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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.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 12, 2020
California's First District Court of Appeal ordered additional briefing on Monsanto's defense of federal preemption—an issue that could have wide ramifications for all Roundup lawsuits. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed an amicus brief supporting plaintiffs' claims against federal preemption.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 10, 2020
In a brief before California's First District Court of Appeal on Friday, Bayer insisted that "egregious and pervasive misconduct" by plaintiffs counsel infected the trial.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 7, 2020
In the final hours before the jury's verdict on Thursday, lawyers had raised objections and a mistrial motion, and the judge made two curative instructions for the jury to ignore the attacks the attorneys had made about each other.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 6, 2020
The judge in the case is likely to slash the punitive damages award to $185 million.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 4, 2020
A judge in a New York talc case found that Simmons Hanly Conroy's disclosure of Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky's deposition to Reuters "was frivolous and done to harass the defendants," and ordered a Feb. 24 hearing before a special master to determine monetary sanctions.
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