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Ninth Circuit Reverses Class Certification Order Because Liability Issues, Not Merely Damages, Were Individualized

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The Ninth Circuit recently addressed an issue that tends to arise frequently in class certification motion practice: how trial courts should apply the predominance requirement where appellate decisions have said that the need...more

Console and Associates, P.C.

Final Bellwether 3M Earplug Trial Ends at $77.5 M Verdict.

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A federal jury in Florida awarded $77.5 million in damages, including $72.5 million in punitive damages, to a former soldier who filed a claim alleging that his hearing loss resulted from defective 3M Co. earplugs. The case...more

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3M Earplug Lawsuit Update 2021: $1.7M Award

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Jury Awards Veteran With Hearing Loss $1.7 Million in Third Bellwether Trial - A Florida jury’s $1.7 million judgment in favor of the plaintiff on June 18, 2021, handed The 3M Company its second defeat in bellwether trials...more

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District of Delaware Issues a Bellwether Decision on Bellwether Trials

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To narrow issues and promote settlement in “oversized patent cases,” on July 31, 2017, Chief Judge Leonard Stark of the District of Delaware issued an order that indicates a preference for bellwether trials on all issues for...more

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