Larry Bodine, J.D.

Beloved golfer Arnold Palmer's death, due to complications from heart disease, raises questions about his endorsement of the blood-thinning drug Xarelto, which faces numerous lawsuits over claims of causing severe internal bleeding.

Posted on November 15, 2016 in News

Originally published on Mass Tort Nexus This May, jurors blasted Johnson & Johnson with an 8-figure verdict in a trial charging that the company knew that its talc-based Baby Powder and Shower to Shower Powder causes ovarian cancer, and failed to warn women who used it. Talc was found in the ovarian tissue after a

Posted on November 29, 2016 in News

Originally published on Mass Tort Nexus Emphatically rejecting post-trial defense arguments, a Philadelphia Judge upheld a $13.7 million verdict against Ethicon, a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, for the defective design of Tension-free Vaginal Tape (TVT) that brought multiple surgeries and a lifetime of pain to a New Jersey woman. Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Kenneth

Posted on January 17, 2017 in News

Originally published on Mass Tort Nexus Dozens of talcum powder lawsuits filed on behalf of women who allegedly developed ovarian cancer due to Johnson & Johnson’s talc-based powders are moving forward in a multidistrict litigation now underway in the U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. According to a letter submitted to the Court on

Posted on March 14, 2017 in Litigation Monitor & Working with Experts