2BInformed: Engaging with EPA, OSHA’s New Regulation, and Asbestos
Court: Fourth Judicial District Court for Multnomah County, Oregon (Portland) - On September 13, 2024, Oregon state court judge Katharine Von Ter Stegge granted defendant Johnson & Johnson’s motion to overturn a $260 million...more
Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania - Decedent Thomas Constantine was diagnosed with mesothelioma in December 2016. Mr. Constantine’s estate alleged that his mesothelioma was caused by exposure to asbestos during his...more
Jurisdiction: United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana - Plaintiffs Claudette Washington Skidmore and Courtney Skidmore Williams brought claims against several defendants after the death of their...more
Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle - In the asbestos action Burhenn v. Celotex Asbestos Settlement Trust, the court granted defendant Celotex’s motion to dismiss on the grounds that the complaint was untimely filed. In...more
Jurisdiction: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana - Plaintiff Irma Lee LaGrange filed a motion in this asbestos action seeking the court to decline supplemental jurisdiction and remand to state...more
Court: United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division - In this asbestos action, defendants Atwood & Morrill Co. Inc. and Warren Pumps LLC filed a Daubert motion to exclude, or limit, certain...more
Court: Circuit Court of South Carolina, Fifth Judicial Circuit - A South Carolina jury Aug. 16 returned a $64.4 million plaintiff’s verdict against product manufacturer Johnson & Johnson and supplier American International...more
Court: Supreme Court of New York, Albany County - Plaintiff Warren Stouch brought this asbestos action in February 2020, claiming he was exposed to asbestos at his jobs, including through the use and wear of asbestos...more
Observers of filing trends in personal injury mesothelioma matters alleging exposure to talc contaminated with asbestos have noted that the bankruptcy filing of a predominant defendant in those matters did little to slow the...more
In the 1967 movie “The Graduate,” a family friend famously tells the title character “I just want to say one word to you. Just one word. Plastics. There’s a great future in plastics. Think about it.” Well, those of us engaged...more
Court: Supreme Court of New York County (NYCAL) - In this asbestos action, defendant Burnham Holdings Inc. moved to dismiss the complaint against it on personal jurisdiction grounds. Specifically, BHI asserted that it is a...more
Court: Supreme Court of New York, New York County (NYCAL) - In this asbestos action, plaintiff Jennifer Peganis alleged take-home exposure to asbestos from laundering her husband’s work clothing. Defendant Donald Durham...more
The Third Circuit recently affirmed entry of summary judgment in favor of General Electric (“GE”) on grounds of derivative sovereign immunity. The Third Circuit found that GE was entitled to derivative sovereign immunity...more
Jurisdiction: Supreme Court of New York, New York County - This action arises out of plaintiff Hydraulic IP Holdings LLC’s attempt to enforce a judgment entered against non-party Grace Apparel LLC. Plaintiff’s complaint...more
Jurisdiction: Supreme Court of New York, New York County - Plaintiff John P. Reeves alleges asbestos exposure from, among other things, the asbestos-containing caulk of defendant DAP Inc. while serving in the U.S. Navy aboard...more
Jurisdiction: Supreme Court of New York, New York County - DAP filed a motion for summary judgment by arguing plaintiff cannot sufficiently demonstrate DAP’s exposed him to asbestos. DAP contends that it did not manufacture...more
Jurisdiction: Supreme Court of New York, New York County - Plaintiff Lita Goldstein was diagnosed in March 2022 with mesothelioma. She initiated a suit against several defendants in May 2022, including Kolmar Laboratories...more
Jurisdiction: Supreme Court of New York, New York County - Plaintiff Robert L. Toth worked at various Consolidated Edison powerhouses from 1961 to 1991 as a sheet metal worker. He was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2019 and he...more
In the recent Agnew decision, the court had to decide on National Tinsel’s motion to dismiss. National Tinsel is an artificial snow company incorporated in Wisconsin which was being sued in New York. National Tinsel filed for...more
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division - Decedent Carole Zicklin passed away from mesothelioma in September 2021. The decedent’s daughters subsequently filed a wrongful death lawsuit...more
Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware - Avon Products Inc., a U.S.-based “non-operational” holding company, announced Monday that it is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to “address its debt and...more
The potential causative relationship between exposure to cosmetic talc and asbestos-related disease is of particular interest considering recent, high-visibility cases being litigated across the United States. Talc is a...more
Jurisdiction: Supreme Court of New York, New York County - Defendant Kennedy Electrical Supply Corp. moved for summary judgment seeking to dismiss this action on the grounds that plaintiff was not exposed to asbestos from any...more
Jurisdiction: Supreme Court of New York, New York County - Defendant Atwood & Morrill Co. Inc. moved for summary judgment to dismiss this action on the grounds that plaintiff Giuseppe Rullo was not exposed...more
Workers at asbestos job sites in the state of Texas may be at risk of developing mesothelioma, asbestos lung cancer, or other diseases as a result of asbestos exposure....more