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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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Federal Court Offers Cogent Analysis of Warning Causation in Drug Case

By Sean Wajert on August 30, 2012
Posted in Articles, Drug and Device

A New Jersey federal court granted summary judgment last week to a pharmaceutical defendant in a failure to warn case. See Baker et al. v. APP Pharmac…
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Court of Appeals Affirms Exclusion of Plaintiff Expert Testimony

By Sean Wajert on June 19, 2012
Posted in Articles, Drug and Device

The Sixth Circuit earlier this month affirmed the exclusion of plaintiff expert testimony seeking to link osteonecrosis of the jaw to plaintiff’s use …
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Fracking Toxic Tort Case Dismissed Per Lone Pine Order

By Sean Wajert on May 18, 2012
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Medical Monitoring, Toxic Tort

Readers will recall our earlier postings on “fracking”; natural gas from shale rock promises to provide cleaner, abundant energy for the U.S…
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Court Hits Cancel On Bulk of Printer Class Action

By Sean Wajert on August 9, 2011
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products

A California federal court earlier this month rejected many of the claims in a putative class action against Epson America Inc. Christopher O’Shea, et…
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Appeals Court Upholds Summary Judgment Based on Daubert in Benzene Case

By Sean Wajert on May 25, 2011
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Toxic Tort

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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Appeals Court Applies Sophisticated User Doctrine

By Sean Wajert on March 21, 2011
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Consumer Products

A California appeals court earlier this month affirmed a trial court’s dismissal of a product liability failure to warn claim, based on the sophistica…
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Snapple Prevails in All Natural Suit

By Sean Wajert on February 1, 2011
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products, Food and Beverage

A federal court granted summary judgment to defendant Snapple in a lawsuit accusing Snapple Beverage Corp. of misleading consumers by labeling drinks …
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Court of Appeals Affirms Exclusion of Plaintiff Causation Experts in Toxic Tort Case

By Sean Wajert on December 27, 2010
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Consumer Products, Toxic Tort

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

By Sean Wajert on December 8, 2010
Posted in Articles, Drug and Device

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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