With ‘hesitation’, judge OKs $300M settlement in J&J class actions

Personal injury 2023-03-16 9:54 am By Cindy Cameronne | Sydney

A judge has approved a $300 million settlement in two pelvic mesh class actions against Johnson & Johnson and unit Ethicon — the largest settlement in the history of Australian product liability group proceedings — but a $100 million deduction for legal costs has yet to get the greenlight.