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Toxic Tort Law
Taylor or O'Neil or Merril: Who's On First When It Comes To Raising The Component Parts Doctrine Defense?
217 Plaintiffs Dismissed At The Pleading Stage Upheld On Appeal
217 Plaintiffs Dismissed At The Pleading Stage Upheld On Appeal
A New Chemical Regulation By The European Community May Have A Global Affect On Chemical Products
A New Twist In Civil Actions For Toxic Exposure Cases
Amici Curiae Brief Filed In California Case Finding No Manufacturer Liability For Parts Made or Installed By Others
Another California Court Supports Taylor
Appeals Court Rejects Vioxx Class Action Certification
AQMD to Consider Another Extension for Printing Industry
Asbestos Litigation Causes Another Fatality: Leslie Controls Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Asbestos Verdict Overturned On Sophisticated User Grounds
California Adopts Sweeping Green Initiation Regarding Consumer Products
California Air Resources Board Adopts Nation's Most Stringent Regulations on Air Fresheners, Paint Thinners and Solvents
California Air Resources Board To Consider New Standard of Asbestos Mitigation
California Assembly Votes Against Proposed Ban on Use of Bisphenol A
California State Court Closures
California Supreme Court Ruling Revolutionizes Products Liability Defense
California Supreme Court Tackles Significant Accident Victim Compensation Issue Impacting All California Businesses
Cellular Phone Lawsuit Dismissed On Federal Preemption Grounds
Chinese-Made Drywall Litigation Increase
Clerical Error May Lead to Attorney Discipline
Concrete Industry Waits for EPA to Publish Rule on Coal Fly Ash
Court Closures and Layoffs in 2010
Court of Appeal Invalidates Long Standing Los Angeles County
Decedent's Testimony Sink His Estates' Case Against Manufacturers
Defense Win on MSJ on Plaintiff “Inconsistent” Discovery Declaration
Do the Amended Los Angeles County Superior Court Asbestos General Orders Promote Efficiency Over Parties’ Right to Due Process?
Ethanol Investors Up In Arms Over California’s Carbon-Emissions Proposal
Evans v. AW Chesterton Co.
Los Angeles Superior Court Back in the Bull's Eye
Federal Magistrates To Hear Civil Trials
Fertility Issues? It May Be The Couch That You Sit On
Forum Shopping Plaintiff’s Pull A Fast One – Watch Out For More!
Growing Allegations About “Fume Events” on Airplanes
Hexavalent Chromium Found in "White Dust" in Southern California Neighborhood
Increased Deaths in California Linked to Air Pollution
L.A. Court 20-Hour Deposit on Rule Further Limited In “Preference” Case
L.A. Judge Finds Original Manufacturer Not Liable for Exposure to Asbestos Found in Replacement Parts or External Insulation
Lawsuits Cause Businesses To Leave California
Lawyers Sue Over Zinc in Denture Cream
Made In China: The Chinese Drywall Controversy
Made In China: The Chinese Drywall Controversy
Manufacturers Concerned About New Proposal Attempting to Regulate Chemicals in Consumer Products
Metals Particulate Exposure Case Dismissed at the Pleading Stage
Metzger Breaks Tradition and Partners with Out of State Attorney
Metzger Law Group Disqualified In Exposure Case
Motion For Separate Statute Of Limitations Trial Granted
New Asbestos Case Management Department in San Francisco
New California Laws Will Effect Chemical Product Labeling And M.S.D.S. Warnings
New CDC Network Integrates Health and Environmental Data
New Guidance On California Punitive Damage Awards
No Liability for replacement parts and external insulation?
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Calls for Voluntary Retail Food Warning Program
Office of Management and Budget Decision to Use Past Data on Toxicity of Pesticides Receives Cold Reception from Scientists
Patients Battle Drug Makers Over the Safety of Contrast Dyes for MRIs
Pending California Legislation Requiring Additional Chemical Disclosures
Plaintiff Counsel Update: Raphael Metzger
Plastic Chemical In Baby Bottles May Be Harmful To Children
Poole & Shaffery Obtains 105 Case Dismissals for Clients
Poole & Shaffery Obtains 105 Case Dismissals for Clients - over 300 since January 2009
Proposed California Proposition 65 Changes
Proposed State Air Regulations May Impact Solvent Manufacturers
Recent Decision May Have Major Impact on Cases Deemed “Complex”
Recent Ruling in Los Angeles Expresses Court's Frustration with Plaintiff's Counsel's Handling of Asbestos Lawsuits
Record Benzene Verdict in San Francisco Kidney Cancer Case
Record Civil Penalties and Updated Lead Laws to Affect Toy Manufacturers
Record Proposition 65 Award
Recovering Medical Expenses: A Return on Investment or a Windfall for Plaintiffs?
Replacement Part Defense Upheld in Two Asbestos Cases
San Francisco Court Proposes Creating Asbestos-Only Department
Summary Judgment Granted in Naval Exposure Case on Sophisticated User Grounds
Sundquist, et al. v. BP West Coast and the Causal Link between Benzene and Multiple Myeloma
Supreme Court Strikes Major Blow to Federal Preemption Defense
Taylor Vs. Crane – Manufacturer Liability For Replacement Parts
The Battle Of Component Part Manufacturer’s Liability For Its Replacement Parts Continues
The California Supreme Court Will Determine Whether Manufacturers Are Shielded From Liability For Asbestos Replacement Parts
The Federal Benzene Standard Should Govern a Manufacturer's Duty to Warn of the Level of Benzene in a Chemical Product With Respect to Occupational Exposures to Benzene
The Taylor Decision - Is This The End Of California Asbestos Litigation As We Know It?
To Preempt or Not to Preempt - That is the Question
Top Ten California Plaintiff Verdicts for 2009 Include One Toxic Tort Verdict
U.S. Supreme Court Decision Limits Scope of Superfund Law
Update: Petition For Rehearing Granted In Merrill
Will EPA’s Pending Greenhouse Gas Regulations Endanger U.S. Businesses?