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Causation is Not Elementary, My Dear

Sherlock Holmes famously said, “when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable must be the truth.” This reasoning has been adopted by trial judges seeking to resolve questions of causation. In...more

Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update: January 2013 - Plaintiffs Bear the Burden of Establishing Causation by Competent Expert...

Judge Susan Illston of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California recently ended 16 years of toxic tort litigation relating to fugitive hexavalent chromium (C6) exposure involving the City of Willits and...more