Lawyers Say St. Jude’s Lawsuit Against Short-Seller Faces Steep Climb September 8, 2016 By Jessica Dye and Jim Finkle St. Jude Medical will face an uphill battle in its corporate defamation lawsuit over a short-seller’s report that said the...
GM Ignition-Switch Lawsuit Dismissed by Texas Judge August 16, 2016 By Jessica Dye A Texas judge has thrown out a lawsuit against General Motors from a woman who blamed a 2012 car crash...
How Tesla Liability in AutoPilot Crash Could Turn on Data Collected by Car July 21, 2016 By Jessica Dye The large volume of data Tesla Motors Inc. collects from its cars on the road has armed it with information...
Court Removes GM Bankruptcy Shield on Ignition Switch Claims July 14, 2016 By Jessica Dye General Motors’ 2009 bankruptcy does not shield it from lawsuits over a deadly ignition-switch defect that led to criminal charges...
DuPont Ordered to Pay $5.1M in Suit over Teflon-Related Chemical July 8, 2016 By Jessica Dye A U.S. jury has ordered DuPont to pay $5.1 million to a man who said he developed testicular cancer from...
Citing Texas Cap, Judge Reduces Johnson & Johnson $500M Implant Verdict July 7, 2016 By Jessica Dye A U.S. judge has slashed a $500 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy unit over allegedly defective...
Johnson & Johnson Gets Sued by California over Marketing for Pelvic Mesh May 26, 2016 By Jessica Dye California has accused Johnson & Johnson of failing to warn doctors and patients about the severity and frequency of complications...
Pelvic Mesh Maker Alleges Doctors, Lawyers, Litigation Funders Schemed to Inflate Damage Claims May 23, 2016 By Alison Frankel and Jessica Dye American Medical Systems, a major defendant in litigation over controversial vaginal mesh devices, is accusing “a pyramid of businessmen, doctors...
Ignition Switch Plaintiffs Ask Court to Toss GM Liability Shield Gained in Bankruptcy March 16, 2016 By Jessica Dye Attorneys for customers suing General Motors Co. over faulty ignition switches urged a U.S. appeals court on Tuesday to throw...
Attorney Moves to Undo GM Ignition Switch Settlement February 3, 2016 By Jessica Dye General Motors Co. has asked a judge to reject efforts by a lawyer who first publicly exposed a faulty ignition...