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Top 10 class action settlements of 2023
Top 10 Class Action Settlements 2024-01-05 4:07 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Companies and government entities paid out less to settle class actions in 2023 than in the previous two years, with no mega settlements hitting their […]

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NT government wins strike-out bid in racial discrimination class action
Class Actions 2023-10-27 10:34 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action against the Northern Territory government has been sent back to the drawing board, with a judge striking out allegations that its funding […]

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Surgeons lose appeal in breast implants class action
Appeals 2023-10-26 3:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A group of surgeons who worked for The Cosmetic Institute have lost a second bid to declass a representative proceeding on behalf of 13,500 patients […]

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Breast implant class action trial date set over ‘loud protest’
Personal injury 2023-09-21 12:10 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action against a group of surgeons who worked for The Cosmetic Institute over allegedly incompetent breast augmentation procedures has been set down for […]

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Surgeons try again to declass breast implants class action
Class Actions 2023-09-14 2:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A group of surgeons who worked for The Cosmetic Institute are appealing a judge’s rejection of their bid to declass a representative proceeding on behalf […]

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$41.45M settlement approved in pelvic mesh class action
Class Actions 2023-08-24 3:42 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has approved a $41.45 million settlement in a pelvic mesh class action against manufacturers Covidien and TFS but has put off deciding on […]

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Cosmetic Institute surgeons can’t declass breast implant action
Class Actions 2023-07-28 4:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has tossed out an application by a group of surgeons who formerly worked for The Cosmetic Institute to declass a representative proceeding on […]

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Covidien, TFS pelvic mesh class action settles with remaining defendants
Product Liability 2023-07-05 3:59 pm By Christine Caulfield

A class action over pelvic mesh products supplied by device makers Covidien and TFS has reached a global resolution with the manufacturers and their insurers […]

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Average payout to TFS pelvic mesh class action members kept out of notice
Class Actions 2023-06-23 3:47 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action on behalf of women injured by alleged defective pelvic mesh will not advise group members the estimated average return from the proceeds […]

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Declassing orders must be ‘all or nothing’, court told in breast implants class action
Class Actions 2023-06-08 11:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A declassing bid by nine doctors in a class action on behalf of women allegedly injured by a one-size-fits-all approach to breast implant surgeries must […]

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