January 26, 2017
The Fifth Circuit on Wednesday denied a request from patients in appeals stemming from multidistrict litigation lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson over its hip prosthetics to consolidate the appeals.
January 09, 2017
Patients in appeals stemming from multidistrict litigation lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson over its hip prosthetics on Friday asked the Fifth Circuit to consolidate the appeals from the second and third bellwether trials, arguing that substantial overlap of the facts involved makes a consolidated appeal more efficient.
July 28, 2016
The Fifth Circuit on Thursday ruled that a Johnson & Johnson unit facing thousands of lawsuits over its hip prosthetics can't get an expedited appeal after a trial loss, just days after patients argued that the second bellwether trial was too complex and voluminous to warrant a speedy appeal.
July 26, 2016
A Johnson & Johnson unit facing thousands of lawsuits over its hip prosthetics shouldn't get an expedited appeal after a trial loss, patients told the Fifth Circuit on Monday, arguing that the record from the second bellwether is too complex and voluminous.
July 13, 2016
A Johnson & Johnson unit facing more than 8,000 lawsuits over its hip prosthetics pressed a Texas federal appeals court on Tuesday to accelerate an appeal after a trial loss, saying the completed bellwether trials in the multidistrict litigation have revealed that the federal judge in charge is willing to condone wildly off-base legal arguments.