Posted by Michael Throneberry | Feb 15, 2020 |
The National Institutes of Health recently bestowed a five-year $2.6 million grant to researchers at the University of Hawaii Cancer Center to examine the role that certain genes may play in asbestos-related cancer and whether certain cell mutations may play a role in the survival of patients. Th...
Posted by Michael Throneberry | Feb 02, 2020 |
On behalf of the state of New Mexico, Attorney General Hector Balderas recently filed suit against pharmaceutical and cosmetics giant Johnson & Johnson over claims that the company knew for decades about the risks posed by using its talc-based products but continued to market the product to consu...
Posted by Michael Throneberry | Jan 18, 2020 |
A group of seven California plaintiffs recently signaled their intention to a federal court to refile their talcum powder asbestos cancer lawsuit against pharmaceutical and cosmetics giant Johnson & Johnson in order to include additional defendants who may be at fault for causing their asbestos-r...
Posted by Michael Throneberry | Jan 04, 2020 |
A Hawaii woman recently filed an asbestos cancer lawsuit against pharmaceutical and cosmetics giant Johnson & Johnson and local grocer Foodland Supermarket Ltd. alleging that the defendants are responsible for her mesothelioma cancer diagnosis. The mesothelioma cancer lawsuit claims Johnson & Joh...
Posted by Michael Throneberry | Dec 21, 2019 |
The once long-time talc supplier for pharmaceutical and cosmetics giant Johnson & Johnson is reportedly considering selling its North American operations, among other strategic alternatives to restructure the company after a difficult year in the courts. Earlier this year, Imerys Talc USA filed f...
Posted by Michael Throneberry | Dec 01, 2019 |
Pharmaceutical and cosmetics giant Johnson & Johnson recently recalled 33,000 bottles of one of its talc-based products after regulators discovered trace amounts of asbestos fibers in samples taken from a bottle of Baby Powder purchased online. This is the first time Johnson & Johnson has issued ...
Posted by Michael Throneberry | Nov 11, 2019 |
A California state jury recently heard opening arguments in a new talcum powder asbestos cancer trial brought by a 48-year old woman who claims she developed her serious form of cancer after years of using talc-based products produced and marketed by the defendant. The mesothelioma cancer lawsuit...
Posted by Michael Throneberry | May 23, 2019 |
A Southern California jury recently awarded a former pipefitter and his wife $3 million in an asbestos cancer lawsuit brought against a contractor whom the plaintiff claims frequently exposed him to asbestos during the course of his employment. The mesothelioma lawsuit claimed that D.W. Nicholson...
Posted by Michael Throneberry | May 14, 2019 |
A New York City judge recently handed down an important ruling in a mesothelioma cancer lawsuit allowing the plaintiff's claim against a boiler company to continue rebuffing the defendant's legal maneuvers to have the case dismissed before it could be heard by a jury. Attorneys for defendant Kohl...
Posted by Michael Throneberry | Apr 27, 2019 |
A California jury recently handed down a substantial award to a husband and wife who claim the man's employer is responsible for his mesothelioma diagnosis developed while working at several of the defendant's oil refineries over a two-decade period. The mesothelioma cancer lawsuit named Fluor En...
Posted by Michael Throneberry | Apr 07, 2019 |
A grieving Georgia family recently filed an asbestos talcum powder cancer lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson after losing their mother to a battle with mesothelioma in 2017 that they claim was caused by the pharmaceutical and cosmetics giant's negligence. The family's lawsuit against Johnson & Joh...
Posted by Michael Throneberry | Mar 23, 2019 |
An Oakland, California jury recently handed down a substantial $29 million verdict in favor of a female plaintiff who claims she developed a serious form of cancer from carcinogens in talc-based products produced by the defendant, Johnson & Johnson. The plaintiff's verdict is the latest defeat fo...
Posted by Michael Throneberry | Mar 16, 2019 |
A California jury recently heard closing arguments in an asbestos cancer lawsuit brought by a plaintiff who claims she developed mesothelioma as a result of years of exposure from carcinogens in talc-based products produced by Johnson & Johnson. The trial is one of the first of many the pharmaceu...
Posted by Michael Throneberry | Dec 20, 2018 |
The sixth talcum powder asbestos cancer lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson is set for trial in a matter of days and will take place in a California state court to determine whether or not the company is liable for the victim's injuries. The mesothelioma cancer lawsuit also nam...
Posted by Michael Throneberry | Nov 30, 2018 |
An aircraft mechanic from Texas and his wife recently filed a mesothelioma cancer lawsuit against the husband's former employer and its parts supplier claiming the defendants are responsible for the victim's malignant cancer diagnosis. The asbestos cancer lawsuit names Lockheed Martin Corp., 3M C...
Posted by Michael Throneberry | Nov 09, 2018 |
The Virginia Supreme Court recently issued an important ruling in an asbestos cancer lawsuit allowing the plaintiffs to continue with their claim on behalf of their decreased mother who passed away due to exposure to toxic asbestos dust. The 4-3 decision affirms long standing tort law in the stat...
Posted by Michael Throneberry | Oct 30, 2018 |
The adult children of a man who passed away from mesothelioma recently won a huge court victory when an appeals court upheld a lower court's ruling allowing the group to proceed with their own wrongful death claims against asbestos companies they say are responsible for their father's passing. T...
Posted by Michael Throneberry | Oct 11, 2018 |
Pharmaceutical and cosmetics giant Johnson & Johnson is facing three more asbestos cancer lawsuit trials across the country over allegations that the company's talcum-based products caused various types of cancers developed by the plaintiffs. Johnson & Johnson and its talc supplier, Imerys Talc U...
Posted by Michael Throneberry | Sep 26, 2018 |
Personal care products company Colgate-Palmolive recently reached a settlement with a California man in a talcum powder asbestos cancer lawsuit on the verge of trial in state Superior Court. The terms of the settlement were not released in the case of the now 67-year-old man who claimed he develo...
Posted by Michael Throneberry | Sep 13, 2018 |
A California appeals court recently issued a ruling in an asbestos cancer lawsuit allowing the plaintiffs to have their case reheard and pursue additional damages which were improperly excluded from consideration by the trial court. The case is being brought by the seven surviving children of the...
Posted by Michael Throneberry | Aug 29, 2018 |
A former Illinois aircraft mechanic recently filed an asbestos cancer lawsuit against several defendants the plaintiff claims are responsible for the lung cancer diagnosis he received in 2017 after decades of exposure to the deadly carcinogen. The mesothelioma cancer lawsuit names CBS Corporation...
Posted by Michael Throneberry | Aug 20, 2018 |
A California jury recently handed down a substantial verdict in an asbestos cancer case involving a plaintiff who developed mesothelioma as a result of secondhand exposure to asbestos fibers brought home on his father's work clothes. The jury's $11.4 million award included $5 million to the plain...
Posted by Michael Throneberry | Jul 10, 2018 |
The daughter of an asbestos cancer victim who passed away from his disease recently filed asbestos lung cancer Illinois state court against her father's employer and several other defendants alleging the companies failed to exercise due care. The asbestos lung cancer lawsuit names Buffalo Air Han...
Posted by Michael Throneberry | Jun 29, 2018 |
The family of a deceased Texas petroleum worker recently filed a mesothelioma cancer lawsuit against the victim's employer, Phillips 66, over allegations that the company knew about dangerous working conditions, including asbestos exposure, but did nothing to warn employees. The plaintiffs' lawsu...
Posted by Michael Throneberry | Jun 19, 2018 |
The trial in an asbestos cancer lawsuit recently began in South Carolina, pitting the survivors of a mesothelioma patient against Johnson & Johnson, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, and the outlet of Rite Aid. The trial begins on the heels of a substantial multi-million dollar...