Has Silicosis Resurfaced in Kitchen Countertop Workers?
Has Silicosis Resurfaced in Kitchen Countertop Workers?

Category: Blog

October 15, 2019
Ingrid Campagne Dee Cohen Katz

Has Silicosis Resurfaced in Kitchen Countertop Workers?

The rise in popularity of engineered stone, a trendy kitchen and bath countertop choice for many homeowners, may be related to the diagnosis of severe silicosis in a number of workers that manufacture the product. Engineered
September 12, 2019
Sage R. Knauft

Governor Newsom To Sign Bill Making it Harder to Classify Employees as Independent Contractors

On Tuesday, September 10, 2019, the California Legislature passed Assembly Bill 5 that would codify the California Supreme Court’s decision made last year in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los...
August 26, 2019
Dee Cohen Katz

EPA Finds Key Ingredient of Roundup Herbicide is Not Carcinogenic and Bans California Retailers from Including Cancer Warnings

Numerous lawsuits have been filed against Bayer AG, which obtained the rights to the herbicide Roundup in its takeover of Monsanto, as well as a number of retailers which regularly sell the product, alleging these companies...
August 5, 2019
Jennifer A. Morin

Walsworth Attorneys Secure Final Binding Arbitration Award in an Employment Matter

  Walsworth attorney Jennifer Morin secured a final binding arbitration award in an employment matter dismissing plaintiffs’ case in its entirety for failure to prosecute. After false claims by plaintiffs’ counsel...
June 20, 2019
Ingrid Campagne Charles T. Sheldon

Walsworth Partners Host Event to Benefit Dog Rescue Foundation

Since founding Waggin’ Tails Rescue Foundation in 2012, Walsworth partners Ingrid Campagne and Chuck Sheldon have helped save more than 1000 dogs from euthanasia and provide them with forever homes! This year, their...