When Nicholas Murray was awarded $1.75 million in compensatory damages over claims that Johnson & Johnson’s anti-psychotic medication Risperdal caused him to develop breast tissue, he had every reason to believe that his ordeal had finally begun to come to an end. Having been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, Murray’s psychiatrist put him on the medication off-label, which is to say that his ...
J&J Facing $8 Billion Jury Award in Risperdal Decision
Posted November 27, 2019 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Product News and Recalls
Expert Paid by Johnson & Johnson Finds Asbestos in J&J Baby Powder
Posted November 26, 2019 in Product News and Recalls
Johnson & Johnson has made it perfectly clear that it has no intention of publicly acknowledging the possibility that its Baby Powder product may contain asbestos. In what may be one of the best demonstrations of “deny, deny, deny” ever seen, the J&J refrain can almost be recited from memory at this point: “Johnson’s Baby Powder does not contain asbestos or cause cancer.” Even when faced with ...
J&J Baby Powder Pulled from Store Shelves Over Asbestos Contamination
Posted November 5, 2019 in Product News and Recalls
After months of vehement denials over the presence of asbestos in the talc used in Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder, certain bottles of the product have been removed from store shelves over concerns of contamination with…asbestos. The move is the latest development in a saga that has torched the reputation of a company that has staked much of that reputation on wholesomeness and providing goods ...
Opioid Manufacturers and Distributors Don’t Like Current MDL Judge; Ask for Replacement
Posted October 10, 2019 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Product News and Recalls
Defendants in the nation’s largest opioid litigation might be reconsidering their odds. If they were confident, they might not have asked for the removal of the federal judge tasked with overseeing thousands of consolidated lawsuits seeking to recover damages from drug makers and distributors for their role in perpetuating the nation’s ongoing opioid crisis.
That, however, is exactly what happened last month when household names like CVS ...
continue reading...Oklahoma Judge Finds Johnson & Johnson Partially Responsible for Opioid Crisis
Posted September 6, 2019 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Product News and Recalls
As the opioid abuse epidemic continues to ravage the United States from coast to coast, states have spent untold millions of dollars dealing with the aftermath. From abuse prevention and treatment programs to emergency services, homeless shelters and advocacy, hospitals, and law enforcement, the cities and towns in these states have spent significant sums cleaning up the mess the drug companies have left behind; sums ...
J&J Talc Denials Now Focus of Criminal Probe
Posted August 26, 2019 in Product News and Recalls
When it comes to denials of wrongdoing, few corporations come close to the vigor with which Johnson & Johnson officials have denied the presence of asbestos in their talc-based products. “Johnson & Johnson is committed to defending these cases based on the strong scientific evidence that talc does not cause cancer.” In another statement released after a jury awarded a plaintiff $300 million having found ...
