Episode 47 Overview In this episode, Sarah and Ben Showard cover the following topics: 6,000 African American Tesla employees have filed a class action lawsuit against their employer for dangerous and illegal racism demonstrated against them in the workplace. Johnson & Johnson is facing a hung jury on their latest talcum powder lawsuit. Workers comp…
Episode 45 Overview In this episode, Sarah and Ben Showard cover the following topics: Valentine’s Day lawsuit against Tinder and Hinge dating apps. Johnson & Johnson’s old talcum powder commercials have resurfaced and are being used as evidence against the company. 8 year old boy sexually assaulted multiple times at Laurel Oaks Behavioral Health Center.…
Johnson & Johnson’s attempt to avoid compensating victims of talcum powder related cancer has hit a road block. The so called “Texas Two-Step” legal strategy was not in good faith according to the decision of the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in an opinion released today. The Company created a subsidiary to absorb talc…
In New York, a judge has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $120 million in damages in a talcum powder lawsuit. The award is in favor of a couple who filed the lawsuit after the wife developed a type of cancer strongly associated with asbestos exposure. It is a reduction from $325 million that a…
Although it has long denied liability for exposing users to dangerous asbestos, the consumer products giant, Johnson and Johnson, just agreed to a bulk settlement of its product liability lawsuits. These were filed over its talcum powder products. Specifically, in October 2020, the company agreed to pay $100 million to a group of 1,000 claimants…
This July, Judge Ana C. Viscomi of the New Jersey Superior Court rejected Johnson & Johnson’s motion to reduce or dismiss a $186 million combined punitive damage award, which had already been reduced from $750 million in February. In denying the baby powder case appeal, the judge called the company’s behavior “reprehensible”. NJ Jury…
Johnson & Johnson’s crushed talc baby powder first debuted on the market in 1894. The mineral naturally occurs alongside asbestos in the earth. This has raised concerns in recent years that the product may be linked to ovarian cancer, particularly when used regularly for feminine hygiene, as it has been promoted. After nearly 126 years…