Avon
July 29, 2024
CHICAGO, July 29, 2024 --
A Cook County, Illinois jury returned a 24.4 million dollar verdict against Avon Products, Inc. in favor of the family of Cipriano Ramirez, a Chicago-area man diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma in 2023, plaintiffs' law firm Simmons Hanly Conroy announced.
Ramirez was exposed to asbestos in the early 1980s while working as a janitor at Avon's facility in Morton Grove, Illinois, where, according to the plaintiffs, the company processed asbestos-contaminated talc and made products containing it. The jury found Avon at fault after a trial that lasted more than a month.
The case, Cipriano Ramirez and Maria Ramirez v. Avon Products, Inc., et al., No. 2023L004386, was heard in the Circuit Court of Cook County. It adds to the legacy talc liabilities facing Avon's U.S. holding company.