National Mass Torts: 2024 Year in Review
Harris Beach Murtha attorneys Abbie Fuchs, Dan Strecker, and Alessandra Ash review and analyze key judicial holdings and legal developments in federal court and tort hot spots across the country that...
View ArticleTexas Court Upholds Summary Judgment in Silica Case
The Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals upheld summary judgment for Exxon Mobil corporation in Stanley Cole v. Exxon Mobil Corp. (No. 14-22-00756-CV), a premises liability case involving alleged exposure...
View ArticleIllinois Jury Finds for Plaintiff in Wrongful Death Action Involving Asbestos...
Jurisdiction: Illinois Circuit Court – Cook County - This lawsuit involved a survival and wrongful death action brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) in Illinois. Plaintiff,...
View ArticleNew Strategy is Embraced for Product Identification in Multidistrict PFAS...
The Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF) MDL has taken a significant step forward with the introduction of a new case management program intended to streamline the complex process of product...
View ArticleGeorgia Federal Court Applies “Fungi or Bacteria” Exclusion and Holds Insurer...
In Nationwide Property & Casualty Insurance Company v. Hampton Court, L.P., et al. the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia granted an insurer's motion for judgment on...
View ArticleMass Tort Cases: Challenges for Plaintiff’s and Defense Counsel
Mass tort cases present unique challenges for both plaintiff’s and defense counsel. Unlike a class-action case, where a representative plaintiff stands in for the other members of the class, each...
View ArticleDepo-Provera Litigation Update: Women With Meningioma Brain Tumors Eligible...
A March 2024 study published by The BMJ revealed that women who were injected with Depo-Provera (medroxyprogesterone acetate) are more than five times more likely to be diagnosed with a type of brain...
View ArticleColorado Jury Issues First Defense Verdict after Years of EtO Exposure...
A Colorado jury issued a defense verdict following a six-week trial during which four women alleged their respective cancers were caused by exposure to EtO emitted by the nearby Terumo Blood & Cell...
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