Cambre & Associates

$417M

Product Liability

A woman diagnosed with ovarian cancer filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, alleging that its talcum powder caused her ovarian cancer. The plaintiff presented evidence at trial that the company has been aware of the link between ovarian cancer and its talcum powder since the 1970s.

$289M

Product Liability

A California jury awarded a man suffering from fatal cancer with $39 million in compensatory damages and an additional $250 million in punitive damages. The plaintiff alleged that his exposure to the popular weedkiller 'Roundup' caused his fatal cancer.

$247M

Product Liability

Six plaintiffs received $247 million when a Texas jury determined that a hip replacement manufacturer sold the plaintiffs a defective product without providing adequate warning.

$218M

Product Liability

7,000 Kansas farmers received a $218 million verdict after a Syngenta corn seed caused significant financial damages. A federal jury determined that the company genetically modified corn seed before approving the seeds for import by China, leading to a sharp drop in corn prices.

$101M

Medical Malpractice

A Cook County jury awarded $101 million to the mother of a brain-damaged boy due to a birth injury. Hospital staff ignored ultrasound results indicating the baby did not move for six hours during labor. Failure to conduct a cesarean section resulted in a lack of oxygen that caused brain damage. The boy cannot walk, speak, or even sit up on his own.

$70M

Product Liability

Johnson & Johnson paid $70 million to a male Tennessee teenager. The teenager claimed that Johnson & Johnson’s Risperdal antipsychotic pill made him grow large breasts. A Pennsylvania state jury decided that the company failed to provide an adequate warning that the medication could cause abnormal growth of mammary glands in males.