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Supreme Court Rules on Effect of Offers to Named Class Plaintiffs

By Sean Wajert on January 22, 2016
Posted in Class Action, Consumer Fraud

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision earlier this week in a case raising the issue whether a defendant can cut off a Telephone Consumer Protection…
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Design Defect Claim Rejected for Lack of Cost Estimate on Alternative Design

By Sean Wajert on January 14, 2015
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products

A federal court in Texas recently rejected design defect claims in a product liability case when plaintiff failed to offer a required cost estimate fo…
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Appeals Court Affirms Summary Judgment for Cart Manufacturer

By Sean Wajert on March 11, 2014
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products

The Second Circuit affirmed the grant of summary judgment for a golf cart maker who challenged plaintiff’s expert opinion in a design defect suit by a…
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State Supreme Court Reaffirms Death of Single Fiber Theory

By Sean Wajert on October 3, 2013
Posted in Articles

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently reaffirmed several important principles in toxic tort exposure, specifically asbestos, cases. See Howard, et a…
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Summary Judgment Granted on Product Identification

By Sean Wajert on August 9, 2013
Posted in Articles, Drug and Device

Sometimes simpler is better. In product liability litigation nothing is more basic, perhaps, than proof the plaintiff used defendant’s product. Last w…
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Failure of General Causation Proof Leads to Summary Judgment in Chemical Case

By Sean Wajert on July 18, 2013
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Toxic Tort

The Ohio appeals court ruled recently that a plaintiff could not pursue her chemical exposure toxic tort suit since her sole general causation expert’…
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Supreme Court Declines to Review Defense Win in Drug Case

By Sean Wajert on June 21, 2013
Posted in Articles, Drug and Device

The Supreme Court declined earlier this month to review a decision by the Second Circuit affirming a defense verdict in the Fosamax litigation. See Se…
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Federal Court Reaffirms Summary Judgment in NORM Case

By Sean Wajert on May 5, 2013
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Toxic Tort

A federal court recently reaffirmed its prior ruling that a plaintiff’s expert failed to establish causation in a suit alleging increased risk of canc…
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Summary Judgment for Defendant in Heater Case

By Sean Wajert on April 30, 2013
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products

A federal court granted defendant summary judgment in a products case alleging that a propane heater that exploded was responsible for plaintiff’s hus…
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Successor Liability Rejected in Aircraft Case

By Sean Wajert on October 29, 2012
Posted in Articles

One of the interesting types of projects your humble blogger gets to work on from time to time concerns product liability and mass tort issues that ar…
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