Pennsylvania High Court Tosses ‘Any Dose’ Asbestos Theory
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that civil lawsuit plaintiffs alleging asbestos-related ailments cannot submit scientific testimony asserting that even the smallest exposure to the material...
View ArticleUPenn’s Interdisciplinary Research Seeks to Track Ambler’s Asbestos Legacy
Joe Amento, a lifelong resident of Ambler, Pennsylvania, was 53 when he died of a rare cancer with one main cause — exposure to asbestos. He was fine at Christmas 2002. In January, a pain in his side...
View ArticleMore Time For Asbestos Suits OK’d by Illinois House
The Illinois House has approved a bill allowing more time to file a lawsuit over asbestos-related disease. The initiative was adopted 70-43 Tuesday and moves to the Senate. Rep. Elaine Nekritz is a...
View ArticleBASF Case Shows How Liabilities May Emerge Long After Acquisition
When BASF SE acquired Engelhard Corp. nine years ago for $5 billion, executives unknowingly inherited a ticking legal time bomb. It all began decades ago over the seemingly mundane industrial product...
View ArticleMontana County Reaches $650K Settlement in Asbestos Exposure Case
Yellowstone County, Mont. has agreed to pay $650,000 to settle a case brought by a former courthouse janitor who eventually died of mesothelioma. The Billings Gazette reported the county reached the...
View ArticleJury in California Awards $18M Cosmetic Talc Cancer Verdict
A Los Angeles, Calif. jury has returned a $18.07 million verdict against talc supplier Whittaker Clark & Daniels for its role in causing California political figure Philip Depoian’s mesothelioma....
View ArticleMaryland Court Could Give More Time for Asbestos Lawsuits
A Maryland court is weighing whether to give workers sickened by asbestos exposure more time to sue their employers, a move that could open the door to new lawsuits. The Baltimore Sun reports Maryland...
View ArticleMissouri House Passes Bill Aimed at Limiting Asbestos Lawsuit Awards
The Missouri House has passed legislation to change the rules for lawsuits over asbestos exposure, an effort praised by supporters as a way to stop plaintiffs from being overcompensated but criticized...
View ArticleJ&J Jury in New Jersey Set to Weigh Banker’s Claims Baby Powder Caused Cancer
Jurors are set to weigh an investment banker’s claims that using Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder for more than 30 years caused him to develop a deadly cancer linked to asbestos. A New Jersey jury...
View ArticleJ&J Loses Trial in New Jersey Over Claims Linking Cancer to Asbestos in Talc
Johnson & Johnson suffered its first trial loss in a lawsuit claiming its talc-based products including Johnson’s Baby Powder contain cancer-causing asbestos, with a New Jersey jury on Thursday...
View ArticleMass. High Court Rules Statute of Repose Applies to Asbestos-Related Claims
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that a statute of repose barring many construction-related personal injury claims after a time limit of six years also applies to claims involving...
View ArticleJury Clears Johnson & Johnson in Talc Asbestos Case; J&J Settles 3 Other Cases
A New Jersey jury on Wednesday cleared Johnson & Johnson of liability in a lawsuit brought by a man who said that asbestos in the company’s talcum powder products caused his mesothelioma. The jury...
View ArticleJury Sides with J&J in Latest Talcum-Cancer Claim
Johnson & Johnson won the latest trial over claims its iconic baby powder can cause cancer, as a jury in Long Beach, California, rejected a lawsuit brought by a 65-year-old retired teacher who...
View ArticleJ&J Told to Pay $300M More by Manhattan Talc-Cancer Jury
Johnson & Johnson was ordered by a jury to pay $300 million in punitive damages to a woman who blamed her rare asbestos-related cancer on decades of daily use of the company’s talc-based products....
View ArticleNebraska Lawsuit: Lincoln Liable in Worker’s Mesothelioma Death
A woman is suing the city of Lincoln, Neb., alleging that her sister died from mesothelioma after she was exposed to asbestos while working at the now shuttered Pershing Center arena. The Lincoln...
View ArticleNew York Jury Awards $15M to Family of Worker Who Died From Mesothelioma
The family of a construction worker who died from mesothelioma after exposure to asbestos-containing joint compound has been awarded $15 million by a New York jury. The $15 million verdict came against...
View ArticleConnecticut Jury Awards $20M in Worker’s Death From Asbestos Exposure
A Connecticut jury has delivered a $20 million verdict for the widow and family of John Peckham, who died in 2020 from mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos while working with DAP “33” window...
View ArticleJurors Urged to Impose Heavy Punitive Damages in J&J Talc Trial
Lawyers for a California man who says he developed a rare cancer from exposure to asbestos in Johnson & Johnson’s talc-based baby powder on Monday urged a jury to order the company to pay heavy...
View ArticleJ&J Must Pay $18.8M to California Cancer Patient in Baby Powder Suit
Johnson & Johnson’s must pay $18.8 million to a California man who said he developed cancer from exposure to its baby powder, a jury decided on Tuesday, a setback for the company as it seeks to...
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