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Daubert Decision to Watch in Ninth Circuit

By Sean Wajert on March 30, 2013
Posted in Articles, Chemical

Here’s one to watch. The Ninth Circuit last week said it will rehear the case of a paper mill employee whose $9.4 million mesothelioma verdict was vac…
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State Supreme Court Clarifies Causation Standard in Asbestos Case

By Sean Wajert on January 25, 2013
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Consumer Products, Toxic Tort

The unique and overwhelming features of the grandfather of all mass torts, asbestos, has created bad law in many jurisdictions, procedurally and subst…
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State Supreme Court Issues Forum Non Conveniens Decision

By Sean Wajert on January 3, 2013
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Toxic Tort

A tip of the hat to faithful reader Brendan Kenny at Blackwell Burke for noting the recent decision by the Illinois Supreme Court in Fennell v. Illino…
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Ninth Circuit Vacates Asbestos Verdict on Daubert Basis

By Sean Wajert on November 20, 2012
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Toxic Tort

The Ninth Circuit earlier this month vacated a $9 million award for a plaintiff who allegedly contracted mesothelioma working for decades at a paper m…
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Appeals Court Vacates Asbestos Plaintiff Jury Verdict

By Sean Wajert on July 3, 2012
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Toxic Tort

The Florida court of appeals recently reversed a $6.6 million judgment for the plaintiff in an asbestos case raising interesting issues of the law app…
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State Supreme Court Issues Significant Asbestos Ruling

By Sean Wajert on May 30, 2012
Posted in Articles, Toxic Tort

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court last week issued a potentially highly significant decision in the long-standing asbestos mass tort. See Betz v. Pneumo …
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State Supreme Court Revises “Two-Injury” Rule

By Sean Wajert on February 28, 2012
Posted in Articles, Toxic Tort

The traditional single claim rule requires a plaintiff to bring at one time a suit for all the injuries arising from the same accident or incident, or…
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Busy Mass Tort Court Revamps Procedures

By Sean Wajert on February 23, 2012
Posted in Articles, Drug and Device, Toxic Tort

Our readers recognize that Philadelphia (home base for MassTortDefense) is a hot-bed of mass tort activity, administering those cases through a Comple…
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Raw Material Suppliers Not Liable for Worker Injuries

By Sean Wajert on February 10, 2012
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Toxic Tort

A California appeals court ruled last week that several raw material suppliers could not be held liable for injuries allegedly sustained by a worker a…
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Federal Court Upholds “Bare-Metal” Defense

By Sean Wajert on February 8, 2012
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Toxic Tort

A federal court last week became the latest to refuse to hold a defendant liable for injuries allegedly caused by asbestos-containing parts manufactur…
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