Jurisdiction: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana - Decedent Michael Dandry Jr. was employed in various positions by defendant, Avondale, between June 1971 and August 1971. During that time,...more
Jurisdiction: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana - Plaintiffs Erica Dandry Constanza and Monica Dandry Hallner allege decedent Michael P. Dandry Jr. developed mesothelioma from asbestos...more
Court: United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts - Plaintiff Bruce K. Wright and per quod plaintiff Louise K. Wright allege Mr. Wright had asbestos exposure from working as a mechanic at multiple shops...more
Performing diligence to support your real estate acquisition can feel daunting—especially during “spooky season.” But there are steps companies can take to navigate the more unsettling environmental aspects with practical...more
Jurisdiction: Calif. Super., Los Angeles Co. - Mae Moore’s three adult daughters Joy Moore, Kathryn Pratt and Carol Farquharson — by and through guardian Leslie Farquharson (collectively, the Moore family) — filed suit in...more
Court: Connecticut Superior Court – Judicial District of Bridgeport - Plaintiffs Evan Plotkin and Martha Barry-Plotkin filed suit claiming Mr. Plotkin had asbestos exposure from, among other things, personal use of Johnson...more
Companies in certain industries have years and even decades of experience in defending and resolving “long-tail” liabilities for suits, claims and other proceedings—such as for asbestos-related disease or...more
Plaintiff Richard Long brought this suit against multiple defendants, including John Crane, after being diagnosed with biphasic pleural mesothelioma in January 2023. Long worked at the Dillingham ship repair yard on Swan...more
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of California - Plaintiffs allege the decedent, Dennis C. Payne, had asbestos exposure while working aboard a ship as a marine engineering student at the...more
Court: Supreme Court of New York – Niagara County - In this action, plaintiffs allege asbestos exposure from the use of talc cosmetics and consumer products manufactured by defendant, IMI Fabi, LLC, among others, and that...more
or over 40 years, courts in several states, including California, New Jersey, Washington, and Pennsylvania, have applied the “product line” theory of successor liability in asbestos personal injury cases....more
Court: Delaware Superior, New Castle County. This matter involves two cases consolidated for trial, both of which involve Midwest farmers with alleged exposure to asbestos from Remington-brand shotgun shells used from the...more
Court: Supreme Court, St. Lawrence County - Plaintiff Bishop filed suit in St. Lawrence County’s Supreme Court in December 2022, alleging environmental exposure to asbestos when she lived in the vicinity of Vanderbilt...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Merit Construction Company (“MCC”) entered into an August 28th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Air Act asbestos regulations....more
Exposure to toxic substances like arsenic, asbestos, benzene, cadmium, dioxins, fluoride, herbicides, lead, mercury, and pesticides can create serious and lasting health risks. These hazardous materials are often encountered...more
It is extremely rare for a civil case filed in New York State to be reviewed by its highest court—the New York Court of Appeals. In 2023, 1,030,781 civil cases were filed in New York State trial courts; however, only 93...more
Court: United States District Court for the Central District of California - In this action, plaintiff Sondra Scott alleges asbestos exposure from her personal use of various talcum powder products including, but not limited...more
Recent reviews of genetic research continue to challenge long-held assumptions about the causes of malignant mesothelioma. While plaintiffs’ attorneys often cite to asbestos exposure as the only cause of mesothelioma, a...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on August 8, 2025, that it seeks self-nominations from small businesses, governments, and not-for-profits to participate as Small Entity Representatives (SER) providing...more
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit - In December 2018, Sue Perry (“decedent”) passed away following her second lung cancer diagnosis. Her surviving husband and daughters (“plaintiffs”) alleged that she...more
For decades, thousands of American workers were unknowingly exposed to asbestos on the job. Before safety regulations were widely enforced in the early 1980s, asbestos was a common material used in construction,...more
Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California - Plaintiff Vernon Armstrong alleges he developed lung cancer from asbestos exposure during his Navy service, under claims for negligence, strict liability,...more
Court: Calif. Super., Los Angeles Co. - Plaintiff, Ronald Carpenter, filed suit against various defendants, claiming his lung cancer was caused by exposure to asbestos from their products. Carpenter alleged various exposures,...more
In June 2025, a Suffolk County, Massachusetts jury delivered an $8 million verdict in Janice Paluzzi v. Johnson & Johnson (21-2109). The jury allocated $5 million for past pain and suffering and $3 million for future pain and...more
The Trump administration will uphold a Biden-era ban on the ongoing use of asbestos after previously saying it would reconsider the rule. The rule requires companies to phase out their use of chrysotile asbestos, which is the...more