September 20, 2019
Johnson & Johnson's decision this year to risk a $17 billion penalty in the nation's first opioid-crisis trial added one of the most dramatic chapters yet to the company's increasingly remarkable willingness to spurn settlements and litigate financially perilous cases all the way.
February 23, 2015
A Johnson & Johnson unit agreed Friday to pay up to $350 million more to expand its $2.5 billion settlement of thousands of patients' lawsuits claiming the company's faulty metal-on-metal hip implants needed to be replaced.
November 12, 2013
Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay at least $4 billion to settle thousands of lawsuits over its DePuy Inc. unit's hip replacements, according to a Tuesday news report.
January 01, 2013
The year 2013 promises to be an active one in product liability, with several appellate cases threatening to change the face of preemption — including the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Mensing decision — and long-gestating litigation involving Johnson & Johnson, Toyota Motor Corp. and other corporate giants finally primed for the courtroom.