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Judge Dismisses Woman's Competition Law Claims Involving Levaquin
SAN DIEGO - A woman's California unfair competition law (UCL) claim involving the alleged failure to disclose the dangers of the antibiotic Levaquin lack sufficient allegations linking her injuries to...
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Remand Of Drug Expiration Class Action Stayed Pending Appeal To 8th Circuit
ST. LOUIS - A Missouri federal judge on April 29 stayed her remand of a drug expiration date class action pending an expedited appeal by three drug manufacturer defendants (Daniel Raskas v. Johnson...
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Compounder Franck's Seeks MDL For Suits Stemming From Contaminated Eye Drugs
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Saying a $3 million insurance policy is being eroded by the cost of defending 16 product liability lawsuits, compound pharmacy Franck's Lab Inc. on April 12 asked a federal judicial...
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Smith & Nephew Hip Case Dismissed Without Prejudice For Pleading Deficiencies
NEW YORK - A plaintiff whose hip was part of a manufacturer's voluntary recall failed to adequately plead any of her causes of action when the case was removed to federal court, a New York judge ruled...
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Novartis Being Investigated For Vaccine Quality Issues At 2 California...
BASEL, Switzerland - Novartis AG on April 24 said it has received a subpoena from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts for documents relating to alleged quality issues at the...
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Lenders In K-V Discovery Case: Disclosure Proper; Reorganization Should Proceed
NEW YORK - The post-petition lenders and a group of senior noteholders in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of pharmaceutical company K-V Discovery Solutions Inc. on April 25 filed a brief arguing that the...
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D.C. Circuit Affirms FDA's Exclusivity Ruling In Seroquel Case
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A District of Columbia federal judge did not err in granting the Food and Drug Administration summary judgment on allegations the agency improperly denied the makers of the brand...
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Verdict In Actos Bladder Cancer Trial Overturned After Plaintiff Expert Excluded
LOS ANGELES - Five days after a jury returned a $6.5 million verdict, a California state court judge on May 1 granted defendant Takeda Pharmaceuticals America Inc. a nonsuit in the first Actos bladder...
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Agency, Insurer Negligently Misrepresented Coverage, Louisiana Panel Affirms
LAKE CHARLES, La. - A Louisiana appeals panel on May 1 affirmed a lower court's $50,000 judgment in favor of insureds in their lawsuit alleging that negligent misrepresentations by their insurance...
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Lead Plaintiffs Pleaded Scienter, Loss Causation In Securities Suit, Judge Rules
ST. LOUIS - Lead plaintiffs in a securities class action against a drug company and certain of its current and former executive officers have properly pleaded scienter and loss causation in making...
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5th Circuit: National Security Exception Bars FBI Worker's Bias Claim
NEW ORLEANS - An FBI contract employee's claim of discrimination fails under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964's national security exception, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled April...
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Federal Circuit Affirms Award, Vacates Injunction In Patent Case
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A software company awarded $260 million on patent infringement claims will keep its award, but the terms of a permanent injunction entered by a Texas federal magistrate judge were...
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Appeals Panel Reverses Ruling Denying Workers' Compensation Insurance...
TRENTON, N.J. - A limitation extends to the obligations for an insolvent member of the New Jersey Self-Insurers Guaranty Association and not for the occurrence of compensable accidents, a New Jersey...
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Federal Judge Denies Argentine Company's Request To Quash Subpoena
SEATTLE - A Washington federal judge on April 30 denied an Argentine entity's motion to quash a subpoena in relation to a businessman's application for judicial assistance, finding that certain factors...
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Magistrate: Insurer Has No Duty To Defend School Board's Suit Against Insured
ST. LOUIS - A general liability insurer has no duty to defend its city insured against a school board's claims that the insured wrongfully withheld tax revenues, an Illinois federal magistrate judge...
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Radiation Death Claims Survive Defense Motion To Dismiss In Louisiana Federal...
NEW ORLEANS - Oil extraction companies joined as defendants in a wrongful death lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana by the survivors of an oil pipe...
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Judge Finds Insured's Common Law Bad Faith Claim Duplicative Of Breach Claim
PHILADELPHIA - A Pennsylvania federal judge on April 30 found an insured's common law bad faith claim against her insurer could not stand as an independent cause of action and was subsumed by an...
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Jury Awards Disabled Farm Workers $240 Million For Abuse And Discrimination
DAVENPORT, Iowa - An Iowa federal jury on May 1 awarded $240 million to a group of 32 male workers with intellectual disabilities, employed by Hill Country Farms (doing business as Henry's Turkey...
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Panel Affirms Grant Of Class Certification In Securities Lawsuit
NEW ORLEANS - A federal district court did not err in granting class certification in a securities class action lawsuit because price impact evidence does not bear on the inquiry into whether common...
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Judge Trims Claims In Grocery Store Chain Securities Class Action
NEWARK, N.J. - A federal judge in New Jersey on April 30 trimmed federal securities law claims brought by lead plaintiffs in a securities class action lawsuit who allege that a grocery store chain and...
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