James G. Scadden
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
Articles
The Absurdity of Prop. 65 - Something Fishy
USA - September 9 2020 Two recent events reminded me of the absurdity of California’s “Proposition 65” cancer warnings. You are all familiar with this regulatory scheme…
Responding to “No Safe Dose” Revisited: That Is Not What Regulators Thought at the Time
USA - May 4 2020 Some time ago we posted on the topic of responding to the inevitable contention from plaintiff counsel that there is “no known safe dose of asbestos”…
Criminal Prosecution and “Restitution” in Toxic Tort Cases?
USA - June 25 2019 As they are wont to do, the voters in the State of California in 2008 passed an initiative amending the state constitution. The admirable purpose was…
Not Fair in Pennsylvania: Application of The Pennsylvania Fair Share Act to Strict Liability Cases Reviewed by State Supreme Court
USA - March 11 2019 In Pennsylvania, the proper method by which shares of liability are allocated to asbestos defendants (and strict liability defendants more generally)…
Plaintiffs Claim “No One Has Ever Identified a Safe Level of Exposure to Asbestos.” Cal/Osha Begs to Differ.
USA - January 11 2019 If you have been in an asbestos trial lately you have probably heard the claim that “no one has ever identified a safe level of exposure to asbestos…
