Ethicon, Inc. and its parent company, Johnson & Johnson will make the payout to Arizona as part of a multi-state settlement from a national lawsuit stemming from concerns about the companies’ transvaginal surgical mesh devices.
The devices are designed to treat urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. Arizona’s suit...Arizona News
A Green Valley-based hospital Santa Cruz Valley Regional (SCVRH) filed a counterclaim against Global Hospitalist Solutions, a physician staffing company that sued the facility claiming the hospital owes the doctors group over $1.9 million. The counterclaim states that the solutions company breached its contract and interfered with the...Arizona News
On Jan. 17, Pima County and the City of Tucson filed lawsuits in Pima County Superior Court for the drugmakers' role in the opioid crisis. The municipal and county duo are the latest to sue the firms, including the Arizona-based Insys Therapeutics; more than 1,500 local and state governments have filed complaints against drug...
Tucson Medical Center (TMC) on Aug. 22 filed a suit against 25 different drug manufacturers and six distributors, accusing them of negligently creating the opioid crisis that is "devastating communities" across the nation.
TMC is the first hospital in Arizona to file, but it is not the first to file a lawsuit. Cochise County filed...
