$21 Million Settlement Against Precision Castparts In Investor Lawsuit
Precision Castparts Corporation agreed to pay $21 million in a class-action claim over the Oregon firm’s $37 billion sale in 2016.
$75 Million Against Pilgrim’s Pride For Price-Fixing
Pilgrim’s Pride agreed to pay chicken buyers $75 million for price-fixing claims, according to an 8-K filing with the U.S. SEC.
Deepwater Horizon Rescuers Cannot Sue BP
The Fifth Circuit has decided that the fishing crew that volunteered to help rescue people after the Deepwater Horizon explosion cannot sue for emotional distress claims since they could, and did, leave the dangerous area.
$1 Million Lawsuit Against Chemical Company Over Worker’s Burns
Celanese Corporation and Celanese Chemicals Inc. are currently in a lawsuit with an injured contractor claiming more than $1 million for the “devastating burns and permanent scarring” he sustained in a sulfuric acid accident while working at the company’s Texas premises.
J&J Talc Verdict Slashed To $120 Million
Johnson & Johnson convinced a New York judge to cut a $325 million jury award by two-thirds to a woman who blamed her asbestos-related cancer on the use of the J&J’s powder. The judge refused to throw out the entire 2019 award to Donna Olson and her family over the case that the company’s talc-based […]