A recent case in New York reaffirms that under the now-minority Frye standard for the admissibility of expert opinion, testimony about the extent of a
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Court of Appeals Rejects Nuisance Class
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The Eighth Circuit recently reversed class certification in a recent environmental case. See Smith v. ConocoPhillips Pipe Line Co., No. 14-2191 (8th C…
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Local Fracking Ban Struck Down
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We typically focus on state court class actions when they reach the appellate level, but wanted to note an interesting decision at the trial court lev…
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EPA Draft Report on Fracking
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently issued a draft report on hydraulic fracturing, concluding that there is no evidence that fracking ha…
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Upcoming Seminar of Interest
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Our readers may be interested in the upcoming seminar: Chemical Products Liability and Environmental Litigation. It’s scheduled for April 22-23 in New…
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Federal Court Denies Certification in Groundwater Class Case
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A federal judge in Oklahoma earlier this week denied class certification to homeowners living near a research facility, holding that individual issues…
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MDL Court Rejects Plaintiffs’ New Causation Experts
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The MDL judge in the Denture Cream Products coordinated litigation has rejected all of plaintiffs’ general causation experts. See In re Denture Cream …
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State Supreme Court Reinstates Defense Jury Verdict in Silica Litigation
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The Mississippi Supreme Court confirmed last week that the jury could have properly determined that plaintiff’s evidence failed to prove in a silica c…
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Expert Panel Confirms Safety of BPA Use
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We have posted before about the BPA “controversy” egged on by lawyers seeking their next mass tort. Now comes yet another report on BPA, fro…
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Each and Every Exposure Opinion Rejected
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A federal court recently excluded the specific causation opinions of a plaintiff’s expert who asserted the defendant was liable in an asbestos case un…
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