Posted on behalf of Goldberg Finnegan, LLC on May 12, 2017 in Product Liability
On Thursday, May 4, a St. Louis jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $110.5 million to a Virginia woman who says her ovarian cancer diagnosis was caused by the company’s talc-based products.
In the fifth talcum powder lawsuit to go to trial, the jury… Read More
Posted on behalf of Goldberg Finnegan, LLC on Feb 28, 2017 in Product Liability
Inferior vena cava (IVC) filters are small, cage-like devices implanted into the vena cava – a large vein in the abdomen that returns blood from the lower body to the heart – to prevent blood clots from reaching vital organs and causing a pulmonary embolism.
These… Read More
Posted on behalf of Goldberg Finnegan, LLC on Nov 14, 2016 in Product Liability
A St. Louis jury recently awarded more than $70 million to a California woman who alleged that her use of Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder caused her to develop ovarian cancer.
Her lawsuit is the third talcum powder trial in which a verdict has been awarded.… Read More
Posted on behalf of Goldberg Finnegan, LLC on Oct 25, 2016 in Product Liability
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has confirmed that an 11th death has been linked to defective Takata airbags.
In September, a 50-year-old woman died from injuries sustained in a head-on collision in Riverside County, California.… Read More
Posted on behalf of Goldberg Finnegan, LLC on Jun 15, 2016 in Product Liability
On Wednesday, June 1, a new law went into effect banning rental car companies from renting vehicles with an open recall. Any rental car business with a fleet of more than 35 vehicles must pull all vehicles recalled by the National Highway Traffic Safety… Read More
Posted on behalf of Goldberg Finnegan, LLC on May 14, 2016 in Product Liability
As the largest safety recall in automotive history, the Takata airbag inflator recall is about to grow even larger. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has mandated Takata recall an estimated 35 to 40 million additional airbags.
The… Read More
Posted on behalf of Goldberg Finnegan, LLC on Apr 29, 2016 in Product Liability
Recent deaths in Florida and Texas have brought the total number of deaths linked to faulty Takata airbags to 11 worldwide. The defective safety devices have been shown to explode violently and send shards of metal throughout the cabin of a vehicle.
In… Read More
Posted on behalf of Goldberg Finnegan, LLC on Apr 08, 2016 in Product Liability
Newly released internal memos and presentations reveal that in August 2009, after ruptured airbags were linked to a fatality and four injuries, Honda quietly asked for a “fail safe” design change to Takata’s airbag inflator.
The news is significant because… Read More
Posted on behalf of Goldberg Finnegan, LLC on Mar 28, 2016 in Product Liability
A Texas federal jury held manufacturing giant Johnson & Johnson responsible for five patient’s injuries caused by the Pinnacle hip implant produced by the DePuy unit of Johnson & Johnson. The patients were awarded $500 million for what the jurors concluded… Read More
Posted on behalf of Goldberg Finnegan, LLC on Feb 29, 2016 in Product Liability
A Missouri state jury has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $72 million in damages to the family of a woman who died from ovarian cancer linked to the company’s talc-based products.
Jacqueline Fox claimed to have used the company’s Shower to Shower and… Read More