Labor & Employment Law, Products Liability, Civil Procedure

Information Friday: Some News to End Your Week

by JAMS, The Resolution Experts on 4/12/2013

Here’s a round-up of ADR news happening around the world. So, take a break, grab a cup of coffee and get informed!...more

Looking Forward: Canadian Class Actions in 2013

by Bennett Jones LLP on 12/14/2012

Looking Forward - 2012 was an active year for class actions in Ontario. Bennett Jones has been involved in some of 2012’s leading cases, including the putative class proceedings commenced in Trustees of the Labourers’...more

Asbestos Alert: OSHA Regulations Held Insufficient as Basis for Expert Opinion that Certain Materials Contained Asbestos

by Low, Ball & Lynch on 8/17/2012

The Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Perini, a general contractor. Plaintiff alleged that he was exposed to asbestos by Perini employees at job locations where construction of...more

Employer Has No Duty to Protect Family Members of Employees from Secondhand Asbestos Exposure in Court of Appeal Ruling

by CMCP - California Minority Counsel Program on 7/31/2012

In past years, second-hand asbestos exposure claims against product manufacturers and premises owners have increased with the decline of the more traditional asbestos exposure cases. These ‘bystander’ plaintiffs allege that...more

New Rules for Asbestos Cases in San Francisco

by Sedgwick LLP on 7/20/2012

Effective July 2, 2012, asbestos cases in the San Francisco Superior Court are being governed by a new set of procedural rules. Following a decline in asbestos filings and severe budget shortfalls, the court issued the...more

UK Supreme Court Pulls Trigger on Asbestos Liability Insurance - Perspectives on Insurance Recovery Newsletter - Summer 2012

by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 6/22/2012

The UK's highest court has issued its decision in the Employers' Liability Insurance "Trigger" Litigation: BAI (Run Off) Ltd v Durham & Ors, [2012] UKSC 14 (28 March 2012), and finally resolved a long-pending dispute over...more

Premises Owner Owes No Duty to Protect Family Members of Independent Contractors From Secondary Exposure to Asbestos

by Sedgwick LLP on 6/21/2012

The California Court of Appeal held in Campbell v. Ford Motor Company, 2012 WL 1820919, that a premises owner owes no duty to warn family members of employees of contractors of the hazards of secondary asbestos exposure....more

Employers’ Liability for Mesothelioma Claims in the UK – Are You Covered?

by K&L Gates LLP on 4/3/2012

The United Kingdom Supreme Court recently handed down a decision in what is known as the EL Trigger case, wherein the Court has finally decided which Employers’ Liability (“EL”) policy or policies should respond to indemnify...more

Asbestos Exposure did not Cause Colon Cancer: Ontario WSIAT

by Dentons on 3/29/2012

A mining worker’s exposure to asbestos did not cause his colon cancer, the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal has held. The worker worked for a “nickel producer” for approximately 38 years from 1959...more

Hidden Conflict by Judge Overturns Oil Worker’s $322 Million Asbestos Verdict

by Lawyers.com on 1/18/2012

Thomas Brown, Jr. labored on oil rigs for three decades unloading raw asbestos; he now suffers from lung disease as a result and requires oxygen 24 hours a day in order to breathe. Last month he saw his record $322 million...more

California Courts Cannot Force Out-of-Town Employees to Travel to California Depositions

by Sedgwick LLP on 12/16/2011

In an important ruling for corporations sued in California, the Second Appellate District of the California Court of Appeal in Toyota Motor Corporation v. Superior Court (July 27, 2011) No. B225393, held under Code of Civil...more

State Supreme Court Holds Causation Evidence Insufficient

by Dechert LLP on 8/25/2011

The Vermont Supreme Court recently held that a plaintiff's evidence that exposure to benzene allegedly caused his cancer was insufficient to get to the jury. Blanchard v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., No. 2010-250 (Vt....more

Directing the Direct When Your Witness is not an Expert

by Miles Cooper on 8/1/2011

Many people view the direct exam of a non-expert witness as a series of "what happened next?" questions. With a little planning and effort, your directs can crackle with every bit of tension as a cross-examination. This...more

Second Chair is Much More than Second Fiddle

by Miles Cooper on 7/1/2011

A second seat, or co-counsel, can be a critical position in trial. This article focuses on getting the best from your second seat, or if you are in that role, how to be most useful....more

How to Write Requests for Admissions

by Katherine Gallo, Esq. on 2/15/2011

Requests for admissions may be used to (1) establish the truth of specified facts, (2) admit a legal conclusion, (3) determine a party’s opinion relating to a fact, (4) settle a matter in controversy, and (5) admit the...more

The California Supreme Court Schedules Oral Argument For Four Civil Cases

by Sedgwick LLP on 10/13/2010

The Court will hear oral argument on four civil cases this November, addressing a variety of issues: Cassel v. Superior Court. (Wasserman, Comden, Casselman & Pearson),S178914: (1) Are the private conversations of an...more

Whole Brained Law | From the Information Age to the Conceptual Age

by Bill Daniels on 2/25/2010

We are moving from an economy and a society built on the logical, linear, computer-like capabilities of the Information Age to an economy and a society built on the inventive, empathic, big-picture capabilities of what’s...more

The Discovery Motion with Teeth

by Katherine Gallo, Esq. on 5/25/1934

After a long stretch of depositions,coupled with intense mediation sessions you finally have a day in the office to clean off your desk and catch up on your other cases Going through the stacks of mail, you find the motion...more

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