Typically groups of individuals sue a company or companies for the same injury or damage, e.g., data breaches, product liability, environmental contamination, price fixing, etc.

Class Actions Weekly Roundup from Top Class Actions

March 31st, 2018|Categories: Class Actions, HB Tort Notes, Mass Torts|Tags: , , |

This roundup is prepared exclusively for HB Litigation Conferences by: Walmart Class Action Claims Glucosamine Tablets are Mislabeled Walmart has been hit with a class action lawsuit claiming that their store brand glucosamine tablets are mislabeled. Plaintiffs Cynthia Parker, Reba Garth, Margaret Herrin, and Shirley Reinhard allege that Walmart misrepresents its store-brand glucosamine sulfate dietary… Read More Sorin 3T Heater Cooler Lawsuit Alleges Serious M. Chimaera Bacterial Infection An Indiana man has filed a Sorin 3T heater cooler lawsuit against LivaNova PLC, alleging their cardiac heater cooler device had caused him to develop a potentially fatal infection. The claimant filed the Sorin 3T heater cooler… Read More Coca-Cola Seeks Dismissal of Diet Coke Class Action Lawsuit Coca-Cola asked a New York federal court to toss a class action lawsuit alleging the company’s use of the name “Diet Coke” is misleading. The company argues that claims against its use of the word “diet” in… Read More Couple Files Stryker Hip Recall Lawsuit Over Metallosis Complications Thousands of hip implants were affected by a Stryker hip recall after they were linked with serious complications, including metallosis. Some patients affected by these major side effects have turned to litigation, hoping to regain some… Read More Facebook Class Action Challenges Facial Recognition Technology Facebook faces a new class action lawsuit alleging that the social media site captured and stored biometric information of [...]

Top Class Actions’ Top Trends Affecting Class Actions in 2018

March 31st, 2018|Categories: Class Actions, HB Tort Notes, Mass Torts|Tags: , , |

Editor's Note: This article was written by Kim Gale at Top Class Actions and is reprinted here with the permission of the publisher. Scott Hardy, the company's President & CEO, is one of the speakers featured at HB's Class Action Mastery conference May 9-11, 2018 in New York. Top Class Actions is sponsoring that event and its companion program, Mass Tort Med School, the same week.  As we come close to rounding out the first quarter of 2018, it is clear that several class action lawsuit trends from 2017 will continue to ripple through the court system this year. Class Action Lawsuit Stats Did you know three areas are responsible for a third of all class action lawsuits filed in the U.S.? The federal courts in California, Southern District (Miami) of Florida, and the Eastern District (Brooklyn) of New York keep lawyers and judges the busiest. In the initial nine months of 2017, a total 3,136 federal class action lawsuits were filed in those areas alone, according to an article published Dec. 9, 2017 by PorterWright.com. These statistics are apt to change because new Supreme Court decisions (Bristol-Myers Squibb v. Superior Court of California and BNSF Railway Co. v. Tyrrell) rein in a court’s jurisdiction and ability to litigate matters when residents from outside the court’s state make claims. These new decisions mean a [...]

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