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Colorado Marijuana Distributor Wins Battle in “First of Its Kind” Pesticide Exposure Lawsuit, But Is the War Just Beginning?

USA - April 11 2016 One of Colorado's largest marijuana distributors and growers, LivWell, Inc., successfully moved to dismiss a "first of its kind" class action lawsuit…

Shari I. Weintraub

Mesothelioma linked to therapeutic radiation

USA - March 4 2015 In the first study of its kind, a cohort analysis using data from the US Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Database reports that men…

California highlights burden on defendants seeking to apportion liability to co-defendants and non-parties

USA - June 2 2021 A California Court of Appeal has rejected a defense challenge that the defendant was assigned too high a percentage of liability (60%), because the…

Don Willenburg

California appellate court bucks national trend, allows plaintiff experts to opine that “every asbestos exposure is a substantial factor”

USA - March 4 2016 Courts from around the country have rejected efforts by plaintiff experts to testify that every asbestos exposure is a substantial factor in causing…

Welcome to the Hotel California? Out-of-state plaintiffs should check out and leave, says new decision

USA - June 22 2015 Lured by the promise of huge jury verdicts and favorable laws, out-of-state asbestos plaintiffs and their counsel have flocked to California in…