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Tile Manufacturer’s Motion for Summary Judgment Denied

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Jurisdiction: Supreme Court of New York, New York County - Plaintiff Widercrantz alleges his mesothelioma resulted from exposure to various defendants’ asbestos-containing products. He alleges personal and bystander asbestos...more

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District Court Denies Defendant’s motion to Stay, Case Pending Appeal of Remand

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Jurisdiction: United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, Louisville Division Plaintiff Linda Horton filed a civil lawsuit on Nov. 21, 2024 against GE and other defendants in the Jefferson Circuit...more

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Court Grants Motion for Summary Judgment, Rules Plaintiff Failed to Show Defendant Intended to Harm Decedent

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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

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Court Denies Plaintiff’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on Defendant’s Theory of Alternative Exposure

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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

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Massachusetts Federal District Court Grants Defendant Summary Judgment in Asbestos Case

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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

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Los Angeles Jury Awards $966M For Asbestos Talc-Related Mesothelioma

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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

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Plaintiff’s Motion to Demand Granted as Federal Court Could Not Exercise Original Jurisdiction

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United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, Louisville Division - In November 2024, Barney Horton, Jr. (“decedent”) filed a lawsuit in Kentucky State Court alleging that exposure to asbestos-containing...more

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Court Denies Johnson & Johnson’s Motion to Set Aside Jury Verdict and Request for New Trial

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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

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Fondos Fiduciarios de Asbesto: Cómo Presentar una Demanda por Mesotelioma o Cáncer de Pulmón

Durante décadas, miles de trabajadores en Estados Unidos estuvieron expuestos al asbesto sin conocer los riesgos mortales de este material. Hoy en día, enfermedades como el mesotelioma y el cáncer de pulmón relacionado con el...more

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Oregon Jury Awards $33 Million In Shipyard Laborer’s Asbestos Gaskets Case

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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

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Federal Court Denies Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment

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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

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Portland Jury Finds Packing Defendant Liable in Shipyard Mesothelioma Case and Awards $34M in Damages

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In a recent case filed in Portland, OR, a 71-year-old man brought various claims against numerous defendants related to products liability, negligence, and failure to warn associated with asbestos-containing products after...more

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Delaware Jury Awards $9 Million in Asbestos Shotgun-Shell Case

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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

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N.Y. Jury Awards $12.25M in Environmental Asbestos Case against Vanderbilt

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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

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A Notable Dissent: Paving the Way to Re-examine Asbestos Causation Standards in New York

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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

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Nielsen’s Novel Approach to BAP1 and Mesothelioma

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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

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Were You or a Loved One Exposed to Asbestos? Get Your Free Asbestos Health Exam and Find Out If You Qualify For Compensation

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

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Massachusetts Talc Trial Results in $8M Plaintiff Verdict

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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

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Fourth Department Denies Defendant’s Appeal on Issue of Causation and Affirms Judgment Entered in Favor of Plaintiff

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Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, Fourth Department - In this personal injury action, plaintiff Joseph Skrzynski alleged asbestos exposure from brakes and other related products while working at an automobile...more

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California Jury Returns Defense Verdict in Asbestos Pipe Trial Featuring Kidney Cancer Claim Preclusion

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Court: Superior Court of California, County of Alameda - On June 15, 2023, plaintiffs Alvarino and Dianna J. DaSilva first filed an asbestos action in the Alameda County, Calif., Superior Court, alleging that Alvarino DaSilva...more

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Massachusetts Jury Awards $8 Million Plaintiff Verdict in Talc Trial against J&J

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Court: Massachusetts Superior Court, Middlesex County - A Massachusetts jury awarded plaintiff Janice Paluzzi $8 million in damages against defendant Johnson & Johnson and Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. (collectively, J&J)....more

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Virginia Court Limits Discovery in Talc Trade Libel Case

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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Newport News Division - In the case of Pecos River Talc LLC v. Emory, plaintiff Pecos River Talc LLC (“Pecos River”) – a corporate entity formed as part of...more

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Connecticut Court Finds it Lacks Personal Jurisdiction Over Canadian Defendant

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Court:  Superior Court of Connecticut, Judicial District of Bridgeport - Plaintiff Jacob Russell Herman Sr. filed an action in the Superior Court of Connecticut as the surviving spouse and executor of the estate of the late...more

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Washington Establishes New Standard for Deliberate Injury Exception in Latent Disease Cases

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In May 2025, the Supreme Court of Washington overruled previous precedent regarding the deliberate intent to injure exception related to workers’ compensation immunity for employers, finding that an employee may sue its...more

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Summary Judgment Granted in Favor of Pipe Fitting Defendant

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Court: United States Court for the Middle District of North Carolina - In this asbestos action, plaintiff Linwood W. Pierce alleged he was exposed to asbestos throughout his career as a welder and pipefitter from the...more

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