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Audrey Allen

Audrey focuses her legal practice on resolving mass toxic tort and product liability litigation for clients. As a member of the firm’s Toxic Tort team, Audrey concentrates her practice on the defense of oil refineries and premises defendants involved in asbestos exposure claims nationwide.

New York’s Court of Appeals recently reversed a $16,500,000 asbestos jury verdict in a case brought by decedent Florence Nemeth and her husband, who alleged that Mrs. Nemeth’s cancer was caused by her use of Desert Flower Talcum Powder. In Nemeth v. Brenntag North America, et al., 2022 WL 1217464 (Ct. App. NY Apr. 26, 2022), the state’s highest court overturned the decision on the grounds that the plaintiff’s experts failed to present sufficient evidence to prove that the talc-based cosmetic powder caused decedent’s peritoneal mesothelioma.