By Amanda Bronstad | May 19, 2020
Johnson & Johnson said it would "vigorously defend" the products in court. Plaintiffs attorney Chris Placitella, who is liaison counsel in the talc multidistrict litigation, said "we look forward to meeting them there as we continue to pursue justice for our clients."
By Tom McParland | May 18, 2020
The panel held that residents' allegations of elevated PFOA levels in the blood were sufficient grounds for personal injury claims, which, if proved, could entitle them to costs of medical monitoring.
By Amanda Bronstad | May 18, 2020
Former South Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Joan Toal insisted that depositions and hearings continue in the asbestos cases, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. "Discovery in these cases may be less convenient than the norm," she wrote. "Inconvenience, in comparison to delaying justice in not just these cases, but the ones that come after, is not a valid basis to stop discovery."
By Amanda Bronstad | May 5, 2020
"We are now in May, and we have all had so many different directions and deadlines placed upon us that many of us are wondering why we chose this profession," Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Ronald Wilson wrote in a May 1 order. "I deeply regret all of this, but it is all beyond our control."
By Amanda Bronstad | April 27, 2020
On Monday, U.S. District Judge Freda Wolfson, who is overseeing the talcum powder multidistrict litigation against Johnson & Johnson, found that five plaintiffs' experts, two of whom have testified before Congress on talcum powder safety, could appear before juries. The ruling is the first in which a federal judge has ruled on the scientific evidence in talc trials.
By Amanda Bronstad | April 24, 2020
"If this is not an abuse of discretion, if this didn't warrant separate trials, I can't imagine a case that would," Johnson & Johnson attorney Thomas Weaver told the Missouri Court of Appeals on Friday. Kevin Parker, of The Lanier Law Firm, argued to retain the record jury award, despite previous appeal reversals in other talc verdicts.
By Amanda Bronstad | March 17, 2020
Lawyers for plaintiff Edwin Hardeman, in a brief filed before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, defended the jury's award while challenging U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria's reduction of $75 million in punitive damages to $20 million.
By Amanda Bronstad | March 6, 2020
DuPont's lawyers have moved for a mistrial, insisting that a holdout juror questioned by the judge had "tears in her eyes" prior to the verdict for an Ohio couple suing over chemical C8 dumped in the Ohio River. A lawyer for the plaintiffs, and the judge, have disagreed.
By Amanda Bronstad | March 5, 2020
In an order on Thursday, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria vacated the March 23 trial date for the second federal bellwether trial over Roundup herbicide to give lawyers more time to negotiate a settlement of thousands of lawsuits.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 19, 2020
In a Tuesday order, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ann Jones appointed a 20-lawyer team in the California state court lawsuits against San Francisco's Juul Labs. They included Los Angeles-area attorneys Paul Kiesel and Mark Robinson as co-leads for individuals, and John Fiske and Rahul Ravipudi for pubic entities, such as school districts.
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