Yesterday, U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI) introduced the Children’s Product Warning Label Act of 2018, which would require all cosmetics marketed to children to contain a warning label that the product has not been evaluated for asbestos contamination unless...
Asbestos litigation in the United States is financed primarily through general liability insurance policies issued through the mid-to-late 1900s. Language within the policies defines an insurer’s right and duty to defend and indemnify an insured entity up to the...
As CMBG3 Law recently reported, a Missouri jury in May 2017 returned a $110 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson in a talcum powder ovarian cancer case. The plaintiff, Louis Slemp, argued that her daily use of Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder products and...
On Thursday, a California jury returned a verdict in favor of Johnson & Johnson and talc supplier Imerys, finding that the companies' products were not unsafe, did not cause the plaintiff's mesothelioma, and that the companies did not fail to warn regarding...
By: Kendra Bergeron, Esq. and Nicholas Blei, Esq. In a unanimous opinion in an asbestos personal injury case, the Connecticut Supreme Court reversed a trial court judgement and granted defendant Wyeth Holdings Corporation’s (“Wyeth”) motion to set aside the verdict...
Missouri Updates As CMBG3 Law reported in October, the Missouri Court of Appeals (Eastern District) surprised many litigators when it overturned a $72 million verdict that was awarded to plaintiff Jacqueline Fox in a Johnson & Johnson talcum powder ovarian cancer...
On October 16, 2017 the Massachusetts Appeals Court vacated a prior ruling that required OneBeacon Insurance Company (“OneBeacon “) to reimburse Celanese Corporation (“Celanese”) for defense costs incurred after OneBeacon agreed to defend without reservation. Celanese...
CMBG3 Law reported last week that the first asbestos-contaminated talcum powder trial in California began trial, but was cut short two days into the trial as the judge declared a mistrial. This week, a new jury was seated and trial began yesterday. In the case,...
In February of 2016, a St. Louis jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff Jacqueline Fox for $72 million. In the case, plaintiff alleged that she developed ovarian cancer from Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder products. Johnson & Johnson appealed the...
CMBG3 Law previously reported on a verdict against Johnson & Johnson out of California in the amount of $417 million, which was the first California case tried to verdict against Johnson & Johnson in which it was alleged that the company’s talcum powder...