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En Banc Appeals Court Interprets CAFA Mass Action Requirement

By Sean Wajert on November 20, 2014
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Drug and Device

The Ninth Circuit has weighed in on an interesting CAFA issue, holding that personal injury claims relating to prescription pain relief drugs belong i…
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Ninth Circuit En Banc Decision on Daubert Errors

By Sean Wajert on January 16, 2014
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Toxic Tort

Readers may recall we posted about a Ninth Circuit case involving a worker at a paper mill who claimed asbestos exposure from various products used th…
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Florida Adopts Daubert Test

By Sean Wajert on July 2, 2013
Posted in Articles

Last month, Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) signed into law legislation (H.B. 7015) concerning the qualifications of expert witnesses and replacing the th…
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Daubert Decision to Watch in Ninth Circuit

By Sean Wajert on March 30, 2013
Posted in Articles, Chemical

Here’s one to watch. The Ninth Circuit last week said it will rehear the case of a paper mill employee whose $9.4 million mesothelioma verdict was vac…
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Court of Appeals Applies CAFA Mass Action Provision

By Sean Wajert on October 23, 2012
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Drug and Device

The Seventh Circuit has resolved a conflict between district court decisions about whether a motion to consolidate and transfer related state court ca…
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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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State Supreme Court to Review “Trial by Formula” Short Cuts In Class Action

By Sean Wajert on July 5, 2012
Posted in Articles, Class Action

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed earlier this month to review an important class action issue: the use of “trial by formula” as a vehic…
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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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Yaz Court in NJ Issues Bellwether Trial CMO

By Sean Wajert on July 26, 2011
Posted in Articles, Drug and Device

The court overseeing the coordinated litigation in New Jersey state court over the birth control pills Yaz, Yasmin, and Ocella recently issued a case …
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Interesting Case Management Issue in Welding MDL

By Sean Wajert on March 31, 2011
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Toxic Tort

We have posted about the welding fumes MDL before. Call it case management by option– as the court has worked through the bellwether trials, it is in…
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