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In 1978, a lawyer representing injured workers found a treasure trove of evidence involving asbestos. It was a log of the evidence from a prior worker’s lawsuit, including documents written by the one-time president of Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. Those documents contained detailed proof the company — and other asbestos companies — knew that asbestos exposure could

Did you know that every three minutes a child in the U.S. is treated in an emergency room for a toy-related injury? Far too many toys are dangerous or defective. They may be designed poorly, fail to address obvious hazards or have inadequate safety warnings. Every year, the consumer advocacy group WATCH (World Against Toys

Unfortunately, roughly 10% of lung cancer diagnoses occur in people who have never smoked a day in their lives. It can be frustrating if you or a loved one is in this situation. You took efforts to stay healthy but still received a frightening and life-changing diagnosis. The risk of lung cancer among non-smokers is

A former senior vice president for global finance at Juul, the nation’s most prominent maker of e-cigarettes, recently filed a whistleblower lawsuit. He claims he was fired in retaliation for objecting to illegal and unsafe conduct at the company. In particular, he claims that Juul shipped at least a million contaminated nicotine pods, along with others

For years, e-cigarette companies like Juul advertised their products as a safer alternative to smoking. However, that statement has been proven false in just the last few months. According to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), vaping-related illnesses have been connected to over 1,200 injuries and 26 fatalities across the country. This is an

Johnson & Johnson has been a household name for nearly 75 years, and for much of that time it enjoyed a good reputation. In the 1980s, J&J was applauded for its handling of the Tylenol crisis, when someone tampered with a small number of bottles of the pain killer and seven people were killed by

We’ve been discussing the flood of lawsuits over Monsanto’s weed killer Roundup, which has been tied to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and possibly other cancers. First introduced in 1974, the product contains a chemical called glyphosate, which is the chemical that plaintiffs argue causes cancer. Currently, more than 18,400 plaintiffs are suing Bayer AG, which bought Monsanto

Lately, e-cigarettes have been a hot topic in the news. We continue to consider whether the devices are unreasonably dangerous, especially when used by minors. As we’ve discussed previously, there have been a large number of e-cigarette-related illnesses recently, some leading to death. The illnesses and deaths have not been linked to a single brand of vaporizer.

Johnson & Johnson won’t be allowed to argue that the plaintiffs’ scientific evidence showing some of the company’s products contain asbestos is “lawsuit fiction.” In her closing argument, J&J’s attorney implied that the evidence had been falsified. “When you don’t have evidence, sometimes you have to create it,” she said, before telling jurors that “you

Vaping describes the act of inhaling and exhaling the aerosol, commonly called vapor, produced by an e-cigarette. Manufacturers introduced e-cigarettes to the market as an alternative to smoking and as a tool to help people quit smoking. But, because it has led to a trend of adolescents who have never smoked cigarettes beginning to vape