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10 Feb 2014, 2:57 am by Laura Sandwell
This case concerns mesothelioma and the applicability of the Asbestos Industry Regulations 193, Reg 2(a) to factories not engaged in the manufacture of asbestos products but making lagging paste for insulation in a power station, and whether the appellant was in breach of a statutory duty owed to the respondent under the Factories Act 1937, s 47 because a substantial quantity of asbestos dust had been present when the respondent worked as a lorry driver collecting… [read post]
24 Jan 2014, 4:00 am by Ruth Bird
Searches that you may re-run regularly can be saved. [read post]
23 Jan 2014, 6:53 am
  While (as we’ve discussed here) we’ve seen a few lower court cases applying §6(c) in cases involving medical devices, Lance is the first case to apply it to a prescription drug, as well as the first state high court anywhere to adopt it − if that is indeed what the court has done, as the majority is somewhat tentative. [read post]
4 Jan 2014, 9:47 am by Schachtman
This was the first case in which a cancer of the colon was established as compensable and it is likely that this case will become an historical precedent. [read post]
5 Dec 2013, 3:44 pm
” For example, workers who had been exposed to asbestos agreed to workers’ compensation settlements at the outset, “only to file asbestosis or mesothelioma claims decades later,” and “the courts ultimately allowed those cases to proceed. [read post]
7 Nov 2013, 7:18 am
  You’ll just have to settle for our summary.We’re not starting at the beginning. [read post]
23 Oct 2013, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
There’s a reason for that [Scott Reeder, earlier on Blitz bankruptcy] NYT video retrospective on Stella Liebeck-McDonald’s (hot coffee spill) case is getting a lot of attention; Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has made itself the biggest name in asbestos defense, and some trial lawyers hope to make hay with that [Scripps/WPTV] California trial lawyers chief: yes, we’re going to partner up more with elected officials as in lead paint… [read post]
17 Oct 2013, 1:35 am by Kevin LaCroix
In their complaint, the plaintiffs allege that the company and certain of its directors and offices unstated the company’s exposure to asbestos liability and overestimated the benefits of the company’s merger with Dresser Industries. [read post]
14 Oct 2013, 6:08 am by Schachtman
Now silicosis, you’re a dirty robber and a thief.Awww silicosis, dirty robber and a thief.Robbed me of my right to live and all you brought poor me was grief. [read post]
2 Oct 2013, 4:30 am by Steve McConnell
  The court had little difficulty distinguishing the asbestos and OTC cases relied upon by the plaintiffs. [read post]
13 Sep 2013, 7:09 am by Brian A. Comer
  As shop talk usually goes, I asked her what kind of case it was, and she said it was an asbestos case. [read post]
17 Aug 2013, 3:11 pm by Schachtman
 In re Rezulin Products Liability Litig., 309 F.Supp. 2d 531, 541 (S.D.N.Y. 2004). [read post]