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$5.5 million California asbestos verdict reversed; Wrong state's laws were used

By Daniel Fisher |
A California appeals court reversed a $5.5 million verdict awarded to the family of a pipefitter who died of mesothelioma, saying the trial judge improperly instructed jurors to apply California’s standard of proof in asbestos cases when they should have used the stricter Michigan standard.

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Compressor maker liable for 60% of huge asbestos verdict despite 14 other defendants

By Daniel Fisher |
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A California appeals court upheld a jury verdict assigning 60% of the responsibility for a man’s mesothelioma to a compressor manufacturer even though the plaintiff identified 14 other defendants including the U.S. Navy that allegedly contributed to his disease.

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California asbestos ruling a boost for companies facing punitive damages

By Daniel Fisher |
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A California appeals court has sharply limited the ability to obtain punitive damages against corporations, ruling in an asbestos lawsuit that the plaintiff had failed to identify specific employees who engaged in behavior deserving such punishment.

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Judge throws out asbestos case over lack of evidence showing talcum powder is unsafe

By Daniel Fisher |
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge in California dismissed a proposed class action against Johnson & Johnson and Bausch over talcum powder products, saying plaintiff lawyers failed to show the products were unsafe or that their clients were misled into buying them.

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Asbestos testimony allowed against company ID'd by 'their K and stuff'

By John O'Brien |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A former maker of asbestos-containing pipe might have thought it had avoided paying a $1.6 million verdict, but the California Supreme Court has given new life to the lawsuit.

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Two recent talc verdicts went against J&J; Both sides vow to keep fighting

By John Sammon |
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – Officials for Johnson & Johnson and attorneys representing plaintiffs suing the company for alleged asbestos-tainted baby powder both vowed on Tuesday to continue litigating after two recent verdicts went against the company.

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Trial begins after hung jury in woman’s mesothelioma lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson

By John Sammon |
TORRANCE – After a jury in a Los Angeles Superior Court hopelessly deadlocked on a woman’s lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson in September of 2018 for allegedly causing her mesothelioma, a new trial began Monday in an L.A. Superior Court in Torrance to decide the issue.