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Defense Verdict Upheld on Post-trial Motion in Levaquin MDL

By Sean Wajert on October 11, 2012
Posted in Articles, Drug and Device

About 1700 federal cases sit in the MDL for the product Levaquin makers. Levaquin is an antibiotic used to treat a variety of bacterial infections, in…
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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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FJC Releases Report on Juror Use of Social Media

By Sean Wajert on February 2, 2012
Posted in Articles

Here at MassTortDefense we have observed the many ways in which the evolution and spiking popularity of social media has affected the practice of law.
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District Court Upholds Punitives in Surprising Decision

By Sean Wajert on March 10, 2011
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Toxic Tort

In a surprising and somewhat questionable decision, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio recently upheld a jury verdict awarding …
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Federal Appeals Court Vacates Class Action Verdict In Radiation Case

By Sean Wajert on September 14, 2010
Posted in Chemical, Class Action, Toxic Tort

Last week, a federal appeals court vacated a $926 million judgment against Rockwell International and Dow Chemical over alleged plutonium contaminatio…
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New Proposed Jury Instruction on Electronic Devices

By Sean Wajert on March 3, 2010
Posted in Articles

At its last meeting, the Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration and Case Management (CACM) endorsed a set of suggested jury instruction…
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Jury Returns Defense Verdict in FEMA Trailer Trial

By Sean Wajert on October 5, 2009
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action, Consumer Products, Toxic Tort

Last week a federal jury in Louisiana returned a defense verdict in a plaintiffs’ suit over alleged exposure to formaldehyde fumes while living for se…
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Juror Internet Search Warrants New Trial

By Sean Wajert on September 28, 2009
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products

Many a reader of MassTortDefense has wondered and worried about whether jurors were following a court’s admonishment not to see or read anything about…
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Defense Jury Verdict In Welding Rod Trial

By Sean Wajert on August 14, 2009
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Toxic Tort

A jury in Mason County, W.Va., issued a unanimous verdict last week for welding industry defendants, rejecting claims that injuries to former welder J…
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Update on FEMA Trailer MDL

By Sean Wajert on July 13, 2009
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Consumer Products, Toxic Tort

A federal judge has decided an that an advisory jury can hear evidence on claims against the U.S. government in bellwether trials in the MDL concernin…
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