1970s
Precedent-setting cases
Syntex – oral contraception
1996 Buckley v Metro North – Supreme Court case setting standards for medical monitoring and risk of injury
Dow Corning – breast implants
1980s/ 1990s
1973 Codling v Paglia – seminal decision leading NY to adopt strict liability and
contributory fault
Compaq Computer litigation
Asbestos litigation
2000s
Hurricane Katrina litigation
Reglan litigation
Wyeth and
Pharmacia & Upjohn – hormone therapy
medications
2002 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v Campbell – Supreme Court case setting standards for limiting punitive damages
2010s
2014 Warger v Shauers
– Supreme Court case
resolved circuit
split re application of
evidence rules
Deepwater Horizon
litigation
Takata – largest
automotive
recall in history
Pfizer – statin
medication
Lipitor and
anti-depression
medication Zoloft
GSK – heartburn drug Zantac
3M earplugs – Largest ever register of MDL plaintiffs in history
2020s
Purdue Pharma –
opioids: largest
combined federal and state action in the U.S.
Atrium Medical Corp. – hernia mesh products
Johnson & Johnson – talcum powder
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