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2. J&J gets $260 million talc verdict overturned in Oregon, new ...

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   (Reuters) -A state judge in Oregon has overturned a jury's $260 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit brought by a woman who said she got mesothelioma, a deadly cancer linked to ...

3. Asbestos and the law - Wikipedia

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   Castleman, Barry, Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects, Fifth Edition, Aspen Press, 2005; Tweedale, Geoffrey, Magic Mineral to Killer Dust: Turner & Newall and the Asbestos Hazard, Oxford University Press, USA (May 24, 2001) Maines, Rachel. Asbestos and Fire: Technological Tradeoffs and the Body at Risk. New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers University ...

4. Asbestos and the law (United States) - Wikipedia

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   Asbestos litigation is the longest, most expensive mass tort in U.S. history, involving more than 8,000 defendants and 700,000 claimants. [1] By the early 1990s, "more than half of the 25 largest asbestos manufacturers in the US, including Amatex, Carey-Canada, Celotex, Eagle-Picher, Forty-Eight Insulations, Manville Corporation, National Gypsum, Standard Insulation, Unarco, and UNR Industries ...

5. Asbestos bankruptcy trusts - Wikipedia

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   Typically an asbestos plaintiff is exposed to a mixture of products during a thirty-year career in the building trades. It takes between twenty and fifty years from first exposure to the development of asbestos-caused cancer, so work histories, employment, military and social security records are used to help prove the plaintiff's exposure to various asbestos products throughout his or her career.

6. Jury: BNSF Railway contributed to 2 deaths in Montana town ...

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   A federal jury on Monday said BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people who were exposed to asbestos decades ago when tainted mining material was shipped through a Montana town where ...

7. J&J must pay $15 million to man who says its talc caused his ...

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   (Reuters) -Johnson & Johnson must pay $15 million to a Connecticut man who alleges that he developed mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer, as a result of using the company's talc powder for decades ...

8. List of active settlement houses - Wikipedia

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   Columbus Federation of Settlements: Columbus, Ohio: United States [15] East Side House Settlement: Bronx, New York: United States The Educational Alliance: New York, New York: United States [16] Franklin-Wright Settlements, Inc: Detroit, Michigan: United States [17] Friendly Inn Settlement House: Cleveland, Ohio: United States [18] Gladden ...

9. In re Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC - Wikipedia

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   The chrysotile asbestos previously used in Garlock's gaskets is roughly 1/100 to 1/2000 as carcinogenic as the friable amphibole asbestos used in the insulating tape just mentioned. Over a thirty-five year period Garlock was sued hundreds of thousands of times and forced to pay about $1.3 billion in judgements, settlements, and defense costs.