Johnson & Johnson Loses $25 Million Talc Verdict in New York May 22, 2019 By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay at least $25 million to a woman who said she contracted a rare...
Nevada Reaches Tentative Settlement in Wildfire Lawsuit May 21, 2019 By Scott Sonner RENO, Nev. — The state of Nevada has reached a tentative settlement with dozens of homeowners and insurance companies that...
Bayer Bets on ‘Silver Bullet’ Defense in Roundup Litigation May 17, 2019 By Tina Bellon Bayer AG plans to argue that a $2 billion jury award and thousands of U.S. lawsuits claiming its glyphosate-based weed...
Boeing Crashes Leave $450 Million Bill for European Insurers May 16, 2019 By Will Hadfield and Patrick Winters Europe’s biggest insurers are on the hook for as much as $450 million from a pair of airline crashes involving...
Teva Is at Center of Drug Price-Fixing Case Filed by States May 13, 2019 By David McLaughlin and Yaacov Benmeleh Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. helped mastermind a sweeping conspiracy among generic-drug makers to raise the price of medicines, according to...
Boeing Crash Fight Will Set Price on Victims’ Minutes of Terror May 13, 2019 By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Janan Hanna The amount of money Boeing Co. and its insurers will pay to the families of those who perished aboard two...
Expedia Under Investigation by Utah Over Hotel Collusion Claims May 9, 2019 By David McLaughlin Expedia Group Inc. is under investigation by the Utah attorney general for allegedly conspiring with the biggest U.S. hotel chains...
Bayer Jury Told $1 Billion Roundup Award Would Spur Change May 9, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt The jury in Bayer AG’s third Roundup weedkiller trial was urged by a plaintiffs’ lawyer to consider socking the company...
Iowa Egg Farm Sues Over Damage from Bird Flu Disinfection May 6, 2019 An Iowa egg farm that killed millions of chickens because of a 2015 bird flu outbreak is suing companies hired...
Defense Will Argue City Inspectors at Fault for Deadly Oakland Warehouse Fire May 2, 2019 By Paul Elias OAKLAND, Calif. — A defense attorney is expected to counter a prosecutor’s emotional opening statement by attempting to deflect blame...