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October 2, 2020
October 2, 2020
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Remembering the Notorious RBG

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1993 until her death on September 18, 2020. She was the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court after Sandra Day O’Connor. Justice Ginsburg earned her bachelor’s degree at Cornell University before finishing law school at Columbia. She taught civil procedure at [...]
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January 29, 2020
January 29, 2020
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Has the Talc Industry Been Steering the FDA?

When you go shopping, how often do you worry that the deodorant you buy might kill you? The odds are you don’t. After all, we have government agencies working tirelessly to protect us from harmful products. Right? Sadly, our nation’s faith in the FDA may have been misguided—at least so far as asbestos and talcum [...]
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December 18, 2019
December 18, 2019
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Lawsuit Against the EPA Could Affect Asbestos Litigation

Every year, tens of thousands of Americans die due to asbestos-related diseases. Knowing this, in the early 1970s, asbestos insulation & sprayed asbestos materials were banned, and in 1977 asbestos joint compound was banned.  In 1989, the Environmental Protection Agency banned most uses of asbestos, but manufacturers successfully sued and got the ban overturned.  Several [...]
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October 15, 2019
October 15, 2019
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A Retirement That Turned Deadly

For three decades, Al Bennet worked as an auto mechanic at a variety of dealerships. Day after day, week after week, and year after year, he worked underneath multiple car models. His job was to replace and repair brakes, gaskets, clutches and other parts. While each component serves a vastly different purpose, they all had [...]
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August 22, 2019
August 22, 2019
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Johnson & Johnson’s Legal Gamble Against an Expert Witness

Johnson & Johnson thought that they were in the clear in 1976. Mount Sinai Hospital researchers announced that while many talcum powder brands cause cancer, J&J products were free of the carcinogen. Now, more than 40 years later, unsealed company documents tell a much different story that reveals the possibility of company executives engaged in [...]
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August 15, 2019
August 15, 2019
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ADAO’s Asbestos Ban Bill Stronger Than Ever

For decades, the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) has been fighting for a ban on asbestos in the United States. Since 1989 when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) almost issued a nation-wide ban on asbestos, $100,000,000 USD has been spent on 375,000 metric tons of asbestos imports and many have lost their lives to asbestos-related [...]
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March 5, 2019
March 5, 2019
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The Continuing Legal Saga over Tainted Talc

Of all products that are presumed to be safe, baby powder would likely be towards the top of that list. While use of the talc is not limited to infants needing diaper changes, the notion of any health risks over its use is difficult, if not impossible to imagine. For decades, Johnson & Johnson has [...]
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July 31, 2018
July 31, 2018
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Delaware High Court Tackles Liability in Take-Home Asbestos Cases

We posted a blog about the recent Arizona Supreme Court ruling that in that state, an employer is not liable for this kind of harm to household members. As we noted, it varies among the states whether employers have the duty to warn employees of this kind of risk to prevent disease and death at [...]
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July 17, 2018
July 17, 2018
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Missouri Jury Verdict: $4.69 Billion in Talc-Ovarian Cancer Case

On July 12, a jury in St. Louis, Missouri, awarded 22 plaintiffs $4.69 billion in damages in a lawsuit alleging that Johnson & Johnson, or J&J for short, and an affiliated company, sold baby powder containing asbestos that had allegedly caused ovarian cancer after long-term use. The trial in the St. Louis Circuit Court, a [...]
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November 10, 2017
November 10, 2017
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Favorable Result Reached in Utah Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Pictured from left to right: Nicole Leon (Paralegal), Mrs. Ashworth, Brayton Purcell Attorneys Jennifer Alesio and Daniel Morse Brayton Purcell reached a favorable resolution after four days of jury trial in the Utah Third District Court of Salt Lake County, for the Ashworth family. The Ashworth family brought a wrongful death lawsuit against various entities for [...]
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