Category: <span>Asbestos (general)</span>

Category: Asbestos (general)

Asbestos (general), asbestos exposure, Companies, lawsuit, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma News, talc

Avon Files for Bankruptcy Over Debt from Talc Lawsuits

 

Avon Products Inc. has filed for bankruptcy as it faces 200 lawsuits related to its talc-based products. Plaintiffs claim their cancer diagnoses are the result of asbestos contamination in the company’s products. According to an Avon press release, the Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection move is meant to “address its debt and legacy talc liabilities.”  The […]

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Asbestos (general), asbestos exposure, Companies, johnson, Legal, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma News, talc

Johnson & Johnson Secures Votes for $6.475 B Talc Settlement

 

More than 75% of plaintiffs have voted to support Johnson & Johnson’s proposed plan to settle roughly 61,000 lawsuits for $6.475 billion, according to Bloomberg. This could clear the way for a possible third J&J bankruptcy attempt.  The company has tried unsuccessfully for years to use the “Texas Two-Step” strategy to transfer its legal liabilities to […]

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Asbestos (general), asbestos exposure, Companies, lawsuit, Legal, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma News, secondary, Secondary Exposure, talc, Talcum powder

Jury Awards $24.4M in Talc Case Against Avon

 

A jury has awarded the family of a Chicago area mesothelioma survivor a $24.4 million verdict. The lawsuit named Avon Products, Inc. the defendant and alleged it processed and manufactured talc products contaminated with asbestos, causing Cipriano Ramirez’s exposure.  Ramirez worked as a janitor at Avon’s manufacturing facility in Morton Grove, Illinois in the 1980s. […]

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Asbestos (general), asbestos exposure, Clinical Trials/Research/Emerging Treatments, johnson, lawsuit, Mesothelioma News, talc, Talcum powder

World Health Organization Says Talc is “Probably Carcinogenic”

 

The World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer finds talc “probably” causes cancer. The key reason for the finding is because the mineral used in products such as cosmetics, talcum powders, children’s toys and even food can be contaminated with asbestos. The cancer research agency reports there’s “strong mechanistic evidence” the mineral can […]

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Asbestos (general), asbestos exposure, Clinical Trials/Research/Emerging Treatments, Companies, johnson, lawsuit, Legal, Mesothelioma News, Talcum powder

J&J Lawsuit Against Scientist Over Cancer Research Dismissed

 

U.S. District Judge Georgette Castner dismissed Johnson & Johnson’s libel claim against scientist Dr. Jacqueline Moline. J&J filed its lawsuit after Dr. Moline, the chair of occupational medicine at Northwell Health, published a paper in 2020 drawing a connection between talc-based products and cancer.  Dr. Moline’s paper discussed a connection between exposure to asbestos-contaminated talcum […]

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Asbestos (general), Companies, johnson, lawsuit, Legal, Mesothelioma News, talc, Talcum powder

Talc Plaintiffs Lose Bid to Prevent Proposed J&J Bankruptcy

 

A federal judge has blocked a group of cancer patients who were attempting to stop Johnson & Johnson from filing for bankruptcy. The plaintiffs filed an order in June 2024 asking a federal judge to block J&J’s latest bankruptcy plans. U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp said he couldn’t grant the motion because any harm from […]

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Asbestos (general), asbestos exposure, Clinical Trials/Research/Emerging Treatments, Mesothelioma News, Product

Researchers Find More Efficient Way to Detect Asbestos

 

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology say they have come up with a new more convenient and cheaper process to detect the presence of toxic asbestos. In the past, the only accurate way to find asbestos was through a laboratory procedure known as transmission electron microscopy, but researchers found scanning electron microscopy […]

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Asbestos (general), asbestos exposure, Companies, Doctors/Specialists, johnson, lawsuit, Legal, Mesothelioma News

Second Class Action Lawsuit Against J&J Seeks Medical Coverage

 

Law firms that recently filed a class action lawsuit seeking to block Johnson & Johnson’s latest bankruptcy attempt have filed a new suit. This latest class action lawsuit seeks coverage of doctor visits and cancer screenings for women who used J&J’s talc-based products. This case, like the suit the firms filed last month, is before […]

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Asbestos (general), Companies, Legal, Mesothelioma News

Supreme Court Rules Insurers Have Say in Asbestos Bankruptcies

 

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered the Court’s unanimous ruling that Truck Insurance Exchange had the right to a seat at the table when asbestos companies Kaiser Gypsum Co. and Hanson Permanente Cement filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The court ruled Truck Insurance is a “party of interest.” Kaiser and its parent company Hanson […]

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Asbestos (general), asbestos exposure, Companies, johnson, lawsuit, Legal, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma News

J&J Reaches $700 Million Talc Settlement

 

Johnson & Johnson will pay $700 million to settle an investigation concerning the marketing practices of its talc-based products. The multimillion-dollar settlement resolves charges that J&J misled people to believe its talc products, including Johnson’s Baby Powder and Johnson & Johnson’s Shower to Shower, were safe. The company is also facing more than 61,000 lawsuits […]

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Asbestos (general), Companies, johnson, lawsuit, Legal, Mesothelioma News, talc, Talcum powder

J&J Must Pay $260M in Asbestos Talc Lawsuit

 

An Oregon jury awarded a woman $260 million in punitive and compensatory damages after she claimed Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder caused her mesothelioma diagnosis. The multimillion-dollar verdict from the 4th Judicial District Circuit Court is the latest against the company in connection to its talc-based baby powder.  Doctors in 2023 diagnosed Lee, 48, with […]

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Asbestos (general), asbestos exposure, johnson, lawsuit, Legal, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma News

Class Action Suit Claims J&J Bankruptcy Filings Are Fraudulent

 

A group of cancer patients are bringing a class action lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson. The suit alleges J&J’s Chapter 11 attempts are calculated tactics to avoid thousands of pending talcum powder lawsuits.  The five plaintiffs filed their suit – Murphy et al. v. LTL Management Inc. et al., Case No.3:24-CV-06320 – in the U.S. […]

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Asbestos (general), asbestos exposure, Clinical Trials/Research/Emerging Treatments, johnson, lawsuit, Legal, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma News

New Research Links Talcum Powder to Ovarian Cancer

 

According to new research released in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, applying talcum powder to the genitals can cause ovarian cancer. The study also found the risk of ovarian cancer is higher for people who used talc-based powder for longer periods of time or more frequently.  This research from the National Institutes of Health could […]

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Asbestos (general), asbestos exposure, Cancer (Non-Meso), Companies, johnson, lawsuit, Legal, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma News, talc, Talcum powder

J&J Offers to Pay $6.475B to Settle Ovarian Cancer Lawsuits

 

Johnson and Johnson’s subsidiary LLT Management LLC has agreed to pay $6.475 billion to settle current and future claims that its talc-based products caused ovarian cancer. This is an attempt to try and resolve nearly 54,000 talc cases still awaiting trial against the company.  J&J says the proposition would settle 99.75% of the remaining talc […]

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Asbestos (general), asbestos exposure, Companies, lawsuit, Legal, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma News, Product, talc, Talcum powder

Makeup Brand Ben Nye Files for Bankruptcy to Avoid Talc Lawsuits

 

Professional makeup brand Ben Nye, popular with film, stage and modeling makeup artists, has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the midst of lawsuits. The suits claim its products contain asbestos-contaminated talc. The move could allow the company to reorganize while putting its many talc lawsuits on hold.  The company says it stopped using talc […]

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