Matthew Davis

3 mins read - September 23, 2024

The first trial in Connecticut involving Johnson & Johnson’s cosmetic talc products has begun, marking a significant legal challenge for the company. The lawsuit, which relate...

Matthew Davis

4 mins read - September 11, 2024

On September 4, Johnson & Johnson boldly announced a $1.1 billion increase to its proposed talc settlement, This would increase the settlement to more than $9 billion paid over 25...

Matthew Davis

4 mins read - September 10, 2024

Johnson & Johnson is planning to pay an additional $1.1 billion in its proposed settlement to clear up tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging the company, and its baby powder of c...

Matthew Davis

4 mins read - August 24, 2024

The complex negotiations surrounding Johnson & Johnson’s $6.5 billion attempt to settle thousands of lawsuits regarding its talc products have hit a stumbling block, with several ...

Matthew Davis

3 mins read - August 21, 2024

Former executives of Nash Engineering Co. are grappling with serious allegations from a Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee. The lawsuit which is taking place in Connecticut accuses the ...

Matthew Davis

4 mins read - August 16, 2024

Today comes with news of a groundbreaking legal decision, a South Carolina jury has awarded an astounding $63.4 million to a plaintiff who developed lung cancer after years of usi...

Matthew Davis

2 mins read - September 26, 2023

A New Jersey bankruptcy judge has approved the payment of hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees and expenses to attorneys representing talc tort claimants in the bankruptc...

Matthew Davis

2 mins read - August 15, 2023

A Florida appeals court has reversed a lower court’s decision, allowing a lawsuit to proceed against Carlisle Industrial Brake & Friction Inc. The suit claims that Joan Smith devel...

Matthew Davis

2 mins read - July 30, 2023

Washington’s highest court has confirmed a jury verdict against ExxonMobil Oil Co., ruling that the company was liable for exposing a contractor to asbestos, which led to his mesot...

Matthew Davis

3 mins read - July 12, 2023

A California jury has awarded approximately $107 million in damages to the family of Joel Hernandezcueva, a 45-year-old janitor who died from mesothelioma, a cancer linked to asbes...

Matthew Davis

2 mins read - June 21, 2023

The Seventh Circuit breathed new life into a lawsuit implicating a kiln device manufacturer in a mesothelioma case, asserting that the manufacturer’s responsibility to consumers sh...

Matthew Davis

2 mins read - May 19, 2023

In a recent ruling, U.S. District Judge Richard E. Myers II has denied the consolidation of two mesothelioma cases against Dow Chemical and Fluor, emphasizing the distinct differen...