A New York state court jury ruled in favor of a woman in her suit against Johnson & Johnson alleging her mesothelioma was caused by her many years of exposure to J&J’s asbestos-containing talc powder. The jury awarded plaintiff Donna Olson, 66, and husband...
By Marilyn T. McGoldrick, Esq. Published on May 28, 2019 A Philadelphia jury ordered Ethicon, a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson, to pay $80 million dollars to a woman who was injured by her Prolift transvaginal mesh implant. The verdict included an award of...
By David C. Strouss, Esq. Published on May 14, 2019 UPDATE: Ruling in favor of the Pilliods, the First District Court of Appeal upheld the award of $87 million, rejecting Monsanto's bid to overturn the award. The decision was handed down in August of 2021. UPDATE: The...
By Michael A. Lesser, Esq. Published on April 30, 2019 Thornton Law Firm proudly announces that three of our attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Michael P. Thornton was selected as a Best Lawyer for Mass Tort...
Transvaginal Mesh Sales Halted The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered makers of transvaginal surgical mesh implants to immediately stop the distribution and sale of the products in the United States. The FDA said that Boston Scientific and Coloplast,...
By Leah M. McMorris, Esq. Published April 1, 2019 Service members in the U.S. military may have been exposed to excessive noise while using 3M Combat Earplugs. From 2003 until 2015, 3M Company had the exclusive U.S. military contract to supply millions of pairs of...
By David C. Strouss, Esq. 2021 UPDATE: The 9th Circuit upheld the award of $25 million in damages to Plaintiff Edward Hardeman, ruling against Monsanto's appeal of the award of punitive damages. UPDATE: Trial Judge Vince Chhabria reduced the jury award of punitive...
By Leah M. McMorris Posted on March 19, 2019 A California jury awarded $29 million to a woman dying from mesothelioma cancer in her lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, attributing her development of the asbestos-linked cancer to her use of J&J baby powder....
Thornton Law Firm is a proud corporate sponsor of the Cristo Rey High School Work-Study Program. Loren, a junior at Cristo Rey in Boston, is in her second year interning with us. Legal Assistant Mary Collins, a long-term Thornton Law Firm employee, trains, works with, and mentors Loren closely.
By: Michael A. Lesser, Esq. Published January 7, 2019 Every year for the holiday season Thornton Law Firm proudly supports the Heading Home nonprofit. Our staff and lawyers buy and wrap presents to the residents Heading Home serves in shelters, transitional, and...
By: Marilyn McGoldrick, Esq. Published December 17, 2018 Johnson & Johnson documents confirm they knew since at least 1971 that their talc powders contained asbestos A new report by Reuters makes public the fact that cosmetics giant Johnson & Johnson knew...
By: Michael A. Lesser, Esq. Published on December 27, 2018 Thornton Law Firm, LLP, Massachusetts’s leading plaintiff’s injury law firm, announced today that partners Michael P. Thornton, David J. McMorris, and Andrew S. Wainwright were named Super Lawyers by...