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J&J Ordered To Pay $966M In Baby Powder Cancer Lawsuit: Reports J&J Ordered To Pay $966M In Baby Powder Cancer Lawsuit: Reports
J&J Ordered To Pay $966M In Baby Powder Cancer Lawsuit: Reports A jury has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $966 million to the family of a woman who died from mesothelioma, according to reports. The verdict in a Los Angeles court is one of the largest against J&J in ongoing lawsuits claiming the company’s talc-based products cause cancer, Reuters reported. Jurors awarded $16 million in compensatory damages and $950 million in punitive damages on Monday, Oct. 6. The lawsuit was filed by the family of Mae Moore, an 88-year-old California woman who died in 2021. She was diagnosed with mesothelioma after decades of using J&J's ta…

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by Chris Spiker
Politics
Court Upholds Trump's $83.3M Penalty For Defaming Carroll In Sexual Abuse Case Court Upholds Trump's $83.3M Penalty For Defaming Carroll In Sexual Abuse Case
Court Upholds Trump's $83.3M Penalty For Defaming Carroll In Sexual Abuse Case President Donald Trump lost his effort to throw out an $83.3 million penalty after he was found liable for defaming and sexually abusing author E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s. A federal appeals court upheld the jury award against Trump on Monday, Sept. 8. Carroll was awarded $88.3 million after Trump was found liable for the sexual abuse and defamation. The $83.3 million penalty comes from Carroll's defamation lawsuit against Trump. That award includes $65 million in punitive damages after jurors found Trump acted with malice in attacking Carroll on social media, at news confere…

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by Chris Spiker
News
Roblox Let Sexual Predator Target 12-Year-Old NY Girl, Lawsuit Claims Roblox Let Sexual Predator Target 12-Year-Old NY Girl, Lawsuit Claims
Roblox Let Sexual Predator Target 12-Year-Old NY Girl, Lawsuit Claims Roblox is facing a federal lawsuit from the guardian of a 12-year-old New York girl who says the gaming giant put profits over safety, leaving children vulnerable to predators on its platform. The suit – filed on behalf of a Schenectady family in federal court in northern California on Tuesday, Aug. 26 – alleges that Roblox Corporation knowingly designed and marketed its app in a way that exposed children to sexual predators while misrepresenting it as safe for young users. It accuses Roblox of multiple counts, including fraudulent concealment, negligent misrepresentation, general negligen…

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by Michael Mashburn
Sports
Transgender Runner Evie Parts Sues Swarthmore College, NCAA Over Ban From Women’s Track Team Transgender Runner Evie Parts Sues Swarthmore College, NCAA Over Ban From Women’s Track Team
Transgender Runner Evie Parts Sues Swarthmore College, NCAA Over Ban From Women’s Track Team Swarthmore College graduate Evelyn “Evie” Parts is suing her alma mater and the NCAA, alleging she was illegally removed from the women’s track team for being transgender, according to a federal lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania. A transgender long-distance runner who led Swarthmore College’s women’s track team as a captain is now taking the college and the NCAA to court, claiming their enforcement of a transgender athlete ban violated her civil rights. Evelyn “Evie” Parts, a recent Swarthmore graduate with degrees in biology and environmental studies, filed a federal complaint in the Eastern D…

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by Jillian Pikora
News
Jury Awards $3M To Woman Sexually Abused By NJ Lifeguard 46 Years Ago Jury Awards $3M To Woman Sexually Abused By NJ Lifeguard 46 Years Ago
Jury Awards $3M To Woman Sexually Abused By NJ Lifeguard 46 Years Ago A New Jersey woman who says she was groomed and sexually abused by her lifeguard more than 40 years ago finally got the justice she’s been fighting for. On Friday, August 1, a civil jury in Atlantic County awarded Rachel Neufeld-Del Rossi $3 million after finding former Margate City lifeguard Steven Allen Chasens responsible for sexually abusing her beginning when she was 15 years old in 1979, according to her attorney Jeffrey Fritz of Soloff & Zervanos. The award includes $1.75 million in compensatory damages and $1.25 million in punitive damages, Fritz said. Del Rossi testified that …

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by Cecilia Levine
News
'Autopilot' Killed My Family: College Student Who Lost Both Parents, Only Sibling Sues Tesla 'Autopilot' Killed My Family: College Student Who Lost Both Parents, Only Sibling Sues Tesla
'Autopilot' Killed My Family: College Student Who Lost Both Parents, Only Sibling Sues Tesla The son of a Bergen County couple and their teenage daughter, who died in a horrific crash on the Garden State Parkway, is suing Tesla, claiming the car's autopilot mode failed to stop the deadly collision. Max Dryerman, of Woodcliff Lake, filed the federal lawsuit Monday, June 23, in Camden, blaming Tesla's “defective” safety features for the deaths of his father David, his mother Michele, both 54, and his 17-year-old sister Brooke. The crash happened on Sept. 14, 2024, while the family was driving home from a concert, the lawsuit says. David Dryerman was behind the wheel of the 2024 Tesla…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Yankees' Mariano Rivera, Wife, Covered Up Sexual Abuse In NY, Lawsuit Says Yankees' Mariano Rivera, Wife, Covered Up Sexual Abuse In NY, Lawsuit Says
Yankees' Mariano Rivera, Wife, Covered Up Sexual Abuse In NY, Lawsuit Says Baseball icon Mariano Rivera and his wife are both named in a new lawsuit alleging that the couple did not protect a young victim from being sexually abused by members of a Westchester-based church, some of which happened at their home.  The lawsuit, filed in New York Supreme Court in Westchester County on Thursday, Jan. 16, alleges that a child referred to as "Jane A Doe" because of her young age was sexually abused by two people affiliated with New Rochelle-based Refuge of Hope Church.  The church began as a small ministry in Rivera's home and his wife, Clara, still works a…

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by Ben Crnic
News
Former NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo Files Lawsuit Against Sexual Harassment Accuser Former NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo Files Lawsuit Against Sexual Harassment Accuser
Former NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo Files Lawsuit Against Sexual Harassment Accuser Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who resigned in 2021 following allegations of sexual harassment, is suing one of his accusers, a Northern Westchester native, for defamation.  Cuomo, age 67, filed the lawsuit in the New York Supreme Court on Thursday, Dec. 19 against former staffer Charlotte Bennett, a Northern Westchester native, who accused the former governor of sexual harassment in 2021.  Bennett had previously filed a federal lawsuit against former Gov. Cuomo in September 2022. However, she voluntarily dropped the lawsuit on Monday, Dec. 9, saying in a joint statement …

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by Ben Crnic