Asbestos in Talc and Vermiculite: Asbestos Court Decisions

Decisions in our case-law library that involve talc and vermiculite: 231 cases, by state. Each line gives the exposure the court described, or else what it decided. For the topic itself, see Asbestos in Talc and Vermiculite.

New York

• Tippin v. 3M Co. (2024). User of Clubman Talc
• Tippin v. 3M Co., Alcat (1st Dept., 2024). The Appellate Division reversed the trial court's denial of summary judgment and granted Johnson & Johnson, Johnson & Johnson Consumer, Inc., and LTL Management LLC's motion, dismissing plaintiff Tippin's complaint against them.
• Campise v. Arkema, Inc. (Erie, 2023). Child exposed to mother's use of talcum powder at birth to about age 10
• Gold v. Avon Prods., Inc. (2023). User of body powder at 1968-1976
• Rasso v. Avon Prods., Inc. (2023). User of talcum powder
• Cioni v. Avon Prods., Inc. (2022). Consumer user of talcum powder at 1969-1982
• English v. Avon Prods., Inc. (1st Dept., 2022). Flight attendant at 1966-1999
• Olson v. Johnson & Johnson (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litig.) (1st Dept., 2022). User of talcum powder products
• Nemeth v. Brenntag N. Am. (2022). Daily user of commercial cosmetic talcum powder at 1960-1971
• Zicklin v. Bergdorf Goodman Inc. (2022). Consumer user of Cashmere Bouquet talcum powder at early 1950s-1970s
• Berger v. Aerco Intl., Inc. (2021). User of ceramic slips and glazes
• Castro v. Colgate-Palmolive Co. (2021). 1969 to 2018
• Castro v. Colgate-Palmolive Co. (2021). Husband of user of talcum powder at 1983-1991
• Castro v. Johnson & Johnson (2021). The district court adopted the magistrate judge's unopposed recommendation and granted summary judgment to the Johnson & Johnson defendants, ruling against John and Joyce Castro, whose claims were time-barred.
• Milan-Leal v. Brenntag N. AM. (2021). Consumer purchaser of talcum powder at Lot Less of Fulton Street, Inc., 95 Fulton Street, New York
• Castro v. Colgate-Palmolive Company (2020). The court adopted the magistrate judge's unopposed recommendation and denied CVS Pharmacy's motions to dismiss or transfer and for lack of personal jurisdiction, and the Castros' cross-motion to amend, all as moot after the Castros stipulated to dismiss CVS without prejudice.
• Castro v. Colgate-Palmolive Company (2020). Member of the Army
• Castro v. Colgate-Palmolive Company (2020). Decades
• English v. Avon Prods., Inc. (2020). Cosmetic talc user; flight attendant 1966-1984 at 1963-1984
• Luca v. The Neslemur Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2020). Barber and barbershop owner at Barbershops in Hackensack, New Jersey, New York, New York, and his own shop in Brooklyn, 1960-2016
• DeKlerk v. Estée Lauder (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2020). Consumer of talc powder products at New York, 1987-2005
• Dohse v. Avon Prods. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2020). Child exposed to his mother's Avon powder at 1970s-1985
• Luca v. Whittaker, Clark and Daniels (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2020). Barber at Barbershop in Hackensack, 1961
• Luca v. American Int'l Indus. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2020). Barber at Barbershop, Brooklyn, 1975-2016
• Minassian v. Kolmar Laboratories (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2020). 1948 through 2005
• Peterson v. Vanderbilt Mineral (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2020). Part-time worker in his wife's ceramics business at Lakeside Ceramics, Watertown, 1980-2000
• English v. Johnson & Johnson (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2020). Flight attendant at Delta Air Lines flights and layovers in New York, 1966-1984
• Hardman v. Revlon (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2020). The court denied plaintiffs' motion to vacate the Special Master's recommendation, confirming that Revlon, Revlon Consumer Products and Bristol-Myers Squibb need not name their fact witnesses at this stage, and denied the defendants' cross-motion to transfer as moot.
• Germain v. The Neslemur Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2020). Visitor to husband's barbershop at Eddie Germain's barbershop, 1978-1993
• Peterson v. Vanderbilt Minerals (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2020). Part-time worker in wife's ceramics business at Lakeside Ceramics, Watertown, 1980-2000
• Rothlein v. Whittaker Clark & Daniels (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2020). Consumer using talcum powder after shaving at Queens, 1959-1972
• Germain v. Whittaker Clark & Daniels (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2020). Visitor to her husband's barbershop at barbershop, 1978-1993
• Fletcher v. Clinique Laboratories (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2020). Child using her mother's talcum powder at 1976-1981
• Nemeth v. Brenntag N. Am. (1st Dept., 2020). User of cosmetic talcum powder at 1960-1971
• Olson v. Brenntag N. Am., Inc. (2020). Consumer user of talcum powder at late 1950s-2015
• Alleyne v. AO Smith Water Prods. Co. (2019). User of talcum powder (personal use)
• Rothlein v. American Int'l Indus. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2019). Consumer user of Clubman talcum powder at 1982-1995
• Germain v. American Int'l Indus. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2019). Visitor to her husband's barbershop at Husband's barbershop, Queens, 1978-1993
• Hardman v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2019). The court dismissed the plaintiffs' fraudulent misrepresentation and conspiracy/concert action claim against Bristol-Myers Squibb, denied the rest of BMS's motion to strike the complaint, and left the other causes of action in place.
• Slonim v. J & R Film Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2019). Used J&J powder on her daughter at 1968-1978
• Alleyne v. Chanel (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2019). Consumer user of talcum powder at 1980-2010
• Gladyszewski v. Whittaker, Clark & Daniels (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2019). Consumer using talcum powder at 1958-68
• English v. Johnson & Johnson (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2019). Flight attendant at Delta Air Lines flights and layovers, 1966-1999
• Hernandez v. Whittaker, Clark & Daniels (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2019). Consumer user of talcum powder at 1966-2015
• Peralta v. Cyprus Amax Minerals Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2019). Consumer of cosmetic talc; sold Avon products from a small store at 1976-2016
• Alleyne v. Revlon (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2019). Consumer using talc powder on visits to the United States at Brooklyn, 1980-2010
• Alleyne v. Whittaker Clark & Daniels (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2019). Consumer user of talc powder at 1977-2009
• Alleyne v. Chanel (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2019). Consumer using talcum powder during visits to family at Brooklyn, 1980-2010
• English v. Colgate Palmolive Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2019). Flight attendant at New York, 1966-1984
• Young v. Avon Prods. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2019). Consumer using talc powder at home at 1961-1999