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Uber is defending a growing wave of lawsuits brought by passengers claiming that they were sexually abused or assaulted by an Uber driver. The lawsuits assert that Uber was negligent in failing to adequately screen its drivers before allowing them to transport passengers, allowing sexual predators to become drivers.

We will tell you right up front: our lawyers believe there are many strong claims in this litigation. The first federal bellwether verdicts have now given both sides hard data points. Uber won the first state court trial in 2025, but federal juries in 2026 have found Uber liable in two bellwether cases, including an $8.5 million verdict in Arizona.

The Uber driver sex abuse lawsuits have steadily grown over the last three years and have been consolidated in federal court as MDL No. 3084, In re: Uber Technologies, Inc., Passenger Sexual Assault Litigation, in the Northern District of California before Judge Charles R. Breyer.

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From the early 1950s to the late 1980s, the Marine Corps base at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina provided residents and employees with drinking water heavily contaminated with toxic chemicals.

Extensive scientific research has revealed that the poisoned water supply at Camp Lejeune had a devastating impact on the long-term health of base residents, who have suffered significantly higher rates of birth defects, cancer, and neurological conditions.

Our lawyers are not taking new clients in this litigation. This page provides the latest updates on the Camp Lejeune litigation and addresses some of your key questions as this litigation drags on.

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Our lawyers are reviewing California school sexual abuse lawsuits involving students and former students who were abused by teachers, coaches, tutors, administrators, dormitory staff, contractors, volunteers, or other students.

What are the types of school sex abuse lawsuits we are looking for? These cases turn on what the school knew and ultimately failed to do. So what you see in the best cases is ignored complaints, warning signs, unsafe access to children, failures to report suspected abuse, and decisions that allowed a sexual abuser to remain around students.

These can be very big cases. Recent California school sexual abuse settlements have reached seven figures for individual survivors and more than $30 million in group settlements. Juries have returned even larger verdicts when plaintiffs proved serious abuse and an institution that let the student down.

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If you have ever bought a product, signed up for a service, had your data exposed in a breach, used an app, received a marketing email, or dealt with a company that may not have been fully transparent, there is a chance you qualify for a class action settlement.

Many of the settlements listed here do not require receipts or detailed documentation for at least the basic payment. These are commonly referred to as no-proof class action settlements. That does not mean anyone can file. You still must honestly fit the settlement’s class definition.

This page focuses on class action settlements that remain open as of August 20, 2026. Some allow a basic cash payment without proof of financial loss. Others require a notice ID or allow the settlement administrator to confirm eligibility through company records. Documentation is usually required if you want reimbursement for larger losses.

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Sacramento County youth detention sexual abuse lawsuits are civil claims brought by people who allege that they were sexually abused while confined in juvenile hall, housed in a county youth facility, or placed under county supervision as minors.

The legal case often extends beyond the individual perpetrator. Sacramento County or another operator may face liability when it failed to screen employees, ignored earlier complaints, allowed unsafe access to children, failed to report suspected abuse, or retaliated against a youth who tried to speak up.

This page also discusses certain Sacramento County foster placements because the former Warren E. Thornton Youth Center and the newer Welcome Homes are part of the county’s recent history of supervising vulnerable youth. Those placements were not juvenile detention facilities, and the legal claims may involve different departments, duties, records, and defendants.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often called the LDS Church or Mormon Church, continues to face civil lawsuits alleging that church leaders, volunteers, members, and affiliated organizations failed to protect children from sexual abuse.

The central question in many of these cases is not only what the individual abuser did. Plaintiffs also ask what bishops, local leaders, youth-program officials, or central church representatives knew, whether they reported the abuse, and whether internal church systems protected the child or protected the institution.

LDS sexual abuse cases are not consolidated in one national class action or multidistrict litigation. They proceed as individual lawsuits under the law of the state where the abuse, reporting decisions, or institutional conduct occurred. That makes venue, clergy-confidentiality rules, filing deadlines, and the available evidence especially important.

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I cannot give you one headline for 2026 mass tort litigation without leaving out half the story. Depo-Provera lawyers reached an agreement in principle that could resolve a substantial number of meningioma claims. New federal proceedings were created for Dupixent, Boston Scientific spinal cord stimulators, Roblox child exploitation, Lyft passenger assaults, Cartiva implants, ByHeart infant formula, and GLP-1 vision loss cases.

There has been plenty of bad news, too. The Supreme Court handed Monsanto a serious preemption victory in the Roundup litigation. That ruling makes Bayer’s proposed settlement more attractive to some plaintiffs, even though many believe the proposed payments are too low. The first Paragard bellwether ended in a defense verdict. AFFF personal injury plaintiffs are still waiting for their first trial. Several older dockets look enormous on paper because settlement administration is slow work and cases remain in the federal count while releases, liens, dismissals, and payments are processed.

Here is where things stand for the rest of 2026. I have grouped the cases by what injured people actually need to know: which federal proceedings are moving, which new MDLs deserve attention, and which investigations remain too young for dependable predictions. Where a docket has reached settlement administration, I say that. Where I do not have a confident view yet, I say that, too.

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Roblox sexual abuse lawsuits allege that the gaming platform exposed children to predators who used chat features, games, virtual currency, and friend requests to begin grooming them. In many cases, the predator allegedly moved the child from Roblox to Discord, Snapchat, text messaging, or another private channel before demanding explicit images or arranging an in-person meeting.

These lawsuits extend beyond the criminal conduct of individual predators. Plaintiffs contend that Roblox knew children were being targeted on its platform but failed to implement reasonable age verification, communication restrictions, moderation systems, reporting procedures, and parental controls in a timely manner.

Federal Roblox child sexual exploitation cases are consolidated in MDL No. 3166 before Chief Judge Richard Seeborg in the Northern District of California. The litigation is moving through early discovery, bellwether selection, and a major dispute over whether Roblox can force claims into private arbitration.

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Bard PowerPort lawsuits allege that implanted catheter devices used during chemotherapy and other long-term treatments can fracture, migrate, cause serious infections, and contribute to dangerous blood clots.

The Bard PowerPort is placed beneath the skin and connected to a catheter that enters a major blood vessel. Plaintiffs claim that flaws in certain catheter materials can cause the device to deteriorate after implantation, exposing patients to vascular damage, emergency surgery, sepsis, thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, and other serious injuries.

The federal lawsuits are consolidated in MDL No. 3081 in the District of Arizona. Bellwether trials began in April 2026. The first trial produced a partial defense result but left the central design-defect claim unresolved. The next trial, involving a fractured catheter, is scheduled to begin on August 18, 2026.

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For many years, courts across the country have been flooded with hernia mesh lawsuits. These product liability claims allege that certain permanent hernia mesh implants were defectively designed, inadequately tested, poorly labeled, or sold without proper warnings about the risk of serious complications after surgery.

The lawsuits involve several major medical device manufacturers, including Ethicon, C.R. Bard and Davol, Covidien, and Atrium Medical Corp. The cases are not true class actions. They are mostly individual personal injury lawsuits consolidated into separate federal multidistrict litigations, or MDLs, based on the manufacturer and product involved.

The hernia mesh litigation looks very different in 2026 than it did five years ago. Some defendants have resolved most of their claims. Bard has moved into settlement administration after a major global settlement framework, although claims are still being filed against Bard.

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