Edison Utility Sued Over Role of Equipment in Los Angeles Fire January 13, 2025 By Jef Feeley, Mark Chediak and Malathi Nayak Edison International Inc.’s southern California utility was hit with a lawsuit blaming the energy provider’s equipment for igniting one of...
Gunmaker Sig Sauer Must Pay $11 Million Over Pistol That Fired Accidentally November 22, 2024 By Jef Feeley Gunmaker Sig Sauer Inc. was ordered by a Pennsylvania jury to pay $11 million to a customer who alleged defects...
Abbott, Reckitt Score First Victory in Baby Formula Trial November 1, 2024 By Jef Feeley Abbott Laboratories and a unit of Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc were cleared by a jury over claims they hid risks...
J&J’s $8.2 Billion Talc Settlement Faces January Court Test October 29, 2024 By Jef Feeley The fate of Johnson & Johnson’s latest push to use bankruptcy courts to end thousands of cancer lawsuits tied to...
Becton Dickinson Hernia-Mesh Settlements Will Exceed $1 Billion October 4, 2024 By Jef Feeley Becton Dickinson & Co. will pay more than $1 billion to resolve more than 38,000 lawsuits alleging medical patients suffered...
J&J Lifts Baby Powder Settlement Bid to More Than $8.2 Billion September 20, 2024 By Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson has boosted to more than $8.2 billion its offer to settle thousands of lawsuits by people who...
DraftKings Sued by MLB Players Union for Using Names, Images September 17, 2024 By Jef Feeley Sports-betting platform DraftKings Inc. has been using names and images of Major League Baseball players without permission and in violation...
J&J Eyes Texas as Venue for Next Round of Baby Powder Fight August 15, 2024 By Jef Feeley and Damian Garde Johnson & Johnson was twice blocked in New Jersey from getting bankruptcy protection from one of its units to resolve...
J&J Gets Plaintiff Backing for $6.5 Billion Baby Powder Accord August 13, 2024 By Jef Feeley and Damian Garde Johnson & Johnson has cleared a key hurdle for advancing a $6.5 billion plan to resolve thousands of lawsuits by...
Abbott Loses $500 Million Infant Formula Verdict, Lawyers Say July 29, 2024 By Robert Burnson and Jef Feeley Abbott Laboratories was ordered by a jury to pay almost $500 million over allegations that it hid the risk that...