Press Releases from Heygood Orr & Pearson (2 total)
Final Appeal Briefing Issued in $16 Million Illinois Fentanyl Patch Lawsuit
CHICAGO – The First District of the Illinois Court of Appeals has received final briefing in the appeal of a $16.56 million judgment entered more than two years ago against Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) subsidiaries Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc. and ALZA Corp.
The appeal stems from a Nov. 17, 2008, jury verdict in Judge Thomas Flanagan's Cook County Circuit Court. Jurors found Janssen and ALZA liable in the death of…
Dallas Law Firm Heygood, Orr & Pearson Files Life Settlement Class-Action Lawsui …
DALLAS – Attorneys from Dallas’ Heygood, Orr & Pearson have filed a class-action lawsuit in Ellis County on behalf of Texas investors who say Waco-based Life Partners Inc. charged excessive premiums on the company’s so-called “life settlement” policies.
This is the second lawsuit Heygood, Orr & Pearson has filed against Life Partners in the past month. The first was a nationwide class action filed in Dallas County, which includes allegations…