Connecticut Jury Awards $20M in Worker’s Death From Asbestos Exposure March 15, 2023 A Connecticut jury has delivered a $20 million verdict for the widow and family of John Peckham, who died in...
New York’s Top Court Overturns $16.5 Million Talcum Powder Cancer Verdict April 28, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson The New York Court of Appeals has nixed a $16.5 million jury verdict won by the estate of a woman...
Jury Finds J&J Not Liable in Talcum Powder Cancer Case in California November 14, 2018 By Tina Bellon A California jury on Wednesday cleared Johnson & Johnson of liability in a case involving a woman who alleged that...
Former New Jersey Lawyer Gets 2 Years for Falsifying Asbestos Suits May 9, 2016 A former New Jersey lawyer has been sentenced to serve two years in federal prison after admitting he fraudulently added...
Transatlantic Re Winds Down Asbestos Contracts with AIG, Berkshire Hathaway December 2, 2015 By Sonali Basak Weston Hicks’s Alleghany Corp. will pay $400 million to wind down reinsurance deals with American International Group Inc. and Warren...
U.S. Insurers Still Funding Asbestos, Environmental Liabilities: A.M. Best January 5, 2015 The current estimate of net asbestos losses for the U.S. property/casualty industry remains at $85 billion, with net environmental losses...
Court to Hear Claim EnPro’s Garlock Hid Asbestos Evidence November 13, 2014 By Bill Rochelle and Sherri Toub Whether Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC, plaintiffs’ lawyers, or both are responsible for suppressing evidence related to asbestos claims against an...
UPenn’s Interdisciplinary Research Seeks to Track Ambler’s Asbestos Legacy October 22, 2014 By Sandy Bauers, The Philadelphia Inquirer Joe Amento, a lifelong resident of Ambler, Pennsylvania, was 53 when he died of a rare cancer with one main...
Court Orders Travelers to Pay $500M in Johns-Manville Asbestos Claims July 22, 2014 By Jonathan Stempel A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered Travelers Cos. Inc. to pay more than $500 million to satisfy asbestos-related claims...
Insurance Can’t Protect Libertarian’s Dream of Unlimited Liability: McArdle April 6, 2014 By Megan McArdle, Bloomberg View If you run in libertarian circles, you hear a lot about lawsuits. It’s the obvious recourse for anyone who wants...