The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the appeal of a Third Circuit decision in two consolidated lawsuits that held companies accountable under maritime law for asbestos-related injuries if the companies could have reasonably known that asbestos was added to their products by third parties, according to Law360. (more…)

Johnson & Johnson and its talc supplier Imerys Talc America Inc., pressed a New Jersey state court to toss a multi-million-dollar verdict the companies had been slapped with in a case of a man who claimed their talcum powder products contained asbestos and caused the man’s mesothelioma. (more…)

A Manhattan jury awarded a landmark $60 million to the estate of a man who died from the rare lung cancer mesothelioma after working for years in a plant contaminated with asbestos. (more…)

Beginning in the 1920s, medical professionals linked exposure to asbestos, particularly in the workplace, to mesothelioma, a rare but deadly form of lung cancer. In the decades that followed, the use of asbestos in the U.S. declined. Industries that continued to manufacture asbestos-containing products were required to have their workers wear protective clothing such as coveralls or similar full-body clothing, head covering, gloves and foot coverings. Despite these protective measures, workers can still be exposed. (more…)

Late Wednesday, April 11, Johnson & Johnson and its talc supplier Imerys were slapped with a $117 million verdict in a case brought by a man who claimed the companies’ talcum powder contained asbestos, which contributed to the development of his malignant mesothelioma. (more…)

Johnson & Johnson is fighting to skirt punitive damages in a lawsuit alleging the company’s talcum powder products contain asbestos and caused a man to develop the rare and deadly form of lung cancer called malignant mesothelioma. (more…)

A man who claimed he developed malignant mesothelioma after using Johnson & Johnson talcum powder products regularly for decades was awarded $37 million in compensatory damages by a New Jersey state jury.

The jury awarded $30 million to plaintiff Stephen Lanzo III and $7 million to his wife, Kendra. Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay 70 percent of the damages and its talc supplier, Imerys Talc America Inc., was charged with paying the remaining 30 percent. (more…)

A New Jersey Superior Court Judge rejected Johnson & Johnson’s bid for a mistrial in a case brought by a man who claims the company’s talcum powder products contain asbestos and contributed to his developing mesothelioma. The consumer health care giant argued that the plaintiff’s attorney spoke out of turn during closing arguments when he said that Johnson & Johnson withheld information from and essentially lied to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). (more…)

A New Jersey jury has been charged with determining whether Johnson & Johnson hid evidence that its talcum powder products contained asbestos by using tests that it knew were too weak to detect the cancer-causing mineral, in a case brought by a man who claims regular use of the consumer health care company’s talc products caused him to develop mesothelioma. (more…)

A woman who blamed her husband’s fatal mesothelioma on a fertilizer that contained asbestos will get her day in court, a three-judge panel with the New Jersey Appellate Division ruled, Law360 reported. (more…)