory every court to consider it has rejected.
A Delaware federal court denied plaintiffs' motion to exclude a defense reproductive-medicine expert in consolidated litigation alleging that occupational exposure to the pesticide DBCP caused male infertility, while reserving relevance and Rule 403 challen...
A Southern District of California judge has issued an order following a Ninth Circuit remand in Lessin v. Ford Motor Company, directing the parties to address critical Rule 23(b)(3) predominance issues regarding latent defects and fraud-based claim...
A federal judge in Louisiana granted summary judgment to an insurer but denied it for a product manufacturer in a single-plaintiff asbestos case involving alleged take-home exposure to a shipyard worker’s wife, drawing a sharp distinction between the specif...
A Northern District of California judge dismissed nearly all claims in a putative class action against Canyon Bicycles over a fire hazard recall and "German engineered" marketing claims, but allowed the breach of implied warranty of merchantability claim to...
A federal magistrate judge denied plaintiffs' request to reopen discovery in a product liability case alleging their child was injured by contaminated Abbott formula, while ordering the manufacturer to produce one specific FDA inspection response.
A federal judge in Washington held that a paraplegic woman's claim that her 2023 Volkswagen Tiguan's seat heater was defectively designed may go to trial, while dismissing her failure-to-warn claim and partially excluding her expert's testimony.
A federal judge in Tacoma held that a paraplegic passenger's design-defect claim against Volkswagen Group of America can go to trial after she suffered second-degree burns from a 2023 Tiguan's heated seat, while granting summary judgment on her failure-to-w...