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$110,000,000
Products Liability
James Onder and OnderLaw, LLC have now won $307 million in baby powder cancer lawsuits (St. Louis, Missouri) May 5, 2017 – After almost 11 hours of deliberation, which began last evening and concluded this evening, a St. Louis City jury awarded our client, 62-year-old Lois Slemp of Virginia, more than a $110-Million-dollar verdict. Ms. Slemp was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2012. She endured surgery and chemotherapy and was in remission until last year. It has now metastasized to her liver. This mother and grandmother is once again undergoing extensive chemotherapy and was too ill to even attend the trial. This is the fourth Bellwether case in which a St. Louis jury awarded a plaintiff’s verdict. This litigation against Johnson…
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$72,000,000
Products Liability
St. Louis Jury Awards Family of Woman Who Died of Ovarian Cancer $72 Million St. Louis, Missouri (February 22, 2016) – After just over three weeks of trial, volumes of testimony and evidence and a vigorous defense, OnderLaw, LLC has attained a $72 million verdict against the healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson in the second talcum powder ovarian cancer trial in the country. A St. Louis jury found Johnson and Johnson negligent and liable for the ovarian cancer resulting in the death of Jackie Fox. The Birmingham, Alabama woman died in October 2015 three years after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer, which occurred after years of using Johnson’s Baby Powder and Shower to Shower Body Powder for feminine hygiene. Her attorneys…
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$70,075,000
Products Liability
The third St. Louis lawsuit relating to Johnson’s Baby Powder leading to ovarian cancer resulting in an overwhelming verdict for the plaintiff after representation by James Onder. This talcum powder ovarian cancer verdict was delivered on October 27, 2016 and sets a clear pattern for juries finding against Johnson & Johnson when it comes to their talcum powder products and the linkage between ovarian cancer.
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$55,000,000
Products Liability
James Onder and OnderLaw, LLC have now won $127 million in baby powder cancer lawsuits with a $55 million verdict on May 2 and $72 million verdict in February St. Louis, Missouri (May 3, 2016) – A second St. Louis jury found for the plaintiff in a Johnson & Johnson products liability lawsuit regarding the company’s Johnson’s Baby Powder and Show to Shower Body Powder and allegations that use of these products for feminine hygiene may lead to ovarian cancer. This is the third such lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson over talcum powder and ovarian cancer, all of which have resulted in losses for Johnson & Johnson. The second Johnson’s Baby Powder cancer lawsuit, GLORIA RISTESUND, ET AL. vs. JOHNSON &…
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$50,000,000
False Advertising / Breach of Contract Class Action
An internet vendor sold gift cards representing one price, but when the gift card purchaser attempted to make the internet purchase, the price was different. Additional details are confidential and cannot be disclosed at this time.
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$22,500,000
Automobile Collision
A mother and her newborn son were involved in a serious automobile collision both of them suffered catastrophic injuries resulting from an automobile collision and subsequent medical malpractice. Utilizing 3-D computer generated accident reconstruction and medical life care plans, the firm was able to maximize the family’s recovery. This is the largest reported personal injury settlement in St. Louis County history.
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$20,800,000
False Advertising Class Action
Missouri Domino’s pizza franchisees advertised that they offered “free delivery” while at the same time charging higher prices for pizzas that were delivered. As a result of litigation, Domino’s Pizza and its franchisees are now prohibited from this improper advertising practice.
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$18,000,000
Electrical Power Line Contact/ Crane Design Defect
A union laborer sustained a serious electrical injury when a crane came into contact with a high voltage power line, resulting in triple amputation. The firm utilized its resources to create a 3-D computer generated animation to re-enact the accident.
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$9,000,000
Construction Jobsite Fall
A union construction worker fell 40 feet through a hole which had been cut into the roof decking. The hole was cut a subcontractor on the job that failed to properly cover the hole pursuant to OSHA requirements, Industry standards and in violation of the subcontractor’s own policies. As a result of this fall, the worker injured his back and sustained a traumatic closed head injury, rendering him permanently and totally disabled. The jury returned a unanimous verdict or $9,000,000. $6.5 million for worker and $2.5 million for his wife. This is the largest injury verdict in the history of Jefferson County, Missouri.
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$8,300,000
Roadway Design
A 9 year old while riding her bicycle sustained catastrophic brain injury when she fell from her bicycle while riding down a step hill in her neighborhood. Road that was improperly designed and constructed with both vertical slopes and cross slopes that exceeded Industry and County standards. The roadway caused the girl’s bicycle to swerve off the roadway, striking her head on a wood post, rendering her permanently and totally disabled. This is largest reported injury settlement in the history of St. Charles County, Missouri.
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$6,000,000
Trucking Accident
A 48 year old woman was partially paralyzed when her vehicle was struck by a tractor trailer. A tractor trailer ran a red light, struck another vehicle, and then jackknifed into the woman’s vehicle, causing partial paralysis of her right arm and right leg, blurred version, cognitive deficits, and a broken arm, leaving her unable to work in her chosen profession as a nurse. This was the largest reported injury settlement in the history of Perry County, Missouri.
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$4,100,000
Defectively Designed Automobile Seat
A nine year old boy was riding as a passenger in the back seat of his mother’s automobile. When the vehicle was involved in an automobile collision, the front seat of the SUV failed, throwing the driver into the back seat causing severe injury and brain damage to the passenger.
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$3,900,000
Tractor Trailer Collision
The intoxicated driver of a vehicle drove into the rear of a tractor trailer. The truck’s under ride bar failed owing to a design defect, allowing the car to travel under the truck, tearing off the roof of the car. The driver was killed instantly and the passenger sustained serious injuries which ultimately resulted in her death.
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$3,000,000
Forklift Death
The firm resolved the wrongful death claims of a forklift operator for his wife and four small children when the forklift flipped over in the rear of a retail store at a poorly lit, unmarked drop off. Utilizing 3-D computer generated reconstruction of this incident, the firm was able to prove the improper design of the site.
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$2,650,000
Forklift Accident
A forklift operator backed into a warehouse rack, resulting in his death. The law firm used 3-D computer generated animation to explain the forklift’s design defect and how a third post would have prevented protrusion into the operator compartment.
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$2,550,000
Medical Malpractice
A newborn was born with a congenital birth defect. During the course of operating to correct the defect, the pediatric surgeon and pediatric anesthesiologist committed medical malpractice, resulting in serious injury to the child.
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$2,500,000
Electrical Injury/Amputation
A union construction worker lost his hand when a metal rod he was holding came into contact with a power line.
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$2,400,000
Defective Seatbelt Design
Two brothers were in the backseat of a pickup truck which had lap belts but no shoulder harness when it was involved in a collision. Owing to the design of the seat, the lap belt had a propensity to “creep up,” resulting in significant abdominal injuries to both brothers. One of the brothers died from the injuries sustained. Through aggressive discovery, OnderLaw, LLC discovered when the truck was sold in Europe, it was sold with shoulder harnesses, but the manufacturer did not install shoulder harnesses in the United States version to save $7.00 per belt.
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$2,250,000
Automobile Tire Failure
A defectively designed and manufactured tire failed, causing a father’s vehicle to be involved in a collision resulting in his death.
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$1,500,000
Premises Liability/ Sexual Assault and Rape
A 22 year old woman visiting a friend at a Downtown St. Louis apartment complex was abducted and sexually assaulted, owing to inadequate security at the complex.
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$1,400,000
Construction Jobsite Accident
A union ironworker fell through a hole in roof decking on a construction jobsite, resulting in multiple fractures.
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$1,250,000
Highway Fatality and Dram Shop/Bar Owner Liability
A bar patron was over served and subsequently drove while intoxicated. The intoxicated patron’s automobile struck and killed an innocent highway worker. The claim against the intoxicated patron was resolved for the driver’s policy limit, and a confidential settlement was obtained from the responsible bar owner.
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$1,100,000
Construction Scaffolding Product Defect
A Construction worker was injured on a construction jobsite accident when the scaffold across which he was walking failed, causing serious injuries. OnderLaw, LLC obtained a $1.1 million unanimous verdict in St. Clair County, believed to be one of the largest verdicts in St. Clair County, Illinois in the past ten years.
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$1,084,000
Tractor Trailer Collision
A Family was parked in their car on the side of the highway when their car was struck by a tractor trailer that was attempting to pass another vehicle. The family members sustained various soft tissue back and neck injuries and several broken bones in the collision.
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