By Amanda Bronstad | October 8, 2021
In orders Friday, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ordered that lawsuits over a recall of CPAP and other breaching machines made by Philips be transferred to Pennsylvania, and sent cases over Johnson & Johnson's sunscreen to Florida.
By Amanda Bronstad | October 8, 2021
Both sides had suggested the Southern District of Florida for consumer class actions over the July 14 recall of five sunscreen products.
By Jasmine Floyd | October 7, 2021
"Anytime we're in trial against a law enforcement officer it's difficult. "They thought we were going to accept what was given, because a lot of firms that take these cases dont try the police, they don't put the effort, resources or time into trying the case, they take the last best offer," attorney Grant Gillenwater said. "We fight through all case types."
By Amanda Bronstad | October 6, 2021
At least five lawsuits have been filed over the Sept. 25 derailment of an Amtrak train in Montana. And after a defense verdict in a Georgia talc trial, could jurors have a different view of science coming out of the pandemic?
By Amanda Bronstad | October 5, 2021
In a rare win for Monsanto, a Los Angeles jury found that its Roundup pesticide was not a "substantial factor" in causing a 10-year-old to suffer from an aggressive form of cancer called Burkitt's lymphoma. Tuesday's verdict comes in a bifurcated trial in which jurors had to decide causation in the first phase.
By Amanda Bronstad | October 1, 2021
Friday's verdict, which comes after two weeks of testimony in federal court in Pensacola, is the largest yet from bellwether trials in the multidistrict litigation over 3M's dual-ended combat earplugs.
By Jeffrey L. Schulman and Stephen Wah | October 1, 2021
Any liability approaching that of asbestos has equally significant insurance coverage ramifications. Benzene may be the newest "next asbestos."
By Amanda Bronstad | October 1, 2021
Owen, of Owen, Patterson & Owen in Valencia, represented thousands of victims of a 2015 gas leak that Southern California Gas agreed to compensate this week for $1.8 billion. Owen's firm also is the largest unsecured creditor of Girardi Keese.
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.
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