January 23, 2017
GlaxoSmithKline PLC sought summary judgment Friday to end the six remaining cases against the pharmaceutical company in multidistrict litigation over the health effects of zinc used in denture cream products, arguing that the plaintiffs have not shown how the products cause neurological damage.
October 25, 2016
The Procter & Gamble Co. on Tuesday finished off what was left of a multidistrict litigation alleging that zinc in its Fixodent denture cream causes neurological damage when a Florida federal judge tossed the two remaining consumers, finding that they hadn't offered any new evidence to support their claim.
October 20, 2016
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case against Procter & Gamble Co. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. brought by consumers claiming that zinc in Fixodent denture glue can cause neurological damage.
October 04, 2016
Procter & Gamble on Tuesday continued its quest to eliminate what remains of multidistrict litigation alleging that zinc in its Fixodent denture cream causes neurological damage, urging a Florida federal judge to toss the final two cases for failing to provide new expert testimony supporting their claim.
August 31, 2016
A Florida federal judge on Wednesday tossed four of the six remaining cases in multidistrict litigation claiming that zinc in Procter & Gamble's Fixodent denture cream can cause neurological damage, finding the consumers failed to provide new expert testimony backing up their claims.
July 12, 2016
The remainder of multidistrict litigation against Procter & Gamble and Wal-Mart claiming that zinc in Fixodent denture glue can cause neurological damage should be quickly ended now that the Eleventh Circuit has affirmed the nixing of consumers' key experts, P&G told a Florida judge on Monday.
April 09, 2015
A Florida federal judge on Thursday tossed multidistrict litigation against Procter & Gamble Co. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. claiming that zinc in Fixodent denture glue can cause neurological damage, a day after the parties agreed that the court's prior refusal to admit the plaintiffs' expert testimony disposed of the case.
April 08, 2015
The Procter & Gamble Co. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Wednesday filed an unopposed motion to dismiss Florida multidistrict litigation claiming that zinc in Fixodent denture glue can cause neurological damage, saying the parties agreed that the court's refusal to admit the plaintiffs' expert testimony doomed their case.
January 29, 2015
A Florida federal judge on Wednesday again refused to admit plaintiffs' expert testimony in multidistrict litigation claiming that zinc in Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Co.'s Fixodent glue can cause neurological damage, finding that the testimony was too unreliable and scientifically unsound to be admitted.
August 24, 2012
Procter & Gamble Co. on Thursday was denied a bid to strike an expert's report in toxic tort multidistrict litigation over its Fixodent denture cream, with a Florida federal judge ruling that while the report wasn't what the plaintiffs had claimed, no harm had been done to P&G.