Monsanto has lost its appeal to overturn the Roundup litigation jury trial results and an $87 million award to plaintiffs Alberta and Alva Pilliod. The Court of Appeal of the State of California, First Appellate District, sided with trial judge Alameda Superior Court...
Litigation Update: IMERYS Files Counter Indemnification Claim Against J&J in Talc Litigation
In a complaint filed on July 27, talc miner and Johnson and Johnson (J&J) talc supplier, Imerys Talc America, petitioned the court to find that J&J was obligated to indemnify the company for the tens of thousands of personal injury claims filed against it;...
Litigation Update: Verdicts Against J&J and Imerys Overturned in Talc Lawsuit
On April 28, a New Jersey appeals court overturned $117 million in compensatory and punitive damages awarded to plaintiffs Stephen Lanzo and his wife, Kendra, and ordered new trials be held in the talc contamination lawsuit against defendants Johnson & Johnson and...
Litigation Update: $4.8 Million Verdict Against Talc Supplier
In the first civil jury trial in Los Angeles County since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, the jury awarded a $4.8 million verdict to a 73-year old Vietnam War veteran against talc supplier Whittaker Clark & Daniels (WCD). WCD was for decades one...
Litigation Update: J&J, Imerys Ask New Jersey State Court to Throw Out Verdicts Totaling $117M
At a hearing before a New Jersey state appeals court on March 9, attorneys for Johnson & Johnson and Imerys Talc America sought to throw out verdicts totaling $117 million awarded in a case brought by Stephen Lanzo and his wife, Kendra; the plaintiffs alleged that...
Litigation Update: Johnson & Johnson Sets Aside $3.9B to Cover Talc Liabilities
In an SEC filing on February 23, Johnson & Johnson set aside $3.9 billion in litigation expenses it says are “primarily associated with talc-related reserves and certain settlements”. The amount takes into account the record July 2018 $4.69B verdict awarded by a...
Litigation Update: Johnson & Johnson Wins False Advertising Dismissal
On January 25th, Johnson & Johnson won a dismissal on the proposal of a class action lawsuit regarding the safety of talc in their products. The 2019 lawsuit initiated by plaintiffs stated that J&J misled consumers by falsely advertising the safety of using...
Litigation Update: Johnson & Johnson’s Loses Appeal on $2.1B St. Louis Talc Verdict
On November 3, Missouri’s Supreme Court refused to review a jury verdict for $2.1B that was delivered to 22 women who claimed that J&J’s talc-containing baby powder caused their ovarian cancer. That verdict was the result of a June 2018 trial where the jury found...
Litigation Update: Johnson & Johnson to Pay $100 Million to Settle Over 1,000 Talc Cases
Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $100 Million to terminate over 1,000 lawsuits alleging their baby powder contained asbestos which caused cancer in many of the users of the product. The settlement includes lawsuits brought by three firms: Simmons Hanly...
How Will J&J’s Move to Discontinue Baby Powder Sales Impact Its Ongoing Talc Litigation Now?
On May 19, 2020, Johnson & Johnson announced it is discontinuing North American sales of its talc-based baby powder, a product it has defended for decades in the face of lawsuits filed by consumers who say it caused cancer. This move likely would not have happened...