A federal judge in the U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky Louisville Division has dismissed a lawsuit against Abbott and St. Jude Medical. District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings granted the Abbott and St. Jude motion to dismiss a case brought forward by plaintiff Nathan Jackson. Jackson sued Abbott and St. Jude in August 2023, […]
Product Liability
Philips gets judge’s OK to settle Respironics recall economic losses
Philips will pay at least $613 million to settle economic lawsuits related to its recall of millions of CPAPs and other respiratory devices. U.S. District Court Judge Joy Flowers Conti, who has been overseeing the multidistrict litigation out of her court in Western Pennsylvania, approved the final settlement yesterday. “The amount of value created and […]
Medtronic may face jury trial in spine implants case
A nearly decade-old whistleblower suit against Medtronic — involving FDA clearance of spine fusion devices — is moving forward. In an order dated Feb. 16, U.S. District Court Judge John Kronstadt in Central California denied Medtronic’s motion for summary judgment in the case filed by The Dan Abrams Co. LLC. The LLC’s sole employee, Bryan […]
BD inks $85M settlement over Alaris defect disclosure claims
BD announced that it filed settlement documents for an $85 million agreement to resolve claims regarding its Alaris infusion pump technology. The Alaris system has been much maligned over the past few years. Its troubles date back to a Class I recall in early 2020. The recall, which centered around multiple system errors, software errors, […]
Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon settles more Physiomesh suits
Johnson & Johnson has settled more than 200 cases remaining in a multi-district litigation over hernia mesh made by its Ethicon subsidiary. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Story in Northern Georgia on Dec. 1 agreed to dismiss the cases with prejudice at the request of lawyers for both sides. The lawyers had informed him that […]
Judge grants preliminary approval to Philips class action settlement
A federal judge in Pennsylvania has granted preliminary approval to an economic loss settlement involving lawsuits filed against Philips over its massive recall of CPAPs and other respiratory devices. U.S. District Court Judge Joy Flowers Conti’s order, filed yesterday, could just be the beginning of settling what has arguably been one of the medical device […]
The Philips CPAP recall settlement could be just be the start
Philips is set to pay at least $479 million to settle claims related to its ongoing Respironics recall. It could just be the beginning of settling what has arguably been one of the medical device industry’s most serious recalls in recent decades. (Here is a full timeline of the Philips recall.) Subject to approval in […]
Philips reaches settlement in class-action lawsuit over sleep apnea machine recall
Philips announced today that it reached a class-action settlement on economic loss claims related to its ongoing Respironics recall. The agreement resolves all economic loss claims in the U.S. multidistrict litigation (MDL) related to the voluntary recall. Philips expects to submit the settlement to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania later […]
3M announces $6 billion earplugs settlement
3M today announced that it will pay $6 billion in cash and stock for the rest of the decade to resolve hundreds of thousands of veterans lawsuits over faulty earplugs. Bloomberg News and The Wall Street Journal previously reported that 3M was close to reaching a settlement. The agreement with negotiating plaintiffs’ attorneys has the […]
3M is reportedly close to reaching an earplugs lawsuit settlement
3M is nearing a settlement with attorneys representing hundreds of thousands of veterans who say the company’s earplugs failed to protect them from hearing loss, according to media reports citing people close to the discussions. Bloomberg News and The Wall Street Journal say the manufacturing giant would pay $5.5 billion under the tentative deal. Experts […]
Court rejects Johnson & Johnson bankruptcy gambit over talc suits
A U.S. bankruptcy judge in New Jersey has dismissed a Johnson & Johnson-created company’s bankruptcy filing to resolve talc-related lawsuits. Judge Michael Kaplan’s ruling on July 28 was similar to a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruling months ago, which failed to find immediate financial distress over the lawsuits. As recounted in […]
