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Johnson & Johnson supplier seeks bankruptcy over talc lawsuits

February 27, 2019 By Thomas Lamb

A key supplier of talc used in Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder [ Imerys Talc America ] filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on [ February 13, 2019 ] in the wake of multibillion-dollar lawsuits alleging its products caused ovarian cancer and asbestos-related mesothelioma. Imerys Talc America, the U.S. unit of French group Imerys SA, said it filed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bankruptcy, Law, Lawsuits, Mesothelioma, Talc Tagged With: asbestos talc lawsuits, asbestos-contaminated talc, asbestos-infused talc, bankruptcy, Imerys Talc America, johnson & johnson, talcum powder mesothelioma lawsuits

Talc-asbestos lawsuits to stay in Pa. courts because of corporate registration law

February 1, 2019 By Thomas Lamb

According to the ruling of a federal judge, Pennsylvania courts now have jurisdiction over [ talc-asbestos lawsuits ] because the defendant followed state law in registering to do business in the state. On Wednesday, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Judge Michael M. Baylson declared that Imerys Talc America, defendant … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Law, Lawsuits, Mesothelioma, Talc Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos talc lawsuits, asbestos-contaminated talc, asbestos-infused talc, johnson & johnson, mesothelioma, mesothelioma lawsuits, talcum powder mesothelioma lawsuits

Four J&J Talc Cases Moving to Trial in New York’s Oft-Maligned Asbestos Court

January 22, 2019 By Thomas Lamb

Four talcum powder suits against Johnson & Johnson are set to proceed this month to trial in the New York City Asbestos Litigation court, where plaintiffs attorneys may be able to wield a formidable weapon in the threat of punitive damages, a remedy that had been unavailable for more than two decades, but to which the door was opened last … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Lawsuits, Talc Tagged With: asbestos talc lawsuits, asbestos-contaminated talc, asbestos-infused talc, johnson & johnson, talcum powder mesothelioma lawsuits

J&J’s Risk From Tainted-Talc Lawsuits Only Gets Bigger in 2019

January 3, 2019 By Thomas Lamb

Johnson & Johnson paid a steep price this year for claims that its celebrated baby powder was contaminated with asbestos. Problem is, 2019 could be even worse. A jury ordered the company in July to pay $4.69 billion to 22 women who blamed the talc-based product for causing their ovarian cancer. The prospect of similar judgments helped erase … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Lawsuits, Mesothelioma, Talc Tagged With: asbestos talc lawsuits, asbestos-contaminated talc, asbestos-infused talc, asbestos-related cancer, malignant mesothelioma, mesothelioma, mesothelioma lawsuits, talcum powder mesothelioma lawsuits

New jury fails to reach verdict in J&J South Carolina talc cancer trial

December 5, 2018 By Thomas Lamb

A second South Carolina jury on [November 15, 2018] failed to reach a verdict in the retrial of a case by a woman whose family said her long-term use of Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder led to her death from asbestos-related cancer. The case of Bertila Boyd-Bostic, who died of a rare form of cancer in 2017 at the age of 30, is the latest in a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lawsuits, Mesothelioma, Talc Tagged With: asbestos exposure, asbestos talc lawsuits, asbestos-contaminated talc, asbestos-infused talc, johnson & johnson, malignant mesothelioma, mesothelioma lawsuits, talcum powder mesothelioma lawsuits

Jury clears J&J of liability in California talc cancer case

November 23, 2018 By Thomas Lamb

A California jury on [November 14, 2018] cleared Johnson & Johnson of liability in a case involving a woman who alleged that the company’s talc-based products, including its baby powder, contain asbestos and caused her cancer, the company said. The jury in Humboldt County Superior Court in Eureka, California rejected claims by Carla Allen … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Claims, Lawsuits, Mesothelioma, Talc Tagged With: asbestos lawsuits, asbestos talc lawsuits, asbestos-contaminated talc, asbestos-infused talc, asbestos-related cancer, malignant mesothelioma, mesothelioma lawsuits

Johnson & Johnson Talc Powder Retrial Begins Monday in South Carolina, CVN to Webcast Live

November 6, 2018 By Thomas Lamb

The retrial of a lawsuit claiming asbestos supposedly present in Johnson & Johnson’s cosmetic talc products caused a 30-year-old attorney to develop mesothelioma begins [November 5, 2018] in South Carolina state court, and the full trial will be webcast live and on demand by Courtroom View Network. A hung jury last May caused an initial … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Claims, Lawsuits, Mesothelioma, Talc Tagged With: asbestos lawsuits, asbestos talc lawsuits, asbestos-contaminated talc, asbestos-infused talc, mesothelioma, mesothelioma lawsuits, talcum powder mesothelioma lawsuits

Juries Weigh Cases Over Alleged Harms of Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder

June 15, 2018 By Thomas Lamb

In the battle between Johnson & Johnson and plaintiffs’ lawyers over alleged dangers in its signature [ Johnson & Johnson baby powder ], juries cut both ways last week. A trial in South Carolina over whether Johnson’s Baby Powder caused a young woman’s mesothelioma ended in a hung jury Friday, days after a California jury awarded a woman … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Exposure, Lawsuits, Mesothelioma, Talc Tagged With: asbestos talc lawsuits, asbestos-contaminated talc, asbestos-infused talc, johnson & johnson, talcum powder mesothelioma lawsuits

J&J Loses Second Talc-Asbestos Trial and Damages May Grow

June 5, 2018 By Thomas Lamb

Johnson & Johnson lost a second [ talc-asbestos mesothelioma trial ] linking baby powder use to deadly asbestos cancer and jurors must next decide whether to punish the company on top of their award of $21.7 million in damages. Jurors in state court in California concluded Wednesday J&J was liable for Joanne Anderson’s mesothelioma and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Lawsuits, Mesothelioma, Talc Tagged With: asbestos talc lawsuits, asbestos-contaminated talc, asbestos-infused talc, malignant mesothelioma, mesothelioma, talcum powder mesothelioma lawsuits

J&J Baby Powder litigation takes new focus with asbestos claims

April 19, 2018 By Thomas Lamb

A $117 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson and a supplier in favor of a man who said his asbestos-related cancer was caused by long-term use of J&J’s Baby Powder could open a new front for thousands of cases claiming the widely-used product caused [mesothelioma or ovarian cancer], legal experts and plaintiffs lawyers said. J&J … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Lawsuits, Mesothelioma, Talc Tagged With: asbestos exposure, asbestos talc lawsuits, asbestos-contaminated talc, asbestos-infused talc, johnson & johnson, malignant mesothelioma, mesothelioma, mesothelioma lawsuits, talcum powder mesothelioma lawsuits

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