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Mark Lanier Named among Nation’s Top 100 Trial Lawyers by Benchmark Litigation

Posted by The Lanier Law Firm on October 16, 2018

HOUSTON – Lanier Law Firm founder Mark Lanier has earned recognition for the third consecutive year as one of the “Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America” in the Benchmark Litigation guide to the nation’s finest litigators. Mr. Lanier was selected for his general commercial litigation practice as well as his success…

J&J Can’t Escape Calif. Talc Warning Label Suit

Posted by The Lanier Law Firm on October 1, 2018

Law360 — A California federal judge has rebuffed Johnson & Johnson’s bid to dismiss a suit alleging it violates state warning label and false advertising laws by selling asbestos-contaminated talcum powder products, writing the consumer products giant was “simply demanding more” detail than is necessary in a complaint. In a…

Media Outlets Take Note of The Lanier Law Firm’s 4.69B Verdict

Posted by The Lanier Law Firm on July 19, 2018

What’s Being Said About Our Recent Verdict: “The money really isn’t the important part. It’s for women to learn about what’s in Talc and get it [removed from products]. And that maybe one or more will never have to go through this, or you won’t have to put it…

St. Louis Jury Returns $4.69 Billion Verdict in First Trial Linking Baby Powder, Asbestos and Ovarian Cancer

Posted by The Lanier Law Firm on July 12, 2018

ST. LOUIS – A jury has awarded $4.69 billion to 22 women and their families who alleged that decades of daily use of Johnson & Johnson’s (NYSE: JNJ) asbestos-laden talcum powder products caused their ovarian cancer. The six-man, six-woman jury in Judge Rex M. Burlison’s 22nd Judicial Circuit Court in…

St. Louis Jury Returns $550 Million Verdict in First Phase of Baby Powder, Asbestos and Ovarian Cancer Trial

Posted by The Lanier Law Firm on July 12, 2018

Jury now considering punitive damages against Johnson & Johnson for failing to warn about cancer risk ST. LOUIS – A jury has awarded $550 million in compensatory damages to 22 women and their families who alleged that decades of daily use of Johnson & Johnson’s (NYSE: JNJ) asbestos-laden talcum…

Federal Judge Denies Drummond Motion to Dismiss in Florida Homeowner Radiation Case

Posted by The Lanier Law Firm on April 20, 2018

TAMPA, Fla. – A federal judge in Tampa has cleared the way for the Lanier Law Firm to pursue claims on behalf of homeowners in Central Florida, charging that operators of nearby phosphate mines failed to warn them about dangerously high levels of radiation on their properties. U.S. District…