South Florida Law Blog

This past Friday, August 26, 2022, Judge Jeffrey Graham of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Indianapolis, declined to shield 3M from continued litigation surrounding its alleged defective military earplugs. This is seen as a major setback to 3M in its attempt to shift the liability litigation to the bankruptcy court in order to resolve the claims presumably for pennies on […]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has conducted a study that has found glyphosate to be present in samples from weed killers including the popular Roundup brand. New Study Finds Cancer-linked Roundup Ingredient Present in Majority of U.S. More than 80% of urine samples drawn from children and adults in a US health study contained the weedkilling chemical, […]

In June 2021, the Supreme Court refused to hear  Johnson & Johnson’s appeal on the $2 Billion verdict awarded in favor of women who claimed that their ovarian cancer was due to use of J&J’s talcum powder. As we have previously reported, the link to asbestos and J&J’s talcum powder dates as far back as the 1970s. Now, J&J is trying to […]

Last week, a Florida federal jury awarded $77.5 million to a U.S. Army veteran over hearing loss caused which he alleged was  as a result of his use of faulty 3M earplugs while in the military. This is the largest individual verdict yet for a single plaintiff in this mass tort litigation. According to the verdict, the jury awarded the […]

Following up to our recent post regarding a judge denying 3M’s request for discovery, a massive $2.2M verdict has just been awarded last week  due to defects in 3M’s CAEv2 earplugs, which  was found to have resulted in the Plaintiff’s hearing loss. The Plaintiff, a Florida veteran who has used a hearing aid since 2012, used 3M’s faulty earplugs while […]

In what can be seen as a victory for our servicemen and women who have suffered hearing complications due to 3M’s defective earplugs, a Florida federal judge has denied 3M’s bid requesting that the government produce depositions and discovery related to 3M’s combat earplugs, finding that the request came too late and the discovery requests themselves were not appropriate. The […]

Exactech, founded in 1988, is a Gainesville-based medical technology company that specializes in the production of devices for use in joint replacement procedures. Exactech is currently under scrutiny over claims that their knee and ankle replacement devices are wearing out faster than expected. The shorter lifespan of these devices has forced users to undergo avoidable revision surgeries at its best, […]

Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Syngenta AG, and  Syngenta Crop Protection LLC, multi-national companies involved in chemical and agricultural products, are currently being sued over damages caused by paraquat dichloride, commercially known as Gramoxone. Only available to licensed applicators due to its lethalness, paraquat is a chemical compound used as a herbicide that has been linked to Parkinson’s disease. Paraquat has been […]