Amaris Elliott Engel

September 10, 2014 | National Law Journal

A federal magistrate judge has set out the limits for ex parte contact by Cook Medical Inc. with plaintiffs' treating physicians in litigation over transvaginal mesh surgically inserted into the bodies of women to treat pelvic prolapse and urinary incontinence.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

2 minute read

September 10, 2014 | National Law Journal

Several pharmaceutical companies are seeking to block USA Today's Freedom of Information Act request for documents the drugmakers produced during the city of Chicago's investigation into opioid painkillers.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

2 minute read

September 10, 2014 | National Law Journal

The American Psychological Association will still have to reckon with its past after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled in favor of two class actions involving a fee it charged to its members.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

2 minute read

September 09, 2014 | National Law Journal

A plaintiff with a history of smoking was not able to demonstrate that asbestos was a substantial contributing factor to his lung cancer because his treating physician from the Department of Veterans Affair did not provide a report detailing asbestos' role in his cancer, the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

3 minute read

September 09, 2014 | National Law Journal

Testimony given in an asbestos products-liability lawsuit by a maintenance worker at a ketchup bottling plant is inadmissible in a workers' compensation lawsuit, the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

3 minute read

September 08, 2014 | National Law Journal

Plants producing fuel-grade ethanol are not subject to stricter controls under the Clean Air Act, the Indiana Supreme Court has ruled.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

2 minute read

September 08, 2014 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has upheld the certification of a class composed of an estimated 800 Allstate Insurance Co. adjusters who allege they were forced to forgo overtime pay.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

2 minute read

September 08, 2014 | National Law Journal

A federal judge has issued a case management order in settlements involving Pradaxa.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

2 minute read

September 08, 2014 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Studying landmark cases may be a hallmark of a legal education, but there are times when the lack of case law may be a good thing.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

5 minute read

September 04, 2014 | National Law Journal

Two radiologists who used image-guided injection to administer steroids tainted with fungus to at least 30 plaintiffs argue that they would only be liable if the plaintiffs sought to bring medical malpractice lawsuits against them.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

3 minute read