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Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay $417 Million in Talcum Powder Case

Posted on behalf of Gordon & Partners on August 31, 2017December 7, 2022 in Defective Products

A Los Angeles jury recently ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $417 million in what is the largest verdict to-date in the half a dozen talcum powder lawsuits that have gone to trial in recent years. The award includes $70 million in compensatory damages and $347 million in punitive damages.The lawsuit was filed by a […] Read More

Takata Expands Recall to Include New Type of Airbag Inflator

Posted on behalf of Gordon & Partners on July 19, 2017December 7, 2022 in Defective Products

An additional 2.7 million potentially defective Takata airbag inflators have been added to the Takata airbag recall by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The addition brings the nation’s largest auto recall to a total of 42 million vehicles and nearly 70 million airbags.This news comes as Honda has confirmed with the NHTSA that […] Read More

Johnson & Johnson Held Liable in Recent Talcum Powder Verdict

Posted on behalf of Gordon & Partners on May 15, 2017December 7, 2022 in Defective Products

In early May, a Missouri jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay more than $110 million to a Virginia woman who claimed she developed ovarian cancer after four decades of using Johnson & Johnson’s talc-based products for female hygiene.The woman claimed the products, Shower to Shower and Baby Powder, caused her to develop ovarian cancer […] Read More

According to GAO Report, FDA Delayed Power Morcellator Warning

Posted on behalf of Gordon & Partners on March 2, 2017December 7, 2022 in Defective Products

Between 1991 and 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved 25 surgical power morcellator devices that could spread undetected uterine cancer in women, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO).The defective medical devices, which are used in minimally invasive laparoscopic surgeries to cut up tissue so it can be removed […] Read More

Jury Awards $1 Billion Verdict for Defective Hip Implants

Posted on behalf of Gordon & Partners on December 8, 2016December 7, 2022 in Defective Products

Last week, a Dallas federal jury awarded a more than $1 billion verdict to six plaintiffs who were seriously injured by defective Pinnacle hip implants manufactured by Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics Inc.The jurors determined that the metal-on-metal implants were defective in design and that the manufacturers failed to warn consumers about […] Read More

$70 Million Awarded in Talcum Powder Lawsuit

Posted on behalf of Gordon & Partners on November 10, 2016December 7, 2022 in Defective Products

A St. Louis jury has awarded $70 million to a California woman in the latest verdict against Baby Powder manufacturer Johnson & Johnson for its role in causing her ovarian cancer diagnosis.The woman was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2012, following her extended use of talcum powder, the main ingredient of the Johnson & Johnson’s […] Read More

Another Takata Airbag Death Confirmed in the U.S.

Posted on behalf of Gordon & Partners on October 25, 2016December 7, 2022 in Defective Products

On September 30, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) confirmed that the death of a 50-year-old woman was linked to a defective Takata airbag. This brings the total number of U.S. Takata related fatalities to 11.The woman was driving a 2001 Honda Civic in Riverside County, California, when her vehicle collided with a pickup […] Read More

GM Asks to Delay Recall of Takata Airbags

Posted on behalf of Gordon & Partners on September 30, 2016December 7, 2022 in Defective Products

General Motors (GM) has requested that U.S. safety regulators delay by one year the recall of almost one million vehicles equipped with defective Takata airbags.The auto manufacturer claims that many of the models targeted for recalls have not shown the same risks that prompted the recall of millions of vehicles nationwide.Takata airbags pose a dangerous […] Read More

Power Morcellator Use Declines after FDA Warning

Posted on behalf of Gordon & Partners on September 22, 2016December 7, 2022 in Defective Products

In 2014, the FDA warned that power morcellators used in minimally invasive surgeries like hysterectomies could spread cancer tissue through the body. A recent study indicates that the use of these devices declined significantly after the FDA issued its warning.At the time, advocates for the power morcellator argued that an increase in hysterectomy complications would […] Read More

NHTSA Issues New Urgent Warning About Takata Airbags

Posted on behalf of Gordon & Partners on July 7, 2016December 7, 2022 in Defective Products

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued an urgent warning to owners of more than 300,000 Honda and Acura vehicles advising them to stop driving their vehicles until the defective Takata airbags have been replaced.A new round of tests found that some vehicles posed a much higher threat for violent explosions than previously […] Read More

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