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19 Dec 2012, 10:15 am
Apr 09, 2010 A Federal Judge, who is managing the Multi-District Asbestos Litigation, has ruled that the exclusivity doctrine defeats the application of the dual capacity doctrine where the manufacturer's corporation was merged into the ... [read post]
21 Jul 2023, 3:59 pm
The multinational corporation, which has worldwide sales of over $93 billion, is suing four researchers who published the studies, demanding a retraction or correction to conclusions that talc products contaminated with asbestos could cause mesothelioma, Reuters reported.According to Levin Papantonio Rafferty Attorney Chris Tisi, who is a member of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the national talc litigation (In Re: Johnson & Johnson Talcum… [read post]
10 Dec 2019, 8:46 am
Clair, and Madison counties and regarding asbestos litigation and Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act lawsuits), (8) Oklahoma, (9) the Twin Cities, Minnesota (particularly the Minnesota Supreme Court with several recent liability-expanding decisions), and (10) New Jersey. [read post]
7 Dec 2021, 8:12 am
Louis, Missouri, and (8) South Carolina (particularly in asbestos litigation). [read post]
10 Dec 2019, 8:46 am
Clair, and Madison counties and regarding asbestos litigation and Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act lawsuits), (8) Oklahoma, (9) the Twin Cities, Minnesota (particularly the Minnesota Supreme Court with several recent liability-expanding decisions), and (10) New Jersey. [read post]
15 Jul 2019, 7:43 am
“Boston Firm Gets $1.2M In Trade Secret Dispute With Ex-Attys” — “A Massachusetts law firm specializing in asbestos and toxic tort litigation has won nearly $1.2 million in its suit alleging that several former attorneys stole its trade secrets and started a rival firm, after a state jury returned a verdict in its favor. [read post]
11 May 2010, 11:32 pm
[Vancouver Sun] I'm quoted on the $200 million asbestos punitive damages verdict. [read post]
14 Jun 2010, 7:39 am
Notably, many experts expect that the number of asbestos claims in the United States will steadily decrease beginning in 2025.With a foreseeable end of asbestos litigation in sight, the filing of new asbestos lawsuits in the United States that concern parties, premises and events from foreign countries is alarming. [read post]
4 Sep 2008, 8:37 pm
Cuyahoga County CP Court already has a complex litigation docket for asbestos, silica and welding rod cases, but the "docket" of court activity and filings is not a matter of public record. [read post]
29 Jan 2007, 5:01 am
Examples of toxic tort litigation include, but are not limited to, cases concerning lead paint (causes brain damage, especially in children); asbestos (causes lung cancer and restrictive lung disease); pesticides (causes birth injuries); toxic molds (causes various symptoms); electro-magnetic fields from utility wires or major appliances (suspected to cause cancer); and toxic landfill/spill waste (causes leukemia and other syndromes). [read post]
18 Oct 2012, 1:52 pm
District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, who presides over the federal Asbestos Products Liability Litigation consolidated Multidistrict Litigation docket (MDL 875), considered an issue of first impression under maritime law in Mack v. [read post]
6 May 2020, 9:12 am
The opinion addressed three important issues: 1) whether asbestos contamination could constitute “direct physical loss” sufficient to trigger the plaintiff’s business income interruption insurance; 2) if so, what the necessary evidence was to demonstrate a direct physical loss caused by asbestos; and 3) whether the plaintiff in fact suffered a direct physical loss to its insured property as a result of the asbestos problem. [read post]
5 Jan 2016, 12:39 pm
Certain areas of the state are also a hotbed for asbestos litigation. [read post]
10 Feb 2011, 9:28 am
With the expansion of products liability claims, based on the intentional concealment of information of the hazards of these conditions, as well as low economic recoveries from struggling workers' compensation systems put the boat back into the bottle, "the longest running tort", asbestos litigation, was born. [read post]
14 Mar 2019, 12:35 pm
The Superior Court’s decision did not sit well with the litigation industry, which likes joint and several liability, with equal shares. [read post]
10 Jan 2010, 6:23 pm
Asbestos claims continue to cost companies and insurers millions, . . . make that billions of dollars, and the litigation is not only in the defense of the claims, but in the coverage litigation as insurers and insureds sort out who owes what to whom. [read post]
7 Mar 2015, 2:41 pm
Suzuki, Castleman, Levin, Frank, and Lemen testify (or did testify when alive) with some frequency and regularity in asbestos litigation, on behalf of the litigation industry. [read post]
18 Feb 2020, 3:02 am
Lehmann and Marc Hyden, The Advocate; earlier here, here, and here] Washington Legal Foundation monograph on judicial oversight of expert testimony [Evan Tager et al.; related webinar] “Stupid expert tricks,” pharmaceutical edition [Jim Beck] “Art Imitates Life: ‘Billions’ Describes Six-Figure, Part-Time Jobs On Asbestos Trusts” [Daniel Fisher, Legal Newsline, 2018] “DOJ eyes requirement that False Claims Act whistleblowers disclose… [read post]
14 Oct 2010, 6:53 am
Mesothelioma, for example, a terminal cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, can take more than thirty years to develop after asbestos fibers are accidentally inhaled. [read post]
14 Jul 2017, 3:25 am
Entrepreneurs launch plaintiff’s insurance to cover costs of pursuing litigation, not quite same thing as the “legal expense insurance” commonly found in loser-pays jurisdictions [ABA Journal] More on the class action procedure case Microsoft v. [read post]
