Thornton Law Firm is proud to announce that Andrew S. Wainwright has been named “Lawyer of the Year” in Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Plaintiffs in Boston as part of The Best Lawyers in America® 2023 edition. The “Lawyer of the Year” award is presented annually...
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Hair Straightening Products and Uterine Cancer
NIEHS followed over 33,000 adults for 11 years, and 378 uterine cancer cases were identified during this time. Those who had used a chemical hair straightening product more than four times in the 12 months prior to being surveyed were 155 percent more likely to later...
Thornton Law Firm Investigating 1906 Midnight Edibles for Causing Liver Damage
Thornton Law Firm is investigating multiple reports of individuals across the country who suffered serious liver damage as a result of taking 1906 Midnight edibles, a CBD-infused herbal sleeping pill. Regulators in Colorado and Massachusetts have recently notified...
Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Lawsuits
Congress recently passed The Camp Lejeune Justice Act (“CLJA”), a law creating a new cause of action for those injured by exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune in between 1953 to 1987. Over the course of four decades two of the eight wells at North Carolina’s...
Proposed Class Action Filed on Behalf of Westminster, Massachusetts Residents Exposed to PFAS “Forever” Chemicals
Thornton Law Firm LLP has filed a proposed class action lawsuit on behalf of residents of the Bean Porridge Hill area in and around Westminster, Massachusetts alleging that for many years, residents have unknowingly consumed water contaminated with chemicals called...
EPA Proposes Ban on Chrysotile Asbestos
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed following 70 other countries by banning the most common form of asbestos, chrysotile, from import and use here. Through most of the twentieth century asbestos was used in building and industrial...
Brigham Mesothelioma Researchers Investigate Women’s Better Survival Rates
Why do women have a greater survival rate from mesothelioma than men? Researchers at the International Mesothelioma Program at Brigham & Women’s Hospital investigate estrogen signaling genes as a possible cause.
Abbott Recalls Powdered Baby Formula
Lots of Similac, Alimentum and EleCare Recalled Abbott has recalled several powder baby formula products – Similac, Alimentum, and EleCare – after four infants were hospitalized for bacterial infections. The federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advises consumers...
$110 Million Awarded Against 3M in Earplug Bellwether Trial
The 10th bellwether trial resulted in the largest verdict in the 3M Combat Arms Earplug consolidated litigation. A federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida awarded two plaintiffs a combined $110 million dollars, which included an...
Largest 3M Combat Arms Earplug Verdict, $13 Million, Awarded in Latest Bellwether Trial
A jury has awarded a U.S. Army sergeant $13 million dollars as a result of hearing loss and tinnitus caused by using 3M Combat Arms Earplugs version 2 (CAEv2) during his military service. This was the seventh bellwether trial of the consolidated litigation, and the...
Seven Thornton Law Firm LLP Attorneys Named to 2021 Super Lawyers®
Thornton Law Firm LLP, the Boston, Massachusetts-based, nationally recognized law firm that handles a wide range of cases on behalf of injured persons, investors, and consumers, is pleased to announce that seven Partners have been selected as Super Lawyers® and...
Women’s Bar Association 2021 Gala
Thornton Law Firm LLP is pleased to sponsor the Women’s Bar Association 2021 Gala, which will be held in-person and virtually on Monday, October 25, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. Guests at the in-person Gala should be fully vaccinated; the virtual Gala is open to all. The...