PCBs & Chemical Safety: Chemical Safety Bill Could Help Protect Monsanto Against Legal Claims
Yesterday a jury in St. Louis, MO awarded $17.5 million in damages to three plaintiffs and assessed $29 million more in punitive damages against Monsanto and three other companies in a suit here alleging negligence in the production of PCBs. Despite this verdict on behalf of injured plaintiffs, chemical safety in America is on precarious […]
J&J Must Pay $72 Million Over Talc Tied to Woman’s Cancer
From Bloomberg Business News: Johnson & Johnson must pay $72 million to the family of a woman who blamed her fatal ovarian cancer on the company’s talcum powder in the first state-court case over the claims to go to trial. Jurors in St. Louis on Monday concluded J&J should pay $10 million in compensatory damages […]