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Frederick C. Schafrick, Elizabeth Runyan Geise, Joanne M. Gray, Kenneth J. Parsigian; Goodwin Procter LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 8, 2008, previously published on January 4, 2008 Efforts to reform state tort law have been the subject of much political controversy over the last three decades as legislatures have attempted to ameliorate the adverse impacts of tort law on the availability of insurance coverage and on their economies.
| | Phthalates Face Increased Scrutiny
Timothy J. Coughlin, Elizabeth B. Wright, William J. Hubbard; Thompson Hine LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 20, 2007, previously published on November 2007 With Governor Schwarzenegger's signing of Assembly Bill 1108 in October, California became the first
state to ban the use of certain phthalates in toys and child-care products for children under the age of three.
The European Union and the city of San Francisco already passed similar bans of...
| | Ohio Supreme Court Rules Plaintiffs Must Offer Expert Testimony to Establish Both General and Specific Causation in Toxic Tort Cases
Terrance M. Miller, Carolyn A. Taggart, Tracey L. Turnbull; Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP;
Legal Alert/Article October 17, 2007, previously published on October 2007 The Ohio Supreme Court recently heightened the level of proof required for plaintiffs to succeed not only at trial but also at the summary judgment stage in toxic tort cases.Terry v. Caputo, 2007-Ohio-5023. In so doing, the Court held that cases involving exposure to toxic chemicals require two...
| | Federal Court Dismisses California's Global Warming Lawsuit against Automakers
Gabrielle Sigel, Oscar Marrero; Jenner & Block LLP;
Legal Alert/Article October 4, 2007, previously published on September 21, 2007 Another attempt to hold private
parties liable for global warming
has failed. The Attorney General of
California ("California") sued six
major automakers, claiming the
global warming effects caused by
carbon dioxide ("CO2") emissions
from vehicles constitute a...
| | The Weber Report -- Volume 2, Number 14
Andrew Weber; Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP;
Legal Alert/Article July 9, 2007, previously published on June 18, 2007 Andrew served as Clerk of the Supreme Court of Texas from 2002 to 2006, Staff Attorney to Justice Priscilla Owen from 1999 to 2002, and law clerk to Justice Greg Abbott from 1996 to 1997. As Clerk, Andrew frequently presented CLE papers on the operating procedures of the Court based on the his...
| | Weighing the Pros and Cons: Dispute Resolution Methods
Legal Alert/Article June 21, 2007, previously published by LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell® Counsel to Counsel Magazine on July 2007 Mediation and arbitration once represented exotic alternatives to litigation, revolutionary methods that could save feuding parties
money, time and the unpredictability of a jury. As parties have grown more willing to embrace ADR, mediation and arbitration have
become standard tools in a legal...
| | Best Practices: Elements of Triage
Howard M. Hoffmann, Richard L. Seabolt; Duane Morris LLP;
Legal Alert/Article June 19, 2007, previously published by LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell® Counsel to Counsel Magazine on July 2007 Situation: The recent E. coli outbreak linked to spinach, which
began as an agricultural processing accident,
demonstrates that what appears to be an isolated
product liability incident can quickly morph into a full-blown criminal
investigation. Establishing and addressing legal liabilities at...
|  | Recent Developments In The World Of Medical Monitoring
Baker & Daniels LLP;
Legal Alert/Article June 18, 2007, previously published on February 2, 2007 Medical monitoring claims typically seek an award for the cost of periodic medical examinations or testing to facilitate early diagnosis and treatment of diseases allegedly caused by exposure to products, chemicals, or other hazardous materials. The medical monitoring claim began as a means to...
| | New Trace Benzene Study To Be Published
Erich P. Rapp; Kean Miller Hawthorne D'Armond McCowan & Jarman, L.L.P.;
Legal Alert/Article May 23, 2007, previously published on April 5, 2007 During a presentation at the Defense Research Institute's Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Seminar in New Orleans on Friday March 9, 2007, Dr. Pamela Williams of ChemRisk, Inc. indicated that she was preparing to publish a study on the potential for exposure to benzene from products containing...
| | Court Dismisses a New York Times Employee's Leukemia Claim
Joseph A. D'Avanzo, Charles C. De Martino; Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 9, 2007, previously published on May 2007 A New York Times employee alleged that exposure to benzene from newspaper ink caused fatal leukemia. The Court ruled on a matter of first impression: that a plaintiff who unilaterally voluntarily dismisses an action in Federal court pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 41(a)(1)(i)...
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