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• Florida Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Bill May Remove Limits on Wrongful Death Claims

  May 7, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  Both Houses of the Florida legislature have now approved a bill that would repeal a 1990 law preventing family members from pursuing non-economic damages in medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuits.

• Exactech Recall Lawsuits Placed On Hold While Bankruptcy Process Plays Out

  November 11, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Following an Exactech bankruptcy filing last month, the judge presiding over all lawsuits involving complications associated with the companies recalled knee, hip and ankle components, has issued a stay on the litigation.

• Cost of Exactech Recall Lawsuits Over Defective Knee and Hip Implants Leads to Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing

  October 30, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  An Exactech bankruptcy filing has been announced, indicating that the medical manufacturer will restructure and sell itself to investor groups to resolve lawsuits over recalled knee and hip implants.

• Judge Schedules First Federal Bellwether Exactech Knee Implant Trial for September 2025

  October 23, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A New York woman’s Extactech Optetrak knee implant lawsuit has been scheduled by a federal judge to begin on September 29, 2025, which will be the first bellwether trial in the federal Exactech recall litigation.

• First Exactech Knee Lawsuit Trial Dates in MDL Rescheduled for July 6, 2025 and Sept. 29, 2025

  August 21, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A federal judge has approved a schedule to prepare the first two Exactech knee lawsuits for bellwether trials starting in July 2025.

• GSK Gets Expert Witness Excluded in Zantac Cancer Lawsuit in Florida Before Trial

  August 19, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A Florida judge has dismissed plaintiff's expert testimony in a Zantac cancer lawsuit set to go to trial next month, meaning the cases will likely be dismissed due to an inability to link the recalled heartburn drug to the plaintiff's prostate cancer diagnosis.

• Exactech MDL Judge Proposes Shuffling Bellwether Schedule For First Two Trial Dates

  August 12, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A federal judge has agreed to switch the dates for the first and second Exactech bellwether trial after the manufacturer issued a recall earlier this year that impacts some plaintiffs whose claims have been scheduled for early trial dates.

• J&J to Pay $700M to Resolve Talcum Powder Investigations By States’ Attorneys General

  June 12, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Talcum powder settlement will resolve investigations launched by 43 different states, into the illegal marketing of Johnson's Baby Powder and other products contaminated with asbestos. However, the deal still leaves Johnson & Johnson facing more than 60,000 talcum powder lawsuits brought by women diagnosed with ovarian cancer and other injuries.

• Two More Exactech Lawsuits Over Defective Optetrak Knee Implants Set For Trial in MDL

  May 30, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A federal judge has selected four Exactech knee lawsuits to serve as bellwether trials, which will be held in June, August and October of 2025, with the fourth scheduled to begin in January 2026.

• Planters Peanuts Recall Issued Over Listeria Food Poisoning Risks

  May 6, 2024

  Grace Muller

  A Planters peanuts recall has been issued for products distributed in five states due to the risk of listeria food poisoning.