541 ABA Journal Product Liability Law articles.
Johnson & Johnson and subsidiary to pay $117M settlement in multistate pelvic mesh case
Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Ethicon have agreed to pay nearly $117 million to settle…
Oct 18, 2019 4:11 PM CDT
Arrests for low-level crimes plummet in some cities and states
In some cities and states, arrests are plummeting for minor crimes such as disorderly conduct, loitering, prostitution and driving violations.…
Oct 10, 2019 4:07 PM CDT
Sep 25, 2019 12:40 PM CDT
Texas corrections chief testifies after judge threatens to lock up officials in hot prisons
Texas Department of Criminal Justice Executive Director Bryan Collier acknowledged in court Tuesday that the agency…
Sep 12, 2019 4:57 PM CDT
A New Jersey judge struck a BigLaw attorney’s closing argument for Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday in a case alleging asbestos in the company’s talcum powder caused mesothelioma in the…
Sep 5, 2019 12:25 PM CDT
Shooter of unarmed black man found guilty of manslaughter; sheriff hadn’t charged him
Michael Drejka’s self-defense argument didn’t succeed when Florida jurors convicted him of manslaughter Friday for fatally shooting…
Aug 26, 2019 4:17 PM CDT
• For the second time in two weeks, a judge in California has reduced a verdict against the maker of Roundup weed killer in a suit by cancer victims. Judge…
Jul 26, 2019 5:02 PM CDT
• The U.S. House voted Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over documents on now-scuttled plans…
Jul 18, 2019 4:05 PM CDT
• Even though the Association of Trial Lawyers of America changed its name to the American Association for Justice in 2006, the Washington, D.C.-based bar association is suing the California-based…
Jul 3, 2019 4:27 PM CDT
Some songs or albums move the law. A band or artist will be involved in a lawsuit so groundbreaking and important that it will set a precedent, either enshrined in law or otherwise binding future generations.
Jul 1, 2019 12:05 AM CDT
The U.S. Supreme Court has left intact a federal appeals court ruling against the widow of a Reed Smith partner who blamed antidepressant labeling for her husband’s suicide.
The 7th…
May 28, 2019 1:16 PM CDT
U.S. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Ruth Bader Ginsburg dissented Monday when the high court refused to hear the case of a man whose wife died at a naval…
May 20, 2019 10:18 AM CDT
May 14, 2019 8:55 AM CDT
Federal jurors in San Francisco found Tuesday that Roundup was a substantial factor in causing the cancer of a California man who used the weed killer to kill poison oak…
Mar 20, 2019 9:25 AM CDT
A San Francisco judge has slashed a punitive damages verdict by about $211 million in a lawsuit claiming the weed killer Roundup caused a groundskeeper’s cancer.
Judge Suzanne Ramos Bolanos…
Oct 23, 2018 12:53 PM CDT
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