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Sixth Circuit Asbestos Decision - Causation and Take-Home Exposure
Proximate cause is an element of all tort cases. In asbestos cases, a recent decision by the U.S. Sixth Circuit has favorable implications for the issues of causation and take-home exposure. See...
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Major Illinois Supreme Court decision involving Proximate Cause in...
The Illinois Supreme Court has issues an important new decision affecting proximate cause in Asbestos and related matters. This ruling will have significant impact in toxic tort matters. The case of...
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California Supreme Court Declines to Review Taylor v. Elliott Turbomachinery,...
On June 11, 2009, the California Supreme Court declined to review Taylor v. Elliott Turbomachinery Co. (2009) 171 Cal.App.4th 564, leaving the Second District of California's appellate decision...
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Proceedings Stayed in Record-Busting Asbestos Verdict Case to Resolve Trial...
Plaintiff will have to wait a little while longer to collect on his colossal $322 million jury award, if he will collect at all. On July 13, 2011, the Supreme Court of Mississippi granted Union...
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California Block Expansion of Product Liability Law
The California Supreme Court has blocked an expansion of product liability law in a major decision that provides guidance for other courts facing similar questions and follows a growing trend in this...
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When Should Data Underlying Scientific Studies Be Discoverable?
There is significant tension between the goals of scientific research and the demands of litigation. For scientific researchers, the amount of time required to respond to discovery takes away valuable...
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Applying the Brakes to "Take-Home" Asbestos Claims
The typical “take-home” plaintiff is a bystander such as the child who claims she was exposed to asbestos while playing in the basement where her father’s work clothes covered with asbestos dust were...
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Illinois Appellate Court Allows Direct Action against Employer for...
In what an Illinois Appellate Court described as a case of first impression in Illinois, the court reversed the Cook County asbestos judge’s dismissal of a direct claim by an employee against a former...
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