By Amanda Bronstad | December 19, 2018
One day earlier, another judge ruled that he had "grave doubts" about granting Johnson & Johnson's summary judgment in a case brought by the state of Mississippi.
By Amanda Bronstad | December 10, 2018
A federal judge said he would break out prospective jurors during voir dire who knew about this year's $289 million verdict, according to a lawyer familiar with the decision.
By Andrew Denney | November 28, 2018
The trial, which is before Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Barbara Jaffe, is the 11th regarding Johnson & Johnson's allegedly asbestos-laden talcum powder, which plaintiffs say is giving them cancer.
By Amanda Bronstad | November 16, 2018
A defense verdict in California gives Johnson & Johnson the upper hand in the litigation alleging its asbestos-containing talcum powder products caused mesothelioma.
By Andrew Denney | October 15, 2018
After a five-week trial and 23 total hours of deliberations spread over four days, a jury of 11 found against cigarette maker R.J. Reynolds on claims of defective design, fraud failure to adequately warn and in favor of the family of the late Louis Summerlin, a longtime smoker who worked for years as an automotive brake mechanic.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Law Journal Editorial Board | October 15, 2018
One might make a strong argument that cases involving such cutting edge theories of causality should be assigned specially, as medical malpractice cases once were and as certain commercial disputes presently are, to a particular judge in the venue who would be the most competent to make difficult decisions as were made by the trial judge in Accutane.
By Michael Booth | October 12, 2018
In a 4-3 ruling, the majority said it was clear that if the employer knows or should have known that employees' clothing dusted with asbestos could be handled by others, there is a clear duty of care.
By Amanda Bronstad | October 11, 2018
After two mistrials in similar cases that had juries in Los Angeles deliberating for days, a New Jersey jury took just half an hour to decide that Johnson & Johnson's baby powder did not cause a woman to get mesothelioma.
By Amanda Bronstad | October 10, 2018
San Francisco Superior Court Judge Suzanne Bolanos issued the tentative ahead of a hearing on Wednesday afternoon.
By Amanda Bronstad | October 9, 2018
U.S. Magistrate Judge David Ruiz on Oct. 5 allowed most of the claims in a key case in a massive MDL against opioid companies to go forward, concluding that the complaint was far from a “fishing expedition.”
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