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American International Industries is a lawsuit filed in 2023 in which a South Carolina jury awarded $63.4 million to Michael Perry, a man diagnosed with mesothelioma, a terminal cancer caused by asbestos exposure. The case centered on allegations that Johnson & Johnson’s talc-based products, including their iconic Baby Powder, contained ...
Charlotte’s bankruptcy court has become a national haven for multibillion-dollar companies facing lawsuits from people sickened by asbestos.
(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 ...
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 ...
The judgement against the Center for Asbestos Related Disease clinic comes in a federal case filed by BNSF Railway in 2019 under the False Claims Act, which allows private parties to sue on the ...
Asbestos-related cases increased on the U.S. Supreme Court docket after 1980 and the court has dealt with several asbestos-related cases since 1986. Two large class action settlements, designed to limit liability, came before the court in 1997 and 1999. Both settlements were ultimately rejected by the court because they would exclude future ...
A recall involving Dynacare baby powder potentially tainted with asbestos has been expanded to include additional cases of the product shipped to 35 states and sold online on Amazon, according to ...
In re Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC is a court case heard in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina which involves the entry into bankruptcy proceedings by Garlock Sealing Technologies, once a manufacturer of coated asbestos gaskets, as a result of potential liability from current and future settlements. [1]