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Local Fracking Ban Struck Down

By Sean Wajert on July 3, 2015
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action, Toxic Tort

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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Gulf Oil Spill MDL Court Issues Trial CMO

By Sean Wajert on September 22, 2011
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action

The court managing the Gulf oil spill MDL recently entered an important case management order defining the structure and scope of the upcoming trial o…
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MDL Court Rules on Availability of Punitive Damages in Gulf Oil Spill Litigation

By Sean Wajert on September 6, 2011
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action, Toxic Tort

The MDL court overseeing the claims arising from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill has ruled that plaintiffs can seek punitive damages against alleged…
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Marital Privilege Over Emails Rejected in Oil Spill Litigation

By Sean Wajert on April 13, 2011
Posted in Articles, Chemical

The massive litigation over the Gulf oil spill has spawned a wide range of significant legal issues. Here’s an interesting little one. The magistrate …
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Plaintiffs Bar Looking to Attack Exploration of Shale Gas

By Sean Wajert on April 12, 2011
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action, Medical Monitoring, Toxic Tort

Many of our readers may have seen the recent cover story in Time noting how natural gas from shale rock promises to provide cleaner, abundant energy f…
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Lousiana Supreme Court Reverses Lower Court on Teen Riding Oil Pump

By Sean Wajert on February 22, 2011
Posted in Articles

Readers may recall our post last fall about a decision by the Louisiana appeals court to reverse the grant of summary judgment against a plaintiff inj…
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Update on Deepwater Horizon MDL

By Sean Wajert on November 29, 2010
Posted in Articles, Toxic Tort

Judge Carl Barbier recently presided over the November status conference in the MDL involving the Gulf oil spill litigation. In re: Oil Spill by the O…
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Oil Spill MDL May Appoint Special Master

By Sean Wajert on October 4, 2010
Posted in Articles, Chemical

The judge overseeing the Gulf oil spill MDL has given notice of its intent to appoint Duke Law Professor Francis McGovern, as a special master to help…
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Update on Gulf Oil Spill Litigation

By Sean Wajert on September 1, 2010
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action, Toxic Tort

Couple of interesting issue being debated in the Gulf Oil Spill Litigation. In re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig “Deepwater Horizon” in the Gulf …
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JPML Orders Gulf Oil Spill MDL to Eastern District of Louisiana

By Sean Wajert on August 11, 2010
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action, Toxic Tort

The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation yesterday selected New Orleans as the site of the oil spill litigation MDL. The Panel ordered coordinat…
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