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Juul Agrees to Pay $1.2 Billion in Youth-Vaping Settlement

Juul Labs Inc. has agreed to pay $1.2 billion to resolve about 10,000 lawsuits targeting the e-cigarette maker as a major cause of a US youth-vaping epidemic, according to people familiar with the matter. The accord, which hasn’t yet been …

Amazon Workers in New York City Win Partial Revival of COVID-19 Safety Lawsuit

Amazon.com Inc. must face a claim that it failed to protect New York City warehouse workers and their families from COVID-19, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday while dismissing the bulk of the workers’ 2020 lawsuit. The 2nd U.S. …

Ohio Court Finds $101M Lead Paint Abatement Order Covered by Lloyd’s Policy

A court order that requires Sherwin-Williams Co. to pay $101 million into a lead paint abatement fund amounts to “damages” that are recoverable through a Lloyd’s of London insurance policy, an Ohio appellate court ruled Thursday. The Eighth Appellate District …

Walgreens Prescriptions Added to San Francisco’s Opioid Epidemic – Judge

Walgreens Boots Alliance contributed to the opioid epidemic in San Francisco through its sale of prescription drugs in the city, a federal judge concluded on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco said that Walgreens failed to properly …

Judge Dismisses Delaware AG’s Suit over PCB Contamination

DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware Superior Court judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state’s Democratic attorney general against agricultural giant Monsanto Co. over environmental damage from now-banned toxic chemicals known as PCBs. In recent years, PCBs …

US Judge Finds for Three Drug Distributors in West Virginia Opioid Lawsuit

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday ruled in favor of three major U.S. drug distributors in a landmark lawsuit that accused them of causing a health crisis by distributing 81 million pills over eight years in one …

Gunmakers Lose Challenge to New York law Allowing Lawsuits Against Industry

A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit by a group of gun manufacturers, distributors and retailers challenging the constitutionality of a New York law that allows the state and people affected by gun violence to sue the industry. …

Walgreens, Teva Accused of Fueling Opioid Addiction in Quest for New Markets

Walgreens Boots Alliance and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. ignored the health risks when they created new markets for opioids, a lawyer for the city of San Francisco told a judge on Monday during opening statements of the first trial to …

Walgreens, Teva Face San Francisco Trial Over Opioid Epidemic

San Francisco will square off on Monday against Walgreens Boots Alliance and three other companies accused of fueling an opioid crisis in the city, the first trial to target manufacturers, distributors and pharmacies over the addictive pain medicines. San Francisco …

Calif. Law Bars Coverage for Lead Paint Damages, Appellate Court Rules

The same state court system that allowed local governments to sue lead paint manufacturers for promoting a hazardous product many decades ago won’t force insurers to pay for the end result. A panel of the California 1st Division Court of …