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Via PRNewswire — A federal jury in Chicago found that AbbVie Inc. committed fraud in its marketing of its testosterone replacement therapy drug, AndroGel, awarding $150 million in punitive damages to an Oregon plaintiff, Jesse Mitchell, who suffered a heart attack after using the drug. “This is a great result for the Mitchell family and all the other victims of AbbVie’s fraudulent conduct. […]
Two young girls severely injured on a Ferris wheel last summer at the Greene County Fair filed suit today in the federal court in the Eastern District of Tennessee. The action was brought on behalf of the two minor daughters of Jason Reynolds and Kimberly Reynolds against the fair operator, Family Attractions Amusement Co., the ride’s manufacturer and maintenance company, High-Lite […]
Following a three-week trial, a federal jury in Kansas City, Kansas today ordered Swiss agrochemical giant Syngenta AG to pay $217.7 million in compensatory damages—the entire amount asked for—to a certified class of thousands of Kansas farmers who claimed the company’s genetically modified pest-resistant Viptera seed had been prematurely commercialized before the company secured the […]
Seeger Weiss LLP today announced that the U.S. Department of Justice, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and several state Attorneys’ General Medicaid Fraud Units, have reached a $54 million settlement in a newly-unsealed healthcare fraud whistleblower action against CareCore National LLC. The company, headquartered in Blufton, SC, provides pre-authorization/pre-certification services for diagnostic testing to […]
In a Feb. 1 settlement, German automaker Volkswagen agreed to fully compensate American consumers who purchased 3.0-liter diesel engine vehicles equipped with the company’s rigged “clean diesel” emissions testing devices. The company may have to pay as much as $4 billion to cheated customers. Under the federal court order, the company will make reparations to […]
On Monday, the United States Supreme Court denied challenges to the pending settlement reached among retired NFL players and the league, clearing the way for the benefits process to move forward. The Supreme Court’s decision to deny review removes the final obstacle to implementation of the landmark settlement to provide care for retired NFL players suffering from brain-related injuries […]