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- Plaintiff mentioned she developed mesothelioma at age 35 from tainted talc merchandise
- Trial was first involving cosmetics firm Mary Kay, which resolved claims mid-trial
March 6 (Reuters) – A South Carolina jury has ordered former talc provider Whittaker, Clark & Daniels to pay $29.14 million to a lady who mentioned she developed mesothelioma from being uncovered to asbestos-tainted talc in beauty merchandise.
The jury in Columbia on Friday additionally discovered that talc producer IMI Fabi was not answerable for plaintiff Sarah Plant’s sickness, clearing it of legal responsibility, in accordance with Jessica Dean, a lawyer for the plaintiff.
Cosmetics firm Mary Kay and make-up pigment maker Shade Methods had been additionally defendants however had been dropped mid-trial after reaching confidential agreements with Plant. The trial was the primary over talc claims in opposition to Mary Kay, in accordance with Dean.
She mentioned the decision in opposition to Whittaker was simply however that she wished the case might have been resolved earlier than trial.
“I simply hope we will work out a greater approach than having juries resolve (circumstances) each time,” she mentioned. “It is really horrible for our shoppers who do not have time.”
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A lawyer for Whittaker declined to remark, and Italy-based IMI Fabi didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. Whittaker is not in enterprise, and its company successor is a U.S. arm of Germany-based chemical firm Brenntag SE, in accordance with courtroom data.
Plant, now 36, sued the businesses final 12 months. She mentioned she developed mesothelioma, a lethal most cancers, at age 35 after utilizing a wide range of talc merchandise since early childhood that contained asbestos.
Main talc product maker Johnson & Johnson had additionally been a defendant within the case however was not a part of the trial as a result of it transferred its talc liabilities to a subsidiary that it positioned in chapter. The third U.S. Circuit Court docket of Appeals in January rejected that chapter technique, and Dean mentioned she hoped Plant would have an opportunity to take the corporate to trial as nicely.
Whittaker, Clark & Daniels final 12 months gained a reversal of a $16 million verdict in an analogous beauty talc case in opposition to it in New York.
The case is Plant v. Avon Merchandise Inc., et al., South Carolina Court docket of Widespread Pleas in Richland County, No. 2022CP4001265.
For Plant: Jessica Dean of Dean Omar Branham Shirley
For Whittaker: Stephanie Flynn of Fox Rothschild
For IMI Fabi: Elizabeth O’Neill of Womble Bond Dickinson
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Reporting By Brendan Pierson in New York
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Amateurs and celebrities will team up for the 2024 BMW Charity Pro-Am golf tournament presented by TD SYNNEX, for the first days of June in the Upstate of South Carolina. A long list of celebrities, professional athletes, and amateurs will help raise money for a variety of charities for the tournament, which attracts about 40,000 spectators. This year, the week-long event, running from June 1-9, also celebrates 30 years of BMW Manufacturing in South Carolina.
“We are pleased to welcome a great lineup of new and returning celebrities to the 2024 BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD SYNNEX,” said Bob Stegner, president of South Carolina Charities, Inc., the tournament’s non-profit foundation. “Seth Curry and Vince Young will add excitement to the tournament along with additional newcomers and returning celebrities. We also look forward to Phillip Phillips showcasing his talent on and off the course.”
View the full list of 2024 BMW Charity Pro-Am celebrities and events here.
The official website describes the charity event as the only “tournament on the Korn Ferry Tour where celebrities and amateurs are grouped with Korn Ferry Tour golf professionals in a three-day better-ball competition over two courses.” For the event 160 tour pros are paired with 160 amateurs and celebrities. This year, the teams will compete for the $1,000,000 purse with rotating rounds on two courses: the Thornblade Club and The Carolina Country Club. Since 2001, the tournament has raised nearly $16 million for multiple Upstate charities and non-profit organizations.
But it’s not just golf. A variety of fun family events, dinners, tours, and more are all planned as part of the Pro-Am week.
One highlight will be the third-annual Spartanburg Concert, presented by the Johnson Group, which begins on Thursday, June 6 at 5:00 p.m. This year, American musician and singer-songwriter, Phillip Phillips, will headline the concert, which is free to the public. Phillip Phillips is an American Idol winner with several chart-topping hits and who has toured and played with artists including John Mayer, Gavin DeGraw, and Bruce Springsteen.
According to the event’s website, funds raised during the 2024 BMW Charity Pro-Am will benefit eight featured charities: Folds of Honor Palmetto State Chapter, Friends of the Reedy River, Gibbs Cancer Center & Research Institute, The Hispanic Alliance, Mobile Meals of Spartanburg, Neighborhood Cancer Connection, PAL: Play. Advocate. Live Well Spartanburg and Upstate Warrior Solution.
Visit the event website for more information and to register here.
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The Missouri men’s basketball team picked up an addition out of the transfer portal on Sunday afternoon in South Carolina big man Josh Gray.
Last season, the Brooklyn, NY native averaged 3.2 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 0.5 assists in 31 games played, however did not make a start. Gray began his collegiate career at LSU, then transferred to the Gamecocks after his freshman campaign where he has spent the past three seasons.
Gray is the fifth transfer that the Tigers have added so far this off-season, joining Mark Mitchell (Duke), Marques Warrick (Northern Kentucky), Tony Perkins (Iowa), and Jacob Crews (UT Martin).
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In this new era of college athletics mixed with the transfer portal, depending on the program, the portal will giveth, but the portal will taketh also. In the case of Lamont Parisand South Carolina’s Men’s Basketball program this offseason, they’ve endured both, securing commits from Alabama’s Nick Pringle, Missouri’s Jordan Butler, and the MEAC Player of the Year in Norfolk State’s Jamarii Thomas. However, the Gamecocks have also lost their leading scorer from last season, guard Meechie Johnson, to Ohio State, along with guard Ebrima Dibba, who landed at Cleveland State.
Center Josh Gray was the last portal entry from Carolina who had yet to land, but that all changed on Sunday evening. As first reported by Joe Tipton of On3 Sports, the Brooklyn native has committed to the Missouri Tigers, effectively making the Gamecocks’ acquisition of Jordan Butler a trade, so to speak. South Carolina defeated the Tigers in both meetings last season by a combined point margin of +10.
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