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...
From Baby Powder to Implants: J&J’s Biggest Legal Liabilities As It Prepares to Split November 15, 2021 By Nate Raymond Johnson & Johnson on Friday said it would split into two companies , hiving off its consumer health division that...
How Lawyers, Not Plaintiffs, Wind Up the Winners in Mass Tort Lawsuits July 11, 2019 Brooke Melton died on her 29th birthday. Her Chevy randomly shut off in the middle of the highway a little...
Australian Women File Class Action Suit Against J&J over Pelvic Mesh Implants July 5, 2017 By Ben Cooper Australian women have brought a class-action case against Johnson & Johnson over complications arising from vaginal mesh implants – a...
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...
Business Lobbies Seek Probe of Medical Funding Industry August 27, 2015 By Alison Frankel and Jessica Dye Two business lobbying groups this week called on the Consumer Financial Protection Board to investigate the medical funding industry after...