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In this edition of their Mass Torts Update, Edward E. Neiger and Troy Tatting discuss the mass tort litigations involving Elmiron, Allergan, Boy Scouts, Purdue and the February 2021 Texas power outages.
April 29, 2021 at 12:30 PM
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Over 90,000 people alleging sexual abuse while involved with the Boy Scouts of America. More than 100,000 individuals claiming injuries from Purdue Pharma LP due to the opioid epidemic. A total of 246,831 Allergan BIOCELL breast implants recalled in the United States. See also Order at 6, In re: Allergan BIOCELL Textured Breast Implant Prod. Liab. Litig., 2:19-md-2921 (D.N.J. March 19, 2021) (hereinafter "Preemption Order"). Over 4.4 million customers without power across Texas during a cold weather storm. An $11 billion settlement for 100,000 individuals attributing their non-Hodgkins lymphoma diagnoses to the herbicide RoundUp. When a large corporation or other entities engage in courses of action (or inaction) that harm hundreds or thousands of individuals, "mass tort" litigation inevitably results. FJC, Manual for Complex Litig. (4th ed. 2004) at 342-44 (a mass tort emerges "when an event or series of related events injure a large number of people or damage their property"). This column provides a quarterly update on some of the latest developments in these massive, complex cases. This edition discusses the mass tort litigations involving Elmiron, Allergan, Boy Scouts, Purdue and the February 2021 Texas power outages.
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