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5 Apr 2012, 11:27 am by Joe Consumer
" Also, "[a] central question is whether caps on punitive damages or Supreme Court decisions have affected the punitive-compensatory relation. [read post]
5 Apr 2012, 11:27 am by Joe Consumer
" Also, "[a] central question is whether caps on punitive damages or Supreme Court decisions have affected the punitive-compensatory relation. [read post]
1 Mar 2012, 9:05 am by Max Kennerly, Esq.
That’s not surprising, because there are an estimated 60,000 mesothelioma cases yet to be diagnosed and the asbestos settlement trusts are still a big business. [read post]
28 Feb 2012, 2:02 pm by Sean Wajert
  Defendants (who had not been in the first case, presumably because of the terms of the releases) filed motions for summary judgment, contending that, because Daley previously filed an action for a malignant asbestos-related condition in 1990, Pennsylvania’s “two-disease” rule did not allow him to file an action for a second malignant asbestos-related disease – here, mesothelioma. [read post]
15 Feb 2012, 4:26 am by David Hart QC
Attempts by the applicants to re-open the case were in due course dismissed, principally on the grounds that this mistake of fact by the HSE, and hence by the Court, was not part of the essential reasoning of the court. [read post]
30 Jan 2012, 6:12 am by Schachtman
Consider the consider the case of Barry Castleman, who has testified for decades for the asbestos litigation industry, on historical issues in asbestos personal injury cases. [read post]
Although the ruling was of primary importance to Scottish law – see, for instance, its liberalisation of the rules on title and interest/standing – the challenge to the Damages (Asbestos-related Conditions) (Scotland) Act 2009 that had been enacted in the face of Rothwell ([2007] UKHL 39) was of considerable interest in Northern Ireland too. [read post]
9 Jan 2012, 11:41 am
In an asbestos case, the statute of limitations must be calculated from the date of diagnosis. [read post]
8 Jan 2012, 7:53 pm by Kevin Funnell
We're hearing from various sources that the FDIC has been hammering community bankers for alleged UDAAP "violations" related to batch processing. [read post]
23 Nov 2011, 4:00 am by Jon L. Gelman
Slide by slide, he reviewed the pathologic autopsy and biopsy samples taken from approximately 5,000 cases of insulation workers and confirmed the diagnosis of asbestos related diseases. [read post]
19 Nov 2011, 10:00 pm
Below are my first 46 bankruptcy case tweets of September 2011 and 9 other tweets of general interest. [read post]
4 Nov 2011, 3:00 am
The Court re-affirmed that in relation to the common law duty of employers, the standard of conduct expected is that of a reasonable and prudent employer at the time, but taking into account the developing knowledge about the particular danger concerned. [read post]
31 Oct 2011, 4:58 am by Max Kennerly, Esq.
Throw in asbestos, denture cream, and all the rest of the mass torts and you’re talking 10, 20 or 30 thousand cases depending on recent recalls and FDA warnings and the like. [read post]
26 Oct 2011, 1:08 am
The Supreme Court has published its decision in the case of AXA General Insurance Limited and others v The Lord Advocate and Others [2011] UKSC 46 in which AXA and other insurers (the Insurers) appealed against the decision of the Inner House of the Court of Session regarding the legality of the Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) (Scotland) Act 2009 (the 2009 Act) (please see our previous blog here for further information on that decision).The 2009 Act was passed to… [read post]
13 Oct 2011, 10:24 pm by Walter Olson
Supreme Court Removes Judge from $322M Asbestos Case Because of Dad’s Lawsuits” [ABA Journal] Mass. town wants to seize family motel under forfeiture law, IJ objects [Jacob Sullum, Mark Perry] Will FDA use its new tobacco-regulatory power to stub out cigars? [read post]
7 Oct 2011, 2:13 pm
While erionite-related medical incidents haven't been widely reported, that doesn't mean we're all safe. [read post]