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Latest News in Product Liability
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June 05, 2026
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation declined to consolidate dozens of product liability cases over spinal cord stimulator devices manufactured by Boston Scientific Corp., Abbott Laboratories, Nevro and Medtronic, finding Friday that while centralization of the actions against Boston Scientific was appropriate, an industrywide action was not.
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June 05, 2026
Costco is crying foul on two California shoppers who claim the bulk retailer deceptively marketed its $4.99 rotisserie chickens as preservative-free, telling a federal judge Thursday the proposed class action cannot survive because the ingredients the plaintiffs flag aren't classified as preservatives by federal regulators.
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June 05, 2026
A Los Angeles jury cleared Johnson & Johnson of any liability in the deaths of three women from ovarian cancer, finding Friday following a six-week bellwether trial that the company's sales of talcum powder were not negligent.
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June 05, 2026
A redevelopment firm that admitted it commenced demolition work at a former automotive plant in Saginaw, Michigan, without first remediating asbestos was sentenced Friday to pay a $500,000 criminal fine and serve two years of probation, federal prosecutors said.
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June 05, 2026
An Illinois federal judge on Friday granted certification to a class of Illinois iPhone users who sued Apple Inc. over alleged violations of the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act, finding the class had sufficiently shown that whether Apple committed these violations could be determined on a classwide basis.
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