Jurors who found that agribusiness giant Monsanto's Roundup weed killer contributed to a school groundskeeper's cancer are urging a San Francisco judge not to throw out the bulk of their $289 million award in his favor, a newspaper reported Monday.
Juror Gary Kitahata told Judge Suzanne Bolanos in a letter that the jury was convinced by the evidence.
A machine operator employed by Wisconsin-based Dura-Fibre LLC has been awarded $100,000 in back wages by U.S. District Court for the Eastern Division of Wisconsin to resolve charges the company fired the employee for reporting injuries to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
The federal court overseeing hundreds of cancer lawsuits involving Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer will convene its first bellwether trial in February 2019.
More than 560 Roundup lawsuits are currently pending in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, where all such federal claims have ben centralized before a single judge for coordinated pretrial proceedings.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected bid by paint companies to avoid liability over lead paint abatement in California.
The combined cases are Sherwin-Williams Co. v. California and Conagra Grocery Prodcuts, et al, v. California.
Both cases asked whether California’s decision to impose retroactive “public nuisance” liability against the defendants for promoting and selling their nearly century-old products in the state violates the defendant company’s due process and First Amendment rights.
The Sherwin-Williams case further asked the justices to resolve what it said was a conflict between Supreme Court predecent and a recent Third Circuit ...
Now, the lawyers have not only found the owner -- whose name turned out to be Cheskel Meisels, not “Chester,” as residents had thought -- but have also reached a $3 million settlement for a death at the complex. The lawsuit claimed lax security at the notorious complex in South DeKalb contributed to a shooting that left a 15-year-old boy dead and a 27-year-old man injured in 2016.
In a deposition, Meisels, a New York resident, acknowledged that the sprawling development on 21 acres had spiraled out of control before public outrage rose over the conditions. Another witness, who was said to have been in charge of security at the apartments, said in his own deposition that residents were “sitting ducks” to criminals because the gate didn’t work and guards were instructed to look after the property, not the people on it.
A New Jersey jury on Thursday cleared Johnson & Johnson of liability in a case involving a woman who alleged that the company’s talc-based products, including its baby powder, contain asbestos and caused her cancer.
After less than a day of deliberations, the jury in New Brunswick, New Jersey rejected claims by Rosalind Henry and her husband, who had alleged that Henry’s mesothelioma, a cancer associated with asbestos exposure, was caused by the company’s talc products.
The Supreme Court of Virginia ruled a cab company wasn't responsible for the death of a driver after he was shot by a passenger.
The court dismissed Agnes Christine Terry's case against a cab company after her husband was murdered.
According to the ruling, Morris canceled the dispatched taxi after the man changed his location to a place Morris knew was closed. Morris then warned nearby taxi companies about the caller.
A dispatcher got a call from a man who "troubling" phone calls , when Ambrister was working. The dispatcher assigned Ambrister to pick him up. Shortly after the man got in the car, he fatally shot Ambrister three times.
Securities class action firm Labaton Sucharow has reached a tentative truce with the special master investigating questionable activities that include a $4.1 million referral fee paid to a lawyer who did no work but served as the middleman between Labaton and an Arkansas pension fund that served as lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against State Street Bank and Trust.
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – A company that helped build the World Trade Center is telling a New York City judge to dismiss it from the lawsuit of a carpenter who also worked on the site and now has mesothelioma, the serious disease caused by asbestos that often leads to the highest verdicts and settlements.
Arconic subcontracted work to H.H. Robertson Company’s Cupples Products Division, which subcontracted work to Mario & DiBono Plastering. Fireproofing spraying that utilized asbestos was conducted by Mario & DiBono.
A Cook County jury awarded $50 million Tuesday to a child who suffered a severe and permanent brain injury due to a delay in the diagnosis and treatment of hypoxia (oxygen deficiency) prior to his birth.
On March 22, 2009, 35-year-old Aimee Florez arrived at NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston, Ill. with her husband, David Florez, to give birth to her first child. After 12 hours of labor, Aimee gave birth to a boy, whom she named Julien.
A San Francisco jury's $289 million verdict in favor of a school groundskeeper who says Roundup weed killer caused his cancer will face its first court test Wednesday. Agribusiness giant Monsanto will argue at a hearing that Judge Suzanne Bolanos should throw out the verdict in favor of DeWayne Johnson.
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A leading electrolytic capacitor manufacturer that pleaded guilty to price fixing has been ordered to pay a $60 million criminal fine and has been sentenced to a five-year term of probation.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Nippon Chemi-Con suppressed and eliminated competition for electrolytic capacitors that store and regulate electrical current in several electronic products such as computers, televisions, car engines, airbag systems and home appliances.
The federal government's allegations that AmerisourceBergen Corporation (ABC), one of the nation's largest wholesale drug companies, illegally repackaged injectable drugs from overfill for cancer patients has resulted in a $625 million settlement.
ABC's actions were an attempt to profit from drug "overfill" by establishing a pre-filled syringe program through a subsidiary the ABC said was a pharmacy but was actually a repacking operation, according to the DOJ.
The Supreme Court of Ohio reversed an appeals court judgment that denied Union Carbide's motion for dismissal of an asbestos lawsuit.
The company is challenging whether a man’s alleged smoking habit contributed to his lung cancer diagnosis. Justice Patrick Fischer authored the opinion.
The family of a Gadsden woman who allegedly died as a result of malpractice and negligence had a $20 million decision in their favor reversed.
State Justice William B. Sellers, on the panel of the Alabama Supreme Court, issued a 38-page ruling on Sept. 28 reversing an Etowah Circuit Court decision in the lawsuit filed by the daughter of Doris Green, Regina Honts, against HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Gadsden LLC. The case was remanded for a new trial.
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