The AFL has scored a small victory in concussion litigation brought by players, winning an order temporarily halting a case by former Western Bulldogs player Liam Picken.
The Australian Football League has asked a court to stay an individual lawsuit brought by a âtotally incapacitatedâ former Western Bulldogs player until a related class action on behalf of players who allegedly suffered brain injuries is decided.
A class action over the Victorian governmentâs decision to redevelop the state’s public housing towers has asked the court for an injunction blocking demolition of three towers in inner city Melbourne, as the state foreshadows a bid to summarily dismiss the case.
Two marine freight companies have lost a fight with a local council which refused to allow it to unload 3,000 head of cattle at Apollo Bay in Victoria, with a judge finding they were âthe architects of their own misfortuneâ for striking a deal with a beef company before securing permission to berth at the port.Â
Still in the dark about insurance coverage and seeking to stem the flow of cash, two class actions against Heritage Care and St Basilâs over COVID-19 outbreaks have been shelved pending the outcome of criminal cases against the Victorian aged care providers, in a decision the judge said âwouldn’t gladden the hearts of group membersâ.Â
A judge has upheld a ruling that rejected a bid by two class actions against Victorian aged care providers for insurance and financial information, finding the court likely does not have the power to order the production of documents that are not relevant to the proceeding.
A class action against the AFL on behalf of players who allegedly suffered brain injuries will expand its group definition to include family members and dependents, while a competing case by the widow of Shane Tuck has been dropped.Â
Bayer told a jury that clinical trials from the 1990âs to 2014 showed its Essure birth control device was âsafe and efficaciousâ, as the pharmaceutical giant faces trial in a class action by patients who claim they suffered debilitating injuries from the device.
Pharmaceutical giant Bayer cannot write off debilitating chronic pain and bleeding which patients allegedly experienced after being implanted with Essure contraceptives as âcommon women’s symptomsâ, a court has heard in the first day of trial in a long-running class action.
A class action against Bayer over its Essure contraceptive has lost a bid to knock out the pharmaceutical giantâs defence that argues any defects in the device could not have been discovered given the state of scientific knowledge at the time the implants were sold in Australia.