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New Jersey Law Journal

$2.4M Verdict: New Jersey Justices Restore Award in Factory Worker's Mesothelioma Death

Amicus curiae New Jersey Association for Justice said the decision "protects the rights of workers to be informed about the risks posed by dangerous products so that they have a meaningful choice to protect their own health."
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Daily Report Online

'A Catastrophe': Beasley Allen Among Firms Aiding Clients Impacted by NC Military Bases' Toxic Water

According to a news release, more than a million individuals were exposed to toxic drinking water between 1953 and 1987.
5 minute read

Law.com

US Supreme Court Declines to Review Roundup Petition, Ensuring More Trials

Tuesday's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court ensures that court battles will continue over Monsanto's Roundup, which lawsuits contend causes non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
6 minute read

Law.com

Talc Claimants Move to Lift Bankruptcy Stay After Judge Mulls Possible Trials

The Official Committee of Talc Claimants, or TCC, sought to lift U.S. Bankruptcy Chief Judge Michael Kaplan's order granting a preliminary injunction on all 38,000 talcum powder cases. A hearing is Tuesday.
5 minute read

Law.com

Bayer Notches Another Defense Win in Trial Over Monsanto's Roundup

Thursday's Roundup verdict, in Jackson County Circuit Court, in Kansas City, Missouri, is the third defense win for Bayer's Monsanto in the past year.
3 minute read

Law.com

PCB Verdicts Pile Up Against Monsanto as Plaintiffs Lawyer Says Juries 'Have to Be Horrified Uniformly'

Monsanto, owned by Bayer AG, has lost $269 million in verdicts from three trials brought by teachers, parents and kids exposed to PCB, or polychlorinated biphenyls, while attending the Sky Valley Education Center in Monroe, Washington.
6 minute read

Law.com

Ag Groups Urge Biden to Withdraw 'Stunning Reversal' in Roundup Case

Citing "grave concern," 54 agricultural groups wrote a letter to Biden to withdraw U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar's amicus brief filed earlier this month in a petition Bayer filed before the U.S. Supreme Court involving a Roundup verdict.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Los Angeles County Jury Awards $43M in Asbestos Trial

Friday's verdict, in Los Angeles County Superior Court, is one of the largest in an asbestos case since courts reopened last year.
4 minute read

Law.com

In Big Change, US Solicitor General Now Backs $80M Verdict Against Bayer's Roundup

In an amicus brief filed on Tuesday, U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar said the U.S. Supreme Court should deny review of Bayer's petition to reverse an $80 million Roundup verdict.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Middlesex Water Co.: Class Certification Granted in Suit Over Cancer-Causing Chemical

The ruling represents the first time a New Jersey state court has certified a class over perfluorooctanoic acid, let alone the first one certified against a water company that sold its customers tap water contaminated with that substance, said co-class counsel Joseph Osefchen.
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