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Judge Urged To Rework Talc Claim Panel In Cyprus Ch. 11
Law360 (April 5, 2021, 10:45 PM EDT) An attorney representing talc-related asbestos victims urged a Delaware bankruptcy judge Monday to modify a tort claimants committee in Cyprus Mines Corp. s Chapter 11, citing potential conflicts with the closely connected Imerys Talc America bankruptcy plan and settlement.
William D. Sullivan of Sullivan Hazeltine Allinson LLC, counsel for a group of asbestos personal injury plaintiffs alongside Kazan McClain Satterly & Greenwood, said the move was justified by overlaps among law firms representing Cyprus Mines TCC members and firms involved in the Imerys case.
Five firms representing members of Cyprus tort claimants committee were also members of an ad hoc Imerys committee that developed a compromise.
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J&J Aims To Sink $117M Talc Verdicts With Seismic Impact
Law360 (March 9, 2021, 9:35 PM EST) Johnson & Johnson and Imerys Talc America called on a New Jersey state appeals court Tuesday to erase verdicts totaling $117 million in damages over claims J&J products contained asbestos and caused a man s mesothelioma, with the pharmaceutical giant saying the decisions carried seismic ramifications for the state court system.
Nearly three years after jurors handed those victories to Stephen Lanzo III and his wife, J&J and Imerys attorneys urged the panel during a remote hearing to toss the verdicts over an array of alleged problems at the trial, from a devastating jury instruction dealing with the destruction of talc samples.