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Jury Awards Woman $417 Million in J&J Talc Cancer Trial
August 22, 2017 - talcum powder
A California jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $417 million to a woman who said that she developed ovarian cancer after using their talcum powder products. This verdict is the largest yet in a string of cases accusing Johnson & Johnson of failing to warn consumers of the potential for use of talcum powder to cause ovarian cancer, exceeding large verdicts in past trials in Missouri. Eva Echeverria, 63, the plaintiff at the center of the case, said that...
Continue ReadingThe Week in Numbers, August 18th Edition
August 18, 2017 - The Week in Numbers
A weekly update on interesting numbers in product liability, class action and mass tort news from August 11–August 17. Published Fridays. 3.1 million The number of acres of soybeans that are estimated to have been damaged by dicamba. Dicamba is a volatile herbicide that is prone to drift into other fields, so historically it has only been used outside the planting and growing season. In 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved the use of the herbicide on dicamba-resistant crops...
Continue ReadingThe Week in Numbers, August 11th Edition
August 11, 2017 - The Week in Numbers
A weekly update on interesting numbers in product liability, class action and mass tort news from August 4–August 10. Published Fridays. 31 women The number of women Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon supposedly tested their pelvic mesh products on before bringing them to market. Late last week, the sixth case to go to trial in a mass tort program involving the medical devices began. The woman at the center of this case claims that the implanted mesh device eroded into her...
Continue ReadingReports Show Monsanto Influenced Scientific Testing of Roundup and Xtendimax Herbicides
August 11, 2017 - roundup
Monsanto has been twice accused of influencing studies on the safety of their herbicides this week. Bloomberg reported that emails released from inside the agribusiness industry giant showed that Monsanto officials had substantial influence over the content of so-called “independent” reviews of the cancer risk of Roundup, a glyphosate-based herbicide. Reuters also reported this week that Monsanto banned researchers from testing the volatility of their new formulation of dicamba, XtendiMax, a chemical whose drift is now linked to soybean damage...
Continue ReadingThe Week in Numbers, August 4th Edition
August 4, 2017 - The Week in Numbers
A weekly update on interesting numbers in product liability, class action and mass tort news from July 28–August 3. Published Fridays. Week 2 The stage of the talc trial currently going on in Los Angeles. Earlier this week, former Harvard professor John Godleski testified that he had found “numerous talc particles” in ovarian tissue removed from the plaintiff, Eva Echeverria. Godleski has testified in previous trials involving Johnson & Johnson’s talc products and in 2007 authored an article in the...
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