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The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Jury Returns $78M to Plaintiffs in Roundup Case

The verdict marks the fourth plaintiffs win in the Philadelphia Roundup litigation since trials in the mass tort began a year ago, and the third win for the plaintiffs team of Kline & Specter and Arnold & Itkin.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ahead of Trial, Parties Reach Resolution in Wrongful-Death Suit Against Panera's Charged Lemonade

In "Katz v. Panera Bread," questions still remain regarding any details of the agreement and when it was reached.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Crashworthiness in the 2020s

Over the past 56 years, as vehicle design has matured, the responsibility to provide crashworthy vehicles has been extended to airplanes, buses, cars, vans, SUVs, pick-up trucks, motorcycles and over-the-road trucks. The scope of this duty extends to safety features that can mitigate injury in virtually every type of crash including frontal, rear-end, side and rollover collisions.
5 minute read

Law.com

BD Settles Thousands of Bard Hernia Mesh Lawsuits

The settlement with Becton, Dickinson and Co., or BD, resolves nearly 25,000 cases in federal multidistrict litigation and more than 15,000 in state courts in Rhode Island, where Bard is headquartered.
4 minute read

Law.com

Lawyer in 3rd NEC Formula Trial Asks Jurors for 'a Very, Very Large Number'

The third trial over cow's milk-based infant formula began on Wednesday in St. Louis City Circuit Court. It is the first trial against both manufacturers, Abbott Laboratories and Mead Johnson.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Recreational Helmets: Design Defects—Bicycle, Football and Motorcycling

No one has ever attempted any sort of retrospective study of the relationship between helmet design and the frequency or nature of injury. Lacking any reasonably sound statistical method to correlate injury to helmet design, counsel is relegated to a case-by-case review.
10 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigating Pesticide Bans and Restrictions for Defendants

David Schifrin and Melissa Baney of Hollingsworth write that introducing evidence of bans or restrictions risks creating unfair prejudice, confusing the jury and wasting time.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Federal Judge Rejects Shook, Hardy & Bacon's Attempt to Reschedule Upcoming Trial Against Panera's Charged Lemonade

"Defense counsel's whimsical treatment of scheduled trial dates as tentative and subject to change is why the parties are now in a difficult—but not insoluble—position,'" said U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Savage of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Manhattan Jury Awards $116 Million for Wrongful Death in 2018 East River Helicopter Crash

The award is the largest ever recorded in state history for a wrongful death claim on behalf of a single individual, according to Law.com's VerdictSearch.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Clayton County Jury Returns $17M Verdict After Lawyers Sanctioned

"We look forward to appealing this result so that Honda can eventually have its day in court," said Chris Martin, a corporate communications director for American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
7 minute read

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