Following a significant $18.8 million talc verdict this year in a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, asbestos attorney Clay Thompson is preparing to seek a trial against multinational manufacturer Georgia-Pacific. Thompson is a lawyer from the New York-based firm Maune Raichle Hartley French & Mudd and is representing Richard Dale in this suit.
Dale, a retired carpenter from New Jersey, was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2022—a disease linked to asbestos exposure. His condition is alleged to have resulted from many years of exposure to asbestos-laden joint-compound materials. Named in his lawsuit are several defendants, including Kaiser Gypsum and Union Carbide. However, Thompson is focusing his attention on Georgia-Pacific, in spite of an existing injunction linked to the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of its subsidiary, Bestwall LLC.
Later this week, Thompson will approach a bankruptcy judge to request that the automatic stay imposed in Bestwall’s Chapter 11 case be lifted – a move that would allow his client’s trial against Georgia-Pacific to proceed. More details around this critical legal maneuvering can be found on law.com.