Missouri State Court Judge Rex Burlison has denied defendant Johnson & Johnson’s motion for a judgment notwithstanding the jury’s verdict for the 22 Plaintiffs whose cases were awarded a combined $4.69billion in damages.
Published on Monday, January 21, 2019 by Staff
On July 12th a St Louis jury reached a unanimous verdict in a products liability case involving 22 women proceeding as joint Plaintiffs against Johnson & Johnson.
Published on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 by Staff
On March 6, 2018, the US Food and Drug Administration announced its approval of a home-test to report whether or not a consumer carries three (3) cancer gene mutations that are most common among people who are of Ashkenazi (Eastern European) Jewish descent.
Published on Monday, March 12, 2018 by Staff
According to USPSTF, Screening for ovarian cancer is not recommended for women who (i) do not have symptoms; and (ii) do not have a known high genetic risk for developing ovarian cancer.
Published on Thursday, February 22, 2018 by Staff
Prior to last year’s ruling by the U.S Supreme Court in Bristol Meyers Squibb v. California Superior Court of California, juries handed down several multi-million dollar verdicts against Johnson & Johnson.
Published on Friday, February 16, 2018 by Staff
On September 14th, 2016, Abcodia, the London-based, privately-held company that sells the ovarian cancer screening test described in the FDA’s recent Safety Communication, announced that it was halting sales of the test in the United States.
Published on Thursday, September 15, 2016 by Staff
The FDA issued a Safety Communication to alert women and their healthcare providers about the inaccuracies of currently marketed ovarian cancer screening tests and the harm that can result from such inaccuracies.
Published on Sunday, September 11, 2016 by Staff
A St. Louis jury speaks: 'Pay $55million for failure to warn about Powder’s Ovarian Cancer risk'.
Published on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 by Staff
Johnson and Johnson failed to warn about the risk of ovarian cancer. The jury awarded Jacqueline Fox’s family (she died before the trial) $72 million.
Published on Monday, April 18, 2016 by Staff
In 1971, British scientists conducted tissue examinations of 13 cancerous ovarian tumors and found that 10 of them contained imbedded talc granules.
Published on Wednesday, April 13, 2016 by Staff