“We have great respect for the brave men and women who protect us and remain committed to the military as an active partner and valued customer going forward.” This was the statement made by 3M chairman and chief executive Mike Roman when he announced that the company was moving forward with its plan to declare a subsidiary bankrupt to shield 3M from ...
3M Continues Bankruptcy Play to Dodge Earplug Claims
Posted November 3, 2022 in Personal Injury Lawsuits | Product News and Recalls
New Yorker Magazine Publishes Blistering Indictment of Johnson & Johnson and Corporate America
Posted October 19, 2022 in Product News and Recalls
A new story posted to The New Yorker penned by Casey Cep offers up one of the most comprehensive and infuriating views into the ongoing scandal over Johnson & Johnson talc products and the impact they have had on Americans’ health, particularly women.
The contamination of J&J’s talc products with asbestos is a tale that spans across decades, multiple federal agencies, and billions of dollars. While the company has ...
continue reading...Bellwether Hernia Mesh Trial Results in $255,000 Verdict
Posted May 6, 2022 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Product News and Recalls
The plaintiff in a bellwether hernia mesh trial was awarded $255,000 after a federal jury agreed that a mesh produced by C. R. Bard Inc caused him significant injuries including a bowel abscess and infection. The trial was the second bellwether trial to happen in the matter, with the first verdict going to the defendants.
Bellwether trials are used as one of the initial steps ...
continue reading...Reuters Exposes Johnson & Johnson’s “Project Plato” Plan to Avoid Talc Asbestos Liability
Posted February 28, 2022 in Product News and Recalls
“It is critical that any activities related to Project Plato, including the mere fact the project exists, be kept in strict confidence.” ~ Chris Andrew, attorney for Johnson & Johnson
Project Plato was the internal code name given within Johnson & Johnson to its plan to conduct a Texas two-step bankruptcy, or what is more technically known as a “divisive merger,” to redirect plaintiffs’ talc asbestos lawsuits away from ...
continue reading...Settlement Reached Over Sunscreen Benzene Contamination
Posted November 25, 2021 in Product News and Recalls | Recall
Johnson & Johnson and Costco Wholesale Corp. have reached a settlement with plaintiffs over the recall of a variety of J&J sunscreen products found to contain benzene, a known human carcinogen. The recall was carried out by J&J voluntarily and affected four of its Neutrogena products and one that carried the Aveeno label.
The issue of sunscreen contamination took center stage this summer after online pharmacy Valisure ...
continue reading...Johnson & Johnson Legal Exploit Spurs Congressional Reaction, Legislation
Posted November 23, 2021 in Product News and Recalls
Recoiling in horror from the unconscionable exploit of the American legal system perpetuated by Johnson & Johnson in sidestepping its liability for millions of potential cases of cancer across the country, members of Congress have introduced the Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021. The legislation would help close the kind of legal loopholes that J&J used to unload its talc asbestos liability onto a newly created ...
