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January 13, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

VerdictSearch: Produce Farm Ordered to Pay $37,612 for Fire That Spread to Neighbors' Land

Plaintiffs who blamed a neighboring produce farm business and its crew supervisor for a fire that spread across property lines won a $37,612 verdict in Uvalde County. A district court jury found in favor of the plaintiffs against Cargil Farms Produce and its supervisor for the fire that was intended to burn some boxes. The blaze spread to the plaintiffs' property and destroyed more than three miles of fencing and left the land unsuitable for grazing.
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August 28, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

Chicago's Meckler Bulger to Open Dallas Office

Six insurance and reinsurance lawyers are leaving Baker & McKenzie's Dallas office to open a Dallas office for Chicago-based litigation boutique Meckler Bulger & Tilson on Sept. 1. Bruce Meckler, chairman of Meckler Bulger's executive committee, says the firm has clients that do business in Texas, and the firm jumped at the opportunity to hire the group.
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April 01, 2009 | National Law Journal

3d Cir. takes broad view of when CAFA cases can move to state court from federal court

A recent precedent-setting 3d U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals opinion takes a broad view of when Class Action Fairness Act cases can move to state court from federal court. The ruling analyzed two separate issues of first impression related to CAFA's so-called local controversy exception.
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September 03, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

Meckler Bulger to Open in Dallas With Baker & McKenzie Lawyers

Six insurance and reinsurance lawyers are leaving Baker & McKenzie's Dallas office to open a Dallas office for Chicago-based litigation boutique Meckler Bulger & Tilson on Sept. 1.
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April 06, 2009 | National Law Journal

CAFA ruling friendly to plaintiffs

A precedent-setting 3d U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals opinion took a broad view of when Class Action Fairness Act cases can move to state court from federal court. The court analyzed two separate issues of first impression related to CAFA's so-called local controversy exception. In a written opinion by Circuit Judge D. Brooks Smith released on March 26, a three-judge panel declared that the local controversy exception doesn't require every class member to assert a claim against the local defendant in order to exempt the case from federal jurisdiction.
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January 18, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

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Insurer to pay $70 million for withholding benefits. Judge rejects dad's wrongful-birth suit against doctor, genetics counselor. Couple injured in Houston motor vehicle accident gets $16,211. Jury finds Jeep driver liable for crash on icy expressway. Surgery wasn't related to injuries sustained in crash, jury finds. Farm to pay $37,612 for fire that spread to neighbors' land
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