ECA Environmental & Product Liability Litigation Report

The Roux ECA team is pleased to introduce ECA’s Environmental & Product Liability Litigation Report, or ECA Blog, for our clients and other interested parties. The report will track emerging trends in environmental and mass tort litigation and provide information and commentary on tort and bankruptcy litigation rulings, legislation, state and federal environmental regulations, insurance coverage issues, and scientific and medical evidentiary matters.

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Complimentary Published Article: The Asbestos Over-Naming and Trust Transparency Problem

March 28, 2024

The Asbestos Over-Naming and Trust Transparency Problem: A Philadelphia Case Study Written by Peter R. Kelso and Marc C. Scarcella of Roux & C. Anne Malik of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP As traditional asbestos manufacturers have been litigated into bankruptcy...

LTL Files Bankruptcy Reorganization Plan Seeking to Fund a $12 Billion Asbestos Trust

May 16, 2023

LTL Management, Inc. (“LTL”) filed a bankruptcy plan of reorganization and disclosure statement on May 15, seeking to fund a $12 billion bankruptcy trust to compensate current and future claimants alleging exposure to Johnson & Johnson talc products.

Georgia Talc Cases Dismissed After Plaintiff’s Talc Expert Fails To Prove Causation

October 28, 2021

A three-judge panel of a Georgia appellate court on Oct. 28 dismissed four talc cases after finding that a plaintiff’s medical expert failed to prove that talc exposure was the proximate cause of the plaintiff’s injuries. The Georgia Court of...

Johnson & Johnson Files Unit for Bankruptcy to Resolve Talc Liabilities

October 14, 2021

LTL Management Inc. (LTL) filed for bankruptcy protection in the Western District of North Carolina on Oct. 14, seeking to resolve thousands of talc personal injury claims filed against it in state and federal courts around the country. LTL is...

Jury Returns Defense Verdict for J&J in Philadelphia’s First Ovarian Cancer Talc Trial

September 27, 2021

PHILADELPHIA – In the city’s first ovarian cancer trial alleging injuries from Johnson & Johnson’s baby talcum powder, a Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas jury on Sept. 24 absolved J&J of responsibility that its baby powder caused a woman...

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