Settlements

Matthew Davis

3 mins read - November 4, 2024

A U.S. judge on Thursday temporarily halted most lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson over claims its baby powder and other talc products caused cancer, pausing trials as the compan...

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...

Rachel Sasser

4 mins read - September 20, 2024

A subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson (J&J) that declared bankruptcy after being swamped with thousands of lawsuits alleging its talc products caused cancer has for the first time agr...

Rachel Sasser

4 mins read - September 18, 2024

A jury awarded over $39 million to a Utah couple in a landmark mesothelioma case involving the use of asbestos-contaminated talc in a surgical procedure. The plaintiffs were repre...

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...

Melissa Bill

6 mins read - August 27, 2024

The consumer products behemoth Johnson & Johnson is now submerged under a barrage of lawsuits accusing the company’s talc-based products of being the root cause of their mesotheli...

Matthew Davis

4 mins read - August 24, 2024

Johnson & Johnson’s bitter negotiations to resolve thousands of lawsuits over its talc products, which are worth $6.5 billion, have run into a wall as several plaintiffs have not ...

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...

Mary Pieper

2 mins read - August 12, 2024

Bloomberg reported Monday that more than 75% of the plaintiffs who filed lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson claiming that the use of asbestos-contaminated talc products resulted i...

Mary Pieper

4 mins read - August 12, 2024

A jury trial began in South Carolina this week to determine if a man’s use of asbestos-contaminated Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder was the cause of his mesothelioma.  Michael ...

Mary Pieper

2 mins read - July 29, 2024

A jury ordered Avon Products, Inc. to pay $24.4 million Friday to the family of a man who developed cancer decades after being exposed to asbestos-contaminated talc while working ...

Melissa Bill

3 mins read - July 26, 2024

On Thursday, July 25th, an appellate court upheld a bankruptcy court’s ruling from last year that denied Johnson & Johnson’s effort to use a subsidiary, LTL Management, to declare...

Mary Pieper

3 mins read - July 25, 2024

A bipartisan group of lawmakers proposed legislation on Capitol Hill Tuesday to end the “Texas Two-Step,” a bankruptcy maneuver that Johnson & Johnson and Georgia Pacific have bee...

Mary Pieper

2 mins read - July 17, 2024

Johnson & Johnson has proposed a $505 million settlement with two bankrupt mining companies that supplied J&J with asbestos-contaminated talc for its talcum powder products.  P...

Mary Pieper

3 mins read - July 15, 2024

A federal court upheld an $8 million verdict Thursday against BNSF Railway over the deaths of two former residents of Libby, Montana, where asbestos-containing mining material was...

Mary Pieper

4 mins read - July 2, 2024

A scientist has scored a victory over Johnson & Johnson, which alleged her influential research linking asbestos-contaminated cosmetic products to the deadly cancer mesothelioma wa...

Melissa Bill

4 mins read - July 1, 2024

On June 28, a federal judge rejected a preliminary order by cancer victims aimed at blocking Johnson & Johnson from moving forward on its proposed  $6.48 billion bankruptcy settlem...

Johnathan Edwards

7 mins read - June 28, 2024

The recent $700 million Johnson & Johnson settlement is another major victory in the fight over talc’s safety. The settlement is meant to pay out thousands of cases that claimed J...

Mary Pieper

3 mins read - June 18, 2024

Women who are at risk for ovarian or fallopian tube cancer due to prolonged use of Johnson & Johnson’s talc powder products could benefit from court-supervised health monitoring a...