The Third Circuit last week affirmed the exclusion of expert testimony in a toxic tort suit in which plaintiff alleged defendants’ insecticide product
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Appeals Court Upholds Summary Judgment Based on Daubert in Benzene Case
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The Sixth Circuit last week upheld the dismissal of a plaintiff”s claim that benzene exposure caused her cancer. Pluck v. BP Oil Pipeline Co., No. 09…
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Court of Appeals Affirms Exclusion of Plaintiff Causation Experts in Toxic Tort Case
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Insecticide manufacturers held on to summary judgment as the Eight Circuit affirmed the lower court’s causation ruling under Daubert. Junk v. Terminix…
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Proof of General Causation in Drug Case Not Automatic
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A West Virginia federal court has granted summary judgment against a plaintiff alleging that the heartburn drug metoclopramide caused her tardive dysk…
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Federal Court Grants Daubert Motion and Summary Judgment in Toxic Tort Cases
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A federal court last week dismissed consolidated toxic tort suits brought against Alcoa Inc. and other defendants brought by employees of Lockheed Mar…
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Court of Appeals Vacates Jury Verdict for Plaintiff in Welding Case
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The Sixth Circuit last week vacated one of the rare plaintiff verdicts in the welding rod litigation. Tamraz v. Lincoln Electric Co., et al., 2010 WL …
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Causation Expert Opinions Excluded in Toxic Tort Case
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A federal judge has issued an opinion explaining her Daubert and summary judgment rulings in a case brought by a consumer who alleged he contracted lu…
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Causation Proof Still Insufficient In Drug Case
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A while back we posted about an interesting toxic tort case involving important causation issues. See Zandi v. Wyeth, 2009 WL 2151141 (Minn.App.). A M…
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Daubert Ruling In Zyprexa: A Lesson For Mature Mass Torts
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Zyprexa is a mature mass tort, as the defendant has settled approximately 31,000 individual product liability lawsuits over the drug, which was widely…
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