In late 2025, a Maryland jury returned a $1.5 billion verdict against Johnson & Johnson, finding that asbestos-contaminated talc products caused a woman to develop mesothelioma — a rare and aggressive cancer.
Despite decades of warnings and asbestos bans in many countries, lung cancer and other asbestos-related diseases continue to claim lives at alarming rates. New global data shows a troubling reality: even as asbestos use declines, deaths linked to past exposure are still increasing.
Louisiana Courts Side with Landry & Swarr in Landmark Asbestos Coverage Case In a major victory for asbestos victims and their families across Louisiana, the state’s Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal has ruled that long-delayed asbestos-related diseases like mesothelioma can still be covered by insurance — even when insurers try to deny those claims as [...]
Recently, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a rule to finally ban asbestos. Chrysotile asbestos is the last type of asbestos in use in the United States. The proposed rule would ban the manufacturing, processing, distribution, commercial use, and import of chrysotile asbestos. The most significant use of this form of asbestos is in the manufacturing [...]
This past February, renowned film director, special effects supervisor, and inventor Douglass Trumbull passed away from complications of mesothelioma. He contributed or was responsible for the special effects of films like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Blade Runner, and Star Trek: The Motion Picture; he also directed the movies Silent [...]
A small victory occurred when a Louisiana court allowed a worker diagnosed with mesothelioma to continue a negligence claim against his former employer. Sentilles v. Pelnor LLC: What Constitutes Coverage for Mesothelioma? In late 2020, Robert Stephen Sentilles was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma. Soon after. Sentilles filed a suit against several defendants he blames for [...]
Have you been exposed to asbestos in the past at your Louisiana job site, and have been diagnosed with a related illness? If so, you need to reach out to our Louisiana asbestos attorneys to file a personal injury lawsuit now to compensate you for your medical expenses and other damages. Time is of the [...]
Grief is often present during the holiday season. While the rest of the country is singing songs, decorating for the holidays, and attending parties, grief can feel especially isolating and overwhelming. To those who are mourning the loss or cancer diagnosis of a loved one, or battling the disease themselves, it’s certainly not “the best [...]
A California jury has shown its distrust of Johnson & Johnson’s continued assertions that its talcum powder does not contain asbestos, by awarding $29 million to a plaintiff who believes J & J’s talc-based products caused her cancer. This latest defeat is the latest blow for a company facing more than 13,000 talc-related lawsuits. As [...]
There has been growing concern among the public as well as the FDA that there has been asbestos contamination in products sold primarily to young teens by Claire’s and Justice Tween Retailers. In response to the public concerns, the new Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2019 was introduced into Congress. The bill regards [...]
