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• Bayer Indicates Resolving Roundup Lawsuits in 2024 is a Priority, Amid Continuing Trials and Verdicts

  March 7, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Bayer's CEO told investors the company will focus on reaching resolutions in about 54,000 outstanding Roundup lawsuits over the next two to three years.

• Bayer Must Continue to Face Roundup Lawsuits After U.S. Appeals Court Rejects Federal Preemption Argument

  February 6, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  The Appeals Court for the 11th Circuit says Bayer cannot use preemption to avoid failure-to-warn lawsuits over the lack of Roundup cancer label warnings.

• Ford Truck Rollover Wrongful Death Lawsuit Results in $1.7 Billion Judgment Against Automaker

  August 22, 2022

  Irvin Jackson

  Ford has been ordered to pay $1.7 billion to the children of a couple killed in an F-250 "Super Duty" truck rollover accident.

• U.S. Appeals Court Rejects Roundup Lawsuit Preemption Argument, In Another Legal Blow for Bayer

  July 13, 2022

  Irvin Jackson

  The Appeals Court for the 11th Circuit ruled Bayer and Monsanto can not use federal preemption to avoid a Roundup lawsuit it had already settled.

• Ethylene Oxide Lawsuit Filed By Augusta, Georgia Residents Who Say They Face Increased Cancer Risks

  December 2, 2021

  Irvin Jackson

  A lawsuit by residents of Augusta, Georgia claims a local medical device sterilization facility failed to warn them about massive ethylene oxide leaks for years, which they say are responsible for cases of cancer, miscarriages, and other adverse health incidents.

• Punctured Bowel Malpractice Lawsuit Results in $3M Wrongful Death Verdict

  March 31, 2021

  Irvin Jackson

  A Georgia jury has awarded $3 million to the family of a woman who died after her bowel was perforated during laparoscopic surgery.

• Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Filed by Woman Forced Into Prostitution As Teen At Atlanta Hotel

  December 4, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  A woman claims she was raped and sex trafficked at an Atlanta-area hotel when she was only 15 years old, and that staff knew and did nothing to help her.

• Emissions From Sterigenics, Becton Dickinson Plants Caused Cancer, 200 Plaintiffs Say In New Lawsuit

  September 9, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  At least 200 plaintiffs have filed new lawsuits against Sterigenics and Becton, Dickinson Bard, saying toxic releases of ethylene oxide gas from medical device sterilization plants in the Atlanta area caused them to develop cancer.

• Nursing Home COVID-19 Wrongful Death Lawsuits Filed Against Atlanta Care Facility

  April 24, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  Four wrongful death lawsuits filed against a Georgia assisted living facility claim the nursing home is not doing enough to protect residents from coronavirus, which has claimed the lives of at least 16 residents already.

• Investigation Launched Into Potential Toxic Gas Release At Sterigenics Plant Near Atlanta

  August 29, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  Georgia officials are investigating a potential toxic gas release from a Sterigenics plant near Atlanta following a number of lawsuits over similar problems in Illinois.