Dianne Willmore, who passed from mesothelioma in 2009, won a landmark £240,000 case, holding Knowsley Borough Council liable for her asbestos exposure during school. Her case prompted legal and financial ramifications for local authorities nationwide, leading to increased awareness and changes in asbestos-related negligence proceedings.
Shane Flynn, 35, owner of a Mullingar clinic, was convicted of sexual assault after inappropriately touching a client seeking back pain relief. The investigation also revealed 18 hours of footage showing Flynn secretly filming 35 women during massages, raising further concerns about his conduct and abuse of trust within his practice.
Naveed Rana, a Dublin taxi driver, was sentenced to five and a half years for the assault of an 18-year-old woman after a night out. The court heard how Rana took advantage of the victim’s trust, driving erratically and assaulting her before being apprehended due to her quick actions in reporting the incident to Gardaí.
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Johnson & Johnson has been the defendant in many lawsuits over the past number of years regarding claims that people have developed mesothelioma, and ovarian cancer, due to Johnson & Johnson talcum powder containing asbestos.
In its natural form, some talc contains asbestos, a substance known to cause cancers in and around the lungs when inhaled.
Concerns about possible links between talcum powder and cancer have mainly focussed on:
Johnson & Johnson are facing lawsuits currently by around 5,500 plaintiffs in the United States asserting talcum powder-related claims.
The most recent of these claims asserts that Johnson & Johnson knew about the asbestos issue for decades and have “disseminated false, misleading, and biased information regard the safety of the produce to the public…”
In five trials in the state of Missouri involving ovarian cancer lawsuits, juries found J&J liable four times and awarded the plaintiffs $307 million. In California, a jury awarded a now-deceased woman $417 million.
In a class action filed in January 2018 a Johnson & Johnson investor claims the company knew for decades that its talcum powder products contained asbestos fibres, and exposure could cause cancer. The suit named J&J as a defendant along with CEO Alex Gorsky and CFO Dominic Caruso. The lawsuit is being filed by plaintiff Frank Hall on behalf of investors who purchased Johnson & Johnson shares between February 2013 and February 2018.
The plaintiff alleges that Johnson & Johnson ”has known for decades that its talc products, such as its Baby Powder, include asbestos fibers and that the exposure to those fibers can cause ovarian cancer and mesothelioma.”
The case of Lanzo v. Cyprus Amex Minerals Co, the second Johnson & Johnson talcum powder mesothelioma case to go to trial, has commenced in New Jersey.
In Johnson & Johnson’s latest quarterly report, the company reported 4,800 lawsuits alleging injury from talc use.
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