Thousands of Black Women Claim Hair Relaxers Gave Them Cancer November 7, 2023 By Mike Spector, Richa Naidu and Kristina Cooke Sheila Bush, a cosmetologist, was lounging in the recliner at her St. Louis-area home last winter when an advertisement from...
Bayer Investor Calls for Rethink After Latest Glyphosate Defeat November 1, 2023 Bayer investor Union Investment said on Wednesday the German group should reconsider its litigation strategy for glyphosate after it lost...
Bayer Ordered to Pay $175M in Latest Roundup Cancer Trial October 30, 2023 By Brendan Pierson A Philadelphia jury on Friday found Bayer AG liable in a case brought by a retired restaurant owner who claimed...
Firefighters Fear Toxic Chemicals in Gear Contributing to Rising Cancer Cases September 15, 2023 By Michael Casey BOSTON (AP) — Boston firefighter Daniel Ranahan had heard about colleagues getting cancer but he was stunned when doctors discovered...
Jurors Urged to Impose Heavy Punitive Damages in J&J Talc Trial July 11, 2023 By Brendan Pierson Lawyers for a California man who says he developed a rare cancer from exposure to asbestos in Johnson & Johnson’s...
J&J Talc Unit 2nd Bankruptcy Must Be Dismissed, Lawyers Say April 11, 2023 By Dietrich Knauth and Mike Spector Johnson & Johnson’s second attempt to resolve talc lawsuits in bankruptcy should be dismissed as an unprecedented fraud designed to...
First Zantac Cancer Risk Trial in Calif. Postponed Five Months February 24, 2023 By Brendan Pierson The first scheduled trial over claims that GSK Plc’s heartburn drug Zantac caused cancer, which had been set to begin...
Judge Indicates Intention to Dismiss J&J Talc Unit Bankruptcy February 14, 2023 By Mike Spector The bankruptcy case filed by Johnson & Johnson’s subsidiary shouldering talc-related lawsuits will soon be dismissed unless a U.S appeals...
Nearly 60 Hair Relaxer Lawsuits Against L’Oreal, Others Consolidated in Illinois Federal Court February 7, 2023 By Diana Novak Jones Nearly 60 lawsuits claiming hair relaxer products sold by L’Oreal USA Inc and other companies cause cancer and other health...
Bayer is Sued for Barring Non-U.S. Citizen from Roundup Settlement January 20, 2023 By Jonathan Stempel A new U.S. lawsuit on Thursday accused Germany’s Bayer AG of illegally excluding a Virginia farmworker from a settlement over...