Mesothelioma Legal News

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has officially withdrawn a proposed rule that would have required companies to test talc-based cosmetics for asbestos. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. signed the withdrawal on November 28, 2025. The decision has drawn sharp criticism from health advocates who warn it leaves consumers vulnerable […]

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A Connecticut judge has added more money to a jury’s verdict award for a plaintiff with mesothelioma who filed suit against Johnson & Johnson. A Bridgeport Superior Court jury initially awarded Evan Plotkin $15 million in October 2024. The judge has now added $10 million in punitive damages, bringing the total to $25 million. Plotkin’s […]

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Researchers are reporting promising advances for people with pleural mesothelioma who can have surgery. One tested immunotherapy given before and after surgery. The other studied a blood test that helps doctors detect mesothelioma earlier than scans. Doctors at several cancer centers, including Johns Hopkins, ran an early clinical trial testing immunotherapy for mesothelioma. They gave […]

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A Delaware jury awarded $9 million to the family of Eugene Schoepke, an Illinois hunter who died from mesothelioma in 2022. The lawsuit argued companies added asbestos to Remington and DuPont shotgun shells in the 1960s and failed to warn consumers, putting the public at risk. Schoepke hunted for many years and repeatedly used these […]

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People who developed mesothelioma, ovarian cancer and other diseases as a result of asbestos-contaminated talc continue to seek justice. But companies like Avon and Johnson & Johnson are fighting claims in court with mixed results.  In recent weeks, Avon’s own insurers have moved to block talc lawsuits in bankruptcy court. Meanwhile J&J faces its second […]

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A new clinical trial launched this month is testing a novel immunotherapy that could offer hope to people with mesothelioma or other hard-to-treat cancers. It will explore an experimental treatment using CAR T-cells, a type of immune cell engineered to find and attack cancer cells. The 100-person National Cancer Institute study is now recruiting participants.  […]

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The Environmental Protection Agency, now under the Trump administration, is reconsidering the former administration’s decision to ban the ongoing use of chrysotile asbestos. EPA officials asked an appeals court for a 30-month pause to evaluate whether it reverses the asbestos ban completely, parts of it or none of it. Asbestos ban advocates, cancer survivors and […]

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