Talcum Cancer Victims Rebuff J&J’s Push for Settlement Talks November 23, 2021 By Steven Church Johnson & Johnson will likely have to wait until next year before it can restart negotiations to resolve 38,000 lawsuits...
9/11 Victim Fund Director Feinberg to Help Mediate in Talcum Fight November 16, 2021 By Steven Church The lawyer who oversaw payments to victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has agreed to mediate part of the...
Boy Scouts Preparing for Abuse Victims’ Vote on $1.6 Billion Compensation Fund September 30, 2021 By Steven Church The Boy Scouts of America are preparing to ask sex abuse victims to vote for a $1.6 billion trust fund...
Honeywell and Asbestos Trust Countersue Over Disputed Claims of $2.3 Billion September 22, 2021 By Steven Church Honeywell International Inc. sued a trust for victims of asbestos poisoning, claiming the fund’s managers are wrongly paying people who...
Chubb Unit Insurance Dispute Complicates Boy Scouts Abuse Victims’ Deal August 31, 2021 By Steven Church A dispute over whether a unit of insurance giant Chubb Ltd. must contribute to a trust fund for sexually abused...
Opioid and Asbestos Immunity Cases Could Tilt Bankruptcy Scales Away From Victims August 26, 2021 By Jeremy Hill and Steven Church The billionaire owners of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP and lumber giant Georgia-Pacific are in high-stakes legal battles to shed...
Boys Scouts Reaches $850M Settlement With Group of Sex Abuse Survivors July 2, 2021 By Katherine Doherty and Steven Church The Boy Scouts of America reached settlement with a major group of sex-abuse survivors, a defining moment in the organization’s...
Businesses Hurt First by Coronavirus Then by Looting Have New Insurance Questions June 5, 2020 By Katherine Chiglinsk, Michael Sasso and Steven Church Al’s, a sporting-goods store tucked in Wilmington, Delaware’s small shopping district, opened during the Great Depression, weathered World War II...
Judge Presses PG&E on How It Will Protect Wildfire Victims’ Funds Given FEMA Demand January 17, 2020 By Steven Church PG&E Corp. needs to explain how it will keep a promise to pay fire victims $13.5 billion in the face...
PG&E California Wildfire Victims Sue to Get Paid Before Fire Insurers November 12, 2019 By Steven Church PG&E Corp. wildfire victims have filed a new lawsuit arguing they must be fully repaid for the losses of their...