CHARLESTON – The asbestos trust claims act recently signed into law is good for business in West Virginia, according to several attorneys who played key roles in crafting the legislation.
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.
Goodwin CHARLESTON – U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin has granted 15 more days for lawyers to settle a feud over fees in national litigation against drug maker Actavis Totowa and distributor Mylan Pharmaceuticals.
Attorney Fred Thompson of Motley Rice has a keen sense of the absurd. First, he tries to launch a class action suit on behalf of plaintiffs who have not been harmed. Then he admits that many of the compensation claims made by his clients are ludicrous.
Thompson CHARLESTON – Lawyers who led national litigation against drug maker Actavis and distributor Mylan suspect the defendants tricked them into signing away their fees.
CHARLESTON – U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin stripped secrecy away from settlement of suits over heart medicine Digitek so citizens can understand his coming decisions on fees and expenses for plaintiff lawyers.
Goodwin CHARLESTON –- Owners of drug maker Actavis, who led a successful $30 million defense against suits over heart medicine Digitek, don't feel like paying $6 million more to lawyers who sued them.
Goodwin CHARLESTON -- Plaintiff lawyers who settled claims over heart medicine Digitek for $10 to $13 million ask U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin for more than $6 million.
Goodwin CHARLESTON – Plaintiff lawyers who couldn't keep up with U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin in national litigation over heart medicine Digitek couldn't convince him he made a mistake when he rejected a class action for economic losses.
