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Massachusetts court upholds $63M judgment against J&J
2015-04-18 13:02:49| Food - Topix.net
The highest court in Massachusetts has upheld a $63 million judgment against the manufacturer of Children's Motrin awarded to a family whose daughter developed a life-threatening disease after taking the over-the-counter medicine. A Superior Court jury ruled in 2013 that Johnson & Johnson failed to provide sufficient warnings about the potential side effects of Motrin.
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Massachusetts court upholds $63M judgment against Johnson & Johnson
2015-04-18 11:14:22| Biotech - Topix.net
A Superior Court jury ruled in 2013 that Johnson & Johnson failed to provide sufficient warnings about the potential side effects of Motrin. Samantha Reckis was 7 in 2003 when she was given the ibuprofen product to reduce a fever.
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Laid off American Apparel workers seek damages in lawsuit - court filing
2015-04-17 06:34:55| Apparel - Topix.net
Three former American Apparel Inc employees who were among 200 laid off earlier this year are suing the retailer, saying they were not given appropriate legal notice, their attorney said on Thursday. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court in the Central District of California, is seeking about $1 million in damages, attorney Keith Fink told Reuters.
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Federal Appeals Court Revives Suit Over 'All Natural' Cosmetic Labeling
2015-04-17 00:07:34| Food - Topix.net
"A product labeled 'all natural'... likely evokes images of ground herbs and earth extracts rather than chemicals such as 'Polysorbate 20' or 'Hydroxycitronellal.' " With that opening sentence, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals revived a nationwide class action brought by serial plaintiff Skye Astiana against The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., in the Northern District of California.
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Court rules deforestation Peruvian rainforest for chocolate was legal
2015-04-16 20:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: United Cacao didn't need authorization to clear its plantation near Tamshiyacu, said a court in Loreto, Peru, resolving for the time being one of a series of questions about the legality and environmental sustainability of companies connected with plantations entrepreneur Dennis Melka. Forest along an Amazon tributary near where the controversial Cacao del Peru Norte cocoa plantation is being developed. Photo by Morgan Erickson-Davis. A regional court in Loreto, Peru recently ruled that the...
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