Study: Cancer-Causing Gas Leaking from California Stoves, Pipes October 21, 2022 By Drew Costley Gas stoves in California homes are leaking cancer-causing benzene, researchers found in a new study published on Thursday, though they...
Plaintiff in First Zantac Lawsuit Set for Trial Drops Case August 17, 2022 By Brendan Pierson The plaintiff in the first lawsuit over the heartburn drug Zantac scheduled to go to trial has agreed to drop...
9th Circuit Halts Acrylamide Lawsuits Until Court Decides if Cancer Risk is Real March 18, 2022 By Jim Sams For the past 20 years, businesses that sell coffee, french fries and potato chips have been defending themselves against lawsuits...
Bayer Wins Second Straight Verdict in a Roundup Cancer Case December 10, 2021 By Tom Hals A California jury found that Bayer’s Roundup weedkiller was not the cause of a woman’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Bayer said on...
Bayer Wins its First Roundup Jury Verdict in Case of Child’s Cancer October 6, 2021 By Tom Hals Bayer AG won its first trial over claims its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer after a California jury found that the...
Judge Declines to Stop J&J From Splitting Talc Liabilities From Main Business August 30, 2021 By Mike Spector and Maria Chutchian A U.S. judge declined to stop Johnson & Johnson from taking steps to offload widespread Baby Powder liabilities from the...
Bayer Loses Third Appeal of Roundup Herbicide Cancer Verdict August 10, 2021 By Joel Rosenblatt and Jef Feeley Bayer AG’s Roundup woes deepened as it lost another appeal of a jury verdict finding its weed killer causes cancer,...
Sunscreen Concerns Escalate as Another Potential Carcinogen Found August 9, 2021 By Anna Edney Researchers asked U.S. regulators to pull some sunscreens from the market, including brands such as Coppertone, Banana Boat and Neutrogena,...
Judge Nixes Bayer’s $2B Plan for ‘Closure’ of Roundup Litigation May 27, 2021 By Tom Hals U.S. judge rejected Bayer’s $2 billion class action proposal aimed at resolving future lawsuits alleging its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer,...
Johnson & Johnson Fails To Overturn $2B Baby Powder Verdict, Plans Supreme Court Appeal November 4, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel Missouri’s highest court on Tuesday refused to consider Johnson & Johnson’s appeal of a $2.12 billion damages award to women...