On October 7, 2022, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) ordered all federally filed Exactech joint lawsuits to be centralized in the Eastern District of New York. The Honorable District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis was appointed to oversee the proceedings. Before that, over…
A Texas woman recently filed a new Exactech knee lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. She claims that after being implanted with the device, she suffered from serious injuries. Exactech initiated a recall of its knee and ankle joint…
A Louisiana man recently filed a new Exactech knee replacement lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He claims that after he was implanted with the device, he suffered serious injuries. The plaintiff’s knee replacement device included an insert that…
A West Virginia woman has filed a new baby formula lawsuit against Abbott Laboratories. She filed the case in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. She brings the complaint because of injuries suffered by her twin babies, who, after consuming Abbott’s…
On June 17, 2022, a Missouri woman filed a new Medtronic HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device (HVAD) lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The device at issue is the same one that Medtronic recalled on November 19, 2020, due to…
On May 31, 2022, a North Carolina Marine Corps veteran filed a new lawsuit against several manufacturers of firefighting foams, including 3M Company, Chemguard, and Dupont. He claims that during his service at Camp Lejeune, a military base in North Carolina, he was exposed to toxic…
According to a recent CNN report, a former employee at infant formula manufacturer Abbott Nutrition filed a whistleblower complaint about the company’s plant in Sturgis, Michigan, back in February 2021. This was a year before Abbott shut down its facility to address contamination issues. The…
About a year ago, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) ordered that all federally filed paraquat lawsuits be consolidated in the Southern District of Illinois. Since then, the parties have been working toward selecting a small number of cases to be prepared for…
An Illinois woman recently filed a new paraquat lawsuit on behalf of her husband, who has passed away. She claims that her husband’s exposure to the herbicide paraquat contributed to his Parkinson’s disease diagnosis, which in turn, led to his death. She seeks compensatory and…
Back in June 2021, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidated all federally filed paraquat lawsuits into one court in the Southern District of Illinois for pre-trial proceedings. Since then, both sides have been gathering evidence and working on preparing a few cases for…
