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  1. August 01, 2016

    J&J Unit Reaches Settlement In Tylenol Death Suit

    A woman on Monday agreed to settle her claims that a Johnson & Johnson unit's bacteria-contaminated Children's Tylenol killed her young son, eight months after a California federal jury's deadlock resulted in a mistrial.

  2. January 26, 2016

    Jury Deadlocks In Tylenol Death Retrial Against J&J Unit

    A California federal judge declared a mistrial Tuesday after a jury deadlocked on a mother's claims that a Johnson & Johnson unit made bacteria-contaminated Children's Tylenol that purportedly killed her young son, in a case being retried after jury misconduct scrapped a win by the drugmaker.

  3. January 25, 2016

    J&J Unit Owes $20M For Child's Tylenol Death, Jury Told

    A Johnson & Johnson unit should pay $20 million for "rolling the dice" with bacteria-contaminated Tylenol that purportedly killed a young boy, a California federal jury heard Monday during closing arguments in the case, which is being retried after jury misconduct scrapped a win by the drugmaker.

  4. January 20, 2016

    J&J Unit's Expert Slams Tylenol Death Timeline At Retrial

    A pathologist called by a Johnson & Johnson unit to testify Wednesday in a California retrial over claims that a bacteria-ridden Children's Tylenol killed an 11-year-old boy said the mother's purported timeline for when the bacterium exposure occurred was not "medically likely or plausible."

  5. January 15, 2016

    Tylenol Victim Showed Signs Of Bacteria, Doctor Testifies

    A former Cedars-Sinai chief of infectious diseases testified Friday in the retrial of a mother's claims her 11-year-old son was killed by bacteria-ridden Children's Tylenol made by a Johnson & Johnson unit, saying medical reports and the boy's sharp health decline showed signs of a bacterial infection.

  6. January 13, 2016

    Tylenol Victim's Expert Concedes Killer Bacteria Not Found

    A pathologist testifying before a California jury for a mother who claims bacteria-ridden Children's Tylenol made by a Johnson & Johnson unit killed her young son admitted during cross-examination Wednesday that the bacterium alleged to have killed the child was never found in his body.

  7. January 12, 2016

    J&J Unit Knew Fatal Tylenol Tainted, Jury Hears At Retrial

    Counsel for a mother alleging bacteria-ridden Children's Tylenol killed her young son delivered opening statements Tuesday in a retrial launched after jury misconduct scrapped a Johnson & Johnson unit's win, telling California jurors the company knew medication it shipped was contaminated.

  8. July 23, 2015

    Juror's Google Search Triggers New Tylenol Death Trial

    A California federal judge on Wednesday ordered a new trial in a suit against a Johnson & Johnson unit alleging that a bacteria-ridden Children's Tylenol pill killed a young boy, finding that a jury member who researched recalls online via Google created a "reasonable possibility" the verdict was influenced.

  9. March 20, 2015

    Juror's Google Search May Trigger New Tylenol Death Trial

    A Johnson & Johnson unit may face a new trial over whether bacteria-ridden Children's Tylenol killed a young boy after his mother alleged at least one member of the jury researched recalls online via Google and told the other jurors what she had found, according to a California federal court filing on Friday.

  10. November 13, 2014

    Jury Clears J&J Unit In Children's Tylenol Suit

    A California federal jury has ruled that a Johnson & Johnson unit wasn't negligent in manufacturing a batch of Children's Tylenol in 2008 or testing it for contamination in a long-running suit filed by the family of a boy who died after ingesting medicine that had allegedly been rife with a deadly bacteria.

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