On March 4, 2009, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that plaintiff Diana Levine could sue the drugmaker Wyeth for injuries she suffered after receiving the antinausea drug Phenergan. Click here...
Oral Argument in Wyeth v. Levine Marks Change in Drug Litigation Preemption Debate
news | February 20, 2009Federal Court grants summary judgment filed by Firm client Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation in five suits brought by foreign plaintiffs.
news | February 2, 2009On December 2, 2008, Chief Judge Todd J. Campbell of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee granted summary judgment to Firm client, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation...
Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation re-transfers two cases to Aredia®/Zometa® MDL over plaintiffs’ objections.
news | December 3, 2008On December 3, 2008, the federal Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued an order transferring two actions pending against a Firm client, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NPC), back to the Aredia®/Zometa®...
Federal Court grants summary judgment based on product identification to Firm client Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation.
news | September 29, 2008On September 29, 2008, Chief Judge Todd J. Campbell of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee granted summary judgment to Firm client, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation...
State court grants motion to dismiss for forum non conveniens to Firm client C.R. Bard, Inc.
news | August 25, 2008On July 22, 2008, the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas granted C.R. Bard, Inc.’s (“Bard”) Motion to Dismiss Pursuant to Forum Non Conveniens and 42 Pa. C.S.A. § 5322(e) in the...
Firm client Norfolk Southern Corporation reaches favorable agreement with Avondale Mills to settle claims from Graniteville accident.
news | July 2, 2008In April, 2008, four weeks into an anticipated three month trial, Norfolk Southern railroad and Avondale Mills agreed to settle a lawsuit arising from the January 6, 2005 train derailment...
Rhode Island Supreme Court reverses and dismisses public nuisance verdict against former lead paint and pigment manufacturers.
news | July 1, 2008In a major victory for the former lead paint and pigments industry — and for corporate defendants generally — the Rhode Island Supreme Court on July 1, 2008 reversed a...
Hollingsworth LLP submits briefs in United States Supreme Court on behalf of two groups of Amici in Wyeth v. Levine.
news | June 4, 2008At the request of two separate groups of amici curiae, Hollingsworth LLP has submitted briefs to the United States Supreme Court in Wyeth v. Levine explaining why preemption of prescription...
On February 22, 2008 the US Army Corps of Engineers announced that it had incorrectly evaluated price proposals for a debris removal contract valued up to $2.5 billion over...
On October 26, 2007, Joe Hollingsworth presented Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corporation’s appeal to the Supreme Court of Kentucky in Gunderson v. Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corporation. Among the issues the court had agreed...
On August 16, 2007, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey denied plaintiff’s motion to remand in Ripley v. Sandoz, Inc., finding removal to be proper...