NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - Johnson & Johnson knew that it had an asbestos problem and that safe alternatives existed but chose instead to plow ahead with talc as the basis for its baby powder, plaintiffs in a consolidated mesothelioma case told a jury... Read More
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A group of plaintiffs in the multidistrict litigation against E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. for alleged injuries connected to exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid (known as C8) on July 15 filed a brief in Ohio federal court contending... Read More
GREAT FALLS, Mont. - A federal judge in Montana on July 17 remanded a glyphosate cancer lawsuit to state court, concluding that the plaintiffs sufficiently pleaded allegations against a local employee of Monsanto Co., the maker of the herbicide Roundup... Read More
SEATTLE - A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on July 17 upheld a federal judge in Idaho's ruling that American Smelting and Refining Co. (ASARCO) could not seek contribution under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and... Read More
SAN FRANCISCO - Ten California cities and counties on July 17 reached a $305 million deal with three former manufacturers of lead-based paint to address hazards and end nearly 20 years of litigation (The People of the State of California v. ConAgra Grocery... Read More
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - One of the defendants in the lawsuit brought by residents of Flint, Mich., related to the lead-contaminated water crisis in the city on July 12 filed a notice of nonparties at fault, contending that it is not liable because its involvement... Read More
NEW YORK - The trustee of two bankrupt magnesium production companies and the current owner of a magnesium production facility in Rowley, Utah, on July 15 agreed to pay a combined $33 million to the federal government and the U.S. Department of Interior's... Read More
CHICAGO - A federal court may decide a plaintiff's declaratory judgment action seeking clarification of which party owns asbestos liabilities because even as a nonparty to the contract, the plaintiff has an interest in the issue and nothing in the... Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Noting the "extraordinary circumstances" of the rise in youth vaping, a federal judge in Maryland on July 11 ordered the Food and Drug Administration to enact a 10-month deadline for makers of e-cigarettes and other newly... Read More
NEW YORK - A man's testimony that he would clean up dust from asbestos-fitted printing machines was sufficient grounds on which to deny summary judgment, a New York appeals court held July 11 (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation, No. 190041... Read More
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge in California on July 15 issued an order that reduced the punitive damages award to a glyphosate cancer victim from $75 million to $20 million, saying that the size of the initial award was "constitutionally impermissible... Read More
NEW YORK - Insufficient evidence suggests that a building a securities analyst recalled visiting on a sprawling campus is the same building where a man recalled working with the defendant's products in an unrelated case, a New York justice held in... Read More
NEW ORLEANS - The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 10 agreed to an en banc rehearing of a panel majority's October ruling that reversed a federal judge in Texas' decision that the federal government could not pursue injunctive relief... Read More
COLUMBIA, Tenn. - A federal judge in Tennessee on July 8 denied a plaintiff company's motion to lift a stay on its claims under the Clean Water Act (CWA) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), finding that the stay is intended to postpone... Read More
NEW YORK - A consumer talc company's subpoenas seek information it can obtain through other means, and the defendant has not shown that it made any attempt to obtain cooperation from out-of-state individuals who provided talc samples for testing before... Read More