Readers know we have posted before about the important case management tool known as the “Lone PIne” order. These “Lone Pine” or
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State Supreme Court Reaffirms Death of Single Fiber Theory
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently reaffirmed several important principles in toxic tort exposure, specifically asbestos, cases. See Howard, et a…
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Lone Pine Issue Appealed to State Supreme Court
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Defendants in a fracking toxic tort case last week petitioned the Colorado Supreme Court to overrule an appeals court decision which had struck down a…
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Failure of General Causation Proof Leads to Summary Judgment in Chemical Case
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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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ACI Chemical Products Liability Seminar
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My new firm (Shook Hardy & Bacon) is co-sponsoring the 4th Annual ACI’s Chemical Products Liability and Environmental Litigation conference.
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State Supreme Court Applies Lessons of Dukes to Toxic Tort Class Action
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Louisiana’s Supreme Court last week reversed the certification of a class action brought by property owners over the alleged release of contaminants f…
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Amicus Urges Supreme Court to Reverse Causation Junk Science Decision
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DRI (the Defense Research Institute) last week submitted an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court decision that thre…
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Dismissal of Bellwether Case in FEMA MDL Upheld
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The plaintiff who at one time had been the first-in-line bellwether plaintiff in the FEMA Trailer MDL has lost her appeal of the dismissal of her clai…
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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 Vacates Class Certification in Toxic Tort Case
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The Fifth Circuit has vacated the decision of the trial court in granting class status to a group of plaintiffs alleging that a refinery exposed them …
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