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Children’s clothing maker settles claims of skin irritants from phthalates
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- April 11 2013
A federal court in California has preliminarily approved a settlement of putative class claims alleging that Gerber Childrenswear violated state
MDL court orders damages and fees for defective drywall remediation
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- May 13 2010
The Louisiana federal court overseeing the multidistrict litigation (MDL) involving defective drywall imported from China has entered an order awarding more than $160,000 in damages in the case of one claimant following a non-jury trial conducted in March 2010
Federal court finds claim for compensation from vaccine injury fund timely
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- May 13 2010
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that a physician vaccinated for Hepatitis B timely filed a claim under the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program because the purported link between the vaccine and the multiple sclerosis (MS) symptoms she experienced in 1997 was not known until 2004, and she filed her claim less than 36 months thereafter
Tenth Circuit underscores significance of procedural rules in prescription drug litigation
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- May 13 2010
A divided Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals panel has dismissed an appeal from a trial court's grant of a prescription drug maker's motion for summary judgment, ruling that because the appeal was not timely filed, the court lacked jurisdiction to consider it
Parts of defense expert witness testimony excluded in Children’s Tylenol litigation
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- May 13 2010
A federal court in California has decided to exclude parts of the expert testimony proffered by a major retailer defending claims that Children's Tylenol Plus Multi-symptom Cold product caused the death of a 4-month-old child
Federal court jurisdiction under CAFA remains despite later omission of class claims
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- May 27 2010
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that once a federal court properly obtains jurisdiction over litigation under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA), if plaintiffs later amend their complaint to omit the class allegations, the federal court does not lose jurisdiction
Auto injury plaintiffs to appeal ruling affirming GM bankruptcy sale free of existing claims
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- May 27 2010
Product liability claimants who lost their right to recover from General Motors LLC (GM) when that company's assets were sold in bankruptcy have reportedly filed a notice of their intent to file an appeal to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Plaintiffs’ lawyers jockey for power positions in multidistrict Toyota litigation
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- May 13 2010
Plaintiffs’ lawyers have reportedly been jockeying in full force for lead positions in multidistrict litigation over alleged sudden unintended acceleration problems with Toyota Motor Co. vehicles
California high court agrees to consider impact of private health insurance on economic damages
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- March 18 2010
The California Supreme Court has decided to hear a case asking whether a personal injury plaintiff may "recover as economic damages an amount exceeding what his or her private health insurance has paid and the relevant healthcare provider has accepted as payment in full for medical services."
Attorneys found guilty of fraud in asbestos settlement case
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- March 18 2010
A federal jury in Natchez, Mississippi, has reportedly ruled that two attorneys will have to pay back $210,000 in settlement funds paid to their clients and $210,000 in punitive damages for alleged fraudulent claims they filed in an asbestos case that settled in 2002
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