Tag: district-court
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J&J questions fairness of hip implant trial, $1 billion verdict
Although legal experts think J&J faces an uphill battle, both they and investors believe the Texas jury's penalty, the largest product liability verdict so far this year, is unlikely to stand. In the two-month trial, five separate people from California argued that design flaws in the metal-on-metal implant made by J&J subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics caused…
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J&J questions fairness of hip implant trial, $1 billion verdict
Although legal experts think J&J faces an uphill battle, both they and investors believe the Texas jury's penalty, the largest product liability verdict so far this year, is unlikely to stand. In the two-month trial, five separate people from California argued that design flaws in the metal-on-metal implant made by J&J subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics caused…
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Hired experts support claims St. Jude heart devices can be hacked
Short-selling firm Muddy Waters said in a legal brief filed on Monday that outside cyber security experts it hired have validated its claim that St. Jude Medical Inc cardiac implants are vulnerable to potentially life-threatening cyber attacks. Boutique cyber security firm Bishop Fox disclosed its findings in a 53-page report that was attached to a…
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ResMed seeks patent injunction on Fisher & Paykel Healthcare
ResMed Inc said on Thursday it has filed legal action to stop the alleged infringement of its patented technology by New Zealand-based medical device manufacturer Fisher & Paykel Healthcare. ResMed said in a statement it filed legal action with the U.S. International Trade Commission and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California…
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ResMed seeks patent injunction on Fisher & Paykel Healthcare
ResMed Inc said on Thursday it has filed legal action to stop the alleged infringement of its patented technology by New Zealand-based medical device manufacturer Fisher & Paykel Healthcare. ResMed said in a statement it filed legal action with the U.S. International Trade Commission and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California…
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Colorado: Water contamination likely came from military base
DENVER (AP) — Colorado health officials said it’s highly likely that trace amounts of toxic chemicals found in three drinking water systems came from firefighting foam used at a nearby Air Force base.
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Patent for J&J’s Remicade invalidated, cheaper version looms
A cheaper version of Johnson & Johnson's top-selling drug, the pricey rheumatoid arthritis treatment Remicade, could be available in the U.S. two years early after a federal judge ruled that a key patent …
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U.S. judge allows CIA interrogation lawsuit to proceed
A U.S. judge on Friday refused to dismiss a lawsuit against the former military psychologists who developed the CIA's interrogation program during George W. Bush's presidency, handing a major victory to a group of men who said they were tortured in secret prisons abroad. U.S. District Court Judge Justin Quackenbush's decision to allow the case…
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Bill Cosby charged with felony sexual assault in Pennsylvania
By Daniel Kelley NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – Comedian Bill Cosby was charged on Wednesday with sexually assaulting a woman in 2004 after plying her with drugs and alcohol, marking the only criminal case against a once-beloved performer whose father-figure persona was damaged by dozens of misconduct accusations. Cosby, 78, walking with a cane and accompanied…
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Oklahoma woman who plowed into homecoming crowd was not drunk: court papers
A woman accused of killing four people and injuring dozens more at Oklahoma State University's Oct. 24 homecoming parade had a blood alcohol content below the minimum level to be considered legally intoxicated, court papers showed. According to a brief filed on Thursday with the Payne County District Court by defense attorney Tony Coleman, a…