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So far, there are more than one hundred lawsuits concerning transvaginal surgical mesh filed in various state courts around the country and now three separate but related motions have been filed to consolidate those cases before a judge in the Southern District of West Virginia. Plaintiffs from 83 different cases are suing American Medical Systems, 41 cases are suing Ethicon, and 30 cases are suing Boston Scientifi [...]

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In a positive sign for plaintiffs’ lawyers and their clients involved in litigation against Toyota over problems regarding sudden acceleration, a Federal judge in California has tentatively decided not to dismiss the first of hundreds of lawsuits. Over 14 million vehicles were recalled by Toyota due to acceleration problems in several models together with brake defects. Toyota has maintained that the problems wer [...]

A recent article in The Legal Intelligencer discusses an annual court study which reveals that a 44% drop in the amount of medical malpractice filings has occurred. This decline is attributed to reform procedures initiated by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 2003. The article mentions that PA medical malpractice cases must be filed in counties where the alleged malpractice and subsequent patient harm occurred. In [...]

The Ford Motor Co. has settled a lawsuit filed by residents of a northern New Jersey town over toxic waste dumped there nearly 40 years ago. According to an article, the settlement was announced in state Superior Court. The residents of Ringwood, about 25 miles northeast of New York City, will receive about $10 million. An attorney for the Plaintiffs alleged that they had been injured by exposure to toxic chemical [...]