CHARLESTON – A federal judge has denied a motion requesting a reduction in punitive damages in a lawsuit against C.R. Bard Inc. for its vaginal mesh products.
CHARLESTON – Less than one month after filing a motion to revise case management procedures and for discovery related to plaintiff solicitation, Johnson & Johnson and Ethicon have filed a new motion to withdraw the previous one.
CHARLESTON – Bailey & Glasser LLP is pleased to announce that the following four attorneys have been elected partners in the firm, effective January 1, 2015: Jeffrey Baron, Michael Hissam, Patricia Kipnis and Robert Lorea.
CHARLESTON – Aside from asbestos claims, mesh litigation has become the largest mass tort and is centered in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, according to the latest Judicial Hellholes report released by the American Tort Reform Foundation.
CHARLESTON – A West Virginia jury has awarded $3.27 million to the plaintiff in a multi-district litigation lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson over allegedly defective transvaginal mesh products.
CHARLESTON - Three Mingo County Sheriff’s deputies are accused of brutalizing a man following an altercation he had with one of the deputy’s loved ones.
CHARLESTON - A Mingo County man has agreed to accept a nuisance-value settlement with the remaining police officers in his lawsuit alleging civil rights violations.