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Missouri Appellate Court Finds “Reprehensible” Conduct By J&J in $2.1 Billion Verdict

 2018 jury award reduced due to jurisdictional issues ST. LOUIS — A Missouri appellate court has unanimously upheld a St. Louis jury’s determination that Johnson & Johnson engaged in “reprehensible conduct” by manufacturing and selling asbestos-containing talcum powder products over the course of many decades. The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld $2.11 billion of a […]

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The Lanier Law Firm’s Kevin Parker Continues Series of Appellate Wins

Texas Supreme Court scratches legal immunity claims of  state lottery contractor  AUSTIN – On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court published a milestone opinion denying sovereign immunity protection claims of GTECH, a contractor that produced and printed scratch-off tickets for the Texas Lottery Commission.   In the court’s majority opinion, Justice Brett Busby noted that the court previously had “few opportunities to address whether a Texas government agency’s immunity from

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Lanier Law Firm Attorneys Clear Path to Justice for Asbestos Victims with NJ Supreme Court Win

In early June, after an appellate process that lasted six years, the New Jersey Supreme Court published an opinion stating that manufacturers may be found strictly liable for failure to warn of the dangers of their products, including their asbestos-containing components and a third party’s replacement components. “Our developing common law jurisprudence, guided by principles

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Mark Lanier Featured on The Just Us for Justice Podcast

In this second installment of “Getting to Know America’s Top Trial Lawyers,” The Just Us for Justice Podcast interviews legal superstar Mark Lanier, who runs one of the nation’s most successful consumer law firms, The Lanier Law Firm, headquartered in Houston, Texas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6xzoUarHWQ Guest Bio:  Mark Lanier is consistently recognized as one of the top civil trial lawyers

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Coronavirus Pandemic Leads to Massive Business Interruption Losses for Business

Owners of businesses – large and small – relied on insurance to tide them over as coronavirus spread and cities and states imposed drastic but necessary “lock down” orders. In extremely large numbers, insurers are denying these claims and business owners have no choice but to hire attorneys and look to the courts for relief.

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Attorney Mark Lanier ‘Gratified but Not Yet Satisfied’ by Johnson & Johnson Decision to Discontinue Talc-Based Baby Powder

Lanier: J&J needs to accept responsibility for victims of cancer-causing talc   HOUSTON, May 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Mark Lanier, the trial lawyer who earned the largest jury verdict to date on behalf of consumers who have developed cancer from talc-based cosmetics, welcomed an announcement by Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) that it would cease

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Mark Lanier Reacts to J&J Discontinuing Talc-Based Baby Powder

Lanier: J&J needs to accept responsibility for victims of cancer-causing talc HOUSTON, May 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Mark Lanier, the trial lawyer who earned the largest jury verdict to date on behalf of consumers who have developed cancer from talc-based cosmetics, welcomed an announcement by Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) that it would cease manufacturing

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Central Florida Homeowners Sue The Mosaic Company over Radiation Health Risks from Phosphate Mining

Lawsuit charges mining giant, real estate developers failed to warn homeowners about contamination LAKELAND, Fla. – Homeowners in two central Florida neighborhoods built atop abandoned phosphate mines have filed a federal lawsuit against The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS), charging that the Minnesota-based company, as well as two real estate developers who are also defendants, failed

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