CertainTeed Faces Trial Over Former Pipefitter’s Mesothelioma Death
Jan 10, 2018
An Arizona state court jury heard opening statements on Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by the family of a deceased pipefitter who developed mesothelioma after alleged exposure to asbestos cement pipes manufactured by CertainTeed Corp.
Jan 5, 2018
Jury selection is underway in the first New Jersey state court lawsuit to go to trial claiming asbestos in Johnson & Johnson’s popular talcum powder-based products caused mesothelioma.
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Oct 20, 2017
For the second time in two weeks, a California state court jury heard opening statements on Thursday in the nation’s first trial over claims that Johnson & Johnson’s talc-based body powders contain asbestos, following an earlier mistrial.
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Oct 6, 2017
A California state court jury began hearing opening statements on Friday in the first lawsuit to go to trial over claims that Johnson & Johnson’s popular talc-based hygiene products can cause mesothelioma.
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Jury Sides With Plaintiffs At Nation's 1st Asbestos Trial Against Emerson Electric-Owned Valve Companies
Aug 7, 2017
A South Carolina state court jury delivered a verdict against valve manufacturers and Emerson Electric Co. subsidiaries Fisher Controls International LLC and Crosby Valve LLC on Thursday, in what plaintiff attorneys claim is the first time the two...
Jul 27, 2017
An attorney for a former Duke Energy worker who inspected asbestos-containing valves in nuclear power plants told a South Carolina state court jury on Monday that the valve’s manufacturers are responsible for his client’s mesothelioma.
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Nov 17, 2016
A Florida appeals court has overturned a rare $8 million verdict in an asbestos-related mesothelioma lawsuit against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Crane Co.
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Jul 29, 2016
The Georgia Supreme Court’s reversal this month of a $4+ million asbestos verdict clarified the law of causation in exposure cases, limiting expert testimony on the issue. The ruling potentially makes cases harder to prove by requiring plaintiffs ...
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|Video Vault| Red Flags Fill the Courtroom En Route to $14M Asbestos Trial Verdict
Jul 22, 2016
When given hours of evidence stretching across a long trial, jurors can become so overwhelmed they tune out potentially critical information, even in closing arguments. To counter that, Chris Panatier, of Simon, Greenstone, Panatier & Bartlet...
Nov 19, 2015
Watch how James Ferraro urges jurors to make the logical leap needed to connect Georgia Pacific building materials to his client's mesothelioma.
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Oct 9, 2015
A South Carolina state court jury slammed Texas-based materials company Celanese Corp. with a $14 million verdict on Thursday in a lawsuit brought by the family of a maintenance worker who died of cancer after being exposed to asbestos.
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Sep 30, 2015
John Crane Inc. and materials company Celanese Corp. should pay up to $15 million to the family of a machinist who died of mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos in the 1970's, jurors heard in a trial that began Tuesday.
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