By Amanda Bronstad | September 30, 2021
On Thursday, Orange County Superior Court Judge Peter Wilson interrupted Motley Rice partner Fidelma Fitzpatrick's closing argument, held via Zoom, to question how a rise in opiate pharmaceuticals created a public nuisance in California. Fitzpatrick represents the counties of Los Angeles, Orange and Santa Clara, as well as the city of Oakland.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Edward E. Neiger and David Stern | September 30, 2021
In this edition of their quarterly Mass Tort Update, Edward E. Neiger and David Stern report on the Purdue bankruptcy, the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy, the Phillips Respironics CPAPs recall, and Tony Lazzaro sexual abuse.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 29, 2021
It was three up, three down, for Johnson & Johnson and its courtroom battles tying its cosmetic talcum powder products to ovarian cancer.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | Amanda Bronstad | September 28, 2021
Leigh O'Dell, an attorney with Beasley Allen, said the plaintiffs' side is still processing the recent verdicts and will be revisiting its strategy and examining questions such as whether COVID has changed juror attitudes.
Daily Business Review | Investigation|News
By Jasmine Floyd | September 28, 2021
"This case makes me want to make sure that BP or any corporation, who is putting image before public health never ever behaves this way ever again. Some of these calls that I have with these parents, it is the hardest piece of it," attorney Riana Maryanoff said.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 27, 2021
The defense verdict is a major blow for plaintiffs, which have lost three trials so far this year, including one on Sept. 24 in Philadelphia.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 27, 2021
The defense verdict is a major blow for plaintiffs, which have lost three trials so far this year, including one on Sept. 24 in Philadelphia. Additional trials are scheduled during the next year in state courts in California, Florida, Georgia and New Jersey.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 27, 2021
Monday's settlement, one of the largest environmental tort agreements in California, comes as Southern California Gas and its parent company, Sempra, faced trial in the litigation, which alleges the leak at the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Facility in Los Angeles caused medical problems and property damages for businesses and residents.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 22, 2021
COVID-19 case counts notwithstanding, mass tort trials have resumed in cases involving talcum powder, Risperdal, hernia mesh and earplugs. Judges in multidistrict litigation are paying attention to diversity on leadership committees -- and how its members get compensated
By Amanda Bronstad | September 21, 2021
The opioid case is one of several mass torts returning to the courtroom for bellwether trials, despite rising COVID-19 cases in most of the country. In the opioid litigation, two other bench trials are pending in California state court and federal court in West Virginia
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