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Landmark $7.75 Million Verdict in Aerosol Duster Misuse Case Secured

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In April 2024, Robins Kaplan attorneys secured a groundbreaking $7.75 million verdict against CRC Industries, Inc., a manufacturer of aerosol dusters. The verdict stemmed from a tragic 2019 incident when Cynthia McDougall was...more

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Boiler Manufacturer’s Motion to Dismiss Denied

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Court: Supreme Court of New York, New York County (NYCAL) - In this asbestos action, boiler defendant Burnham LLC was sued for a variety of claims, including failure to warn, loss of consortium, and punitive damages....more

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Judge Finds Question of Fact Regarding Boiler Manufacturer’s Warnings; Denies Motion for Summary Judgment as to Punitive Damages

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Jurisdiction: Supreme Court of New York, New York County - In this asbestos-related lawsuit, the plaintiff alleged he was exposed to asbestos while working with, and around, boilers manufactured by defendant, Burnham,...more

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PFAS Manufacturers Continue to Pay Massive Claims But Do They Have Enough Money to Pay Them All?

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Bloomberg is reporting that 3M and the two companies responsible for the liability of what used to be DuPont have agreed to pay $100 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the City of Rome, Georgia for the cost of engineering...more

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Apparel Companies Facing Increasing PFAS Litigation

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Last week, we highlighted a wave of litigation targeting underwear manufacturers. This week, litigation activity is now focusing on outerwear. On April 25, 2022, the same firm behind several of the underwear complaints...more

White and Williams LLP

MDL for Claims Against Manufacturers and Distributors of PFAS-Containing AFFFs Focuses Attention on Key Issues

Claims against manufacturers and distributors of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)-containing aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) are hurtling forward. Two important developments in this opening salvo of PFAS-related...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

United States Supreme Court Denies Cert. in Remington Arms Co. LLC v. Soto

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The United States Supreme Court has denied certiorari in Remington Arms Co. LLC v. Soto, No. 19-168.  While the focus of this case ought to remain on the families and the Newtown community, this decision has broad...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.9.2019 | Top Story: Chair Powell says Fed will Expand its Treasury Securities Holdings

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Fed Chair Powell, speaking at an economics conference in Denver yesterday, made news by indicating that the central bank would “once again begin expanding its portfolio of government-backed securities”—a shift in policy...more

Vedder Price

Global Transportation Finance Newsletter - May 2019

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In This Issue: Buyer Beware: Court Upholds Punitive Damages Waiver in Case Alleging Fraud for “New” Aircraft Sale - Embraer v. Dougherty Air Trustee: Avoiding Foot Faults in Your Residual Value Guarantee Contract - ...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

New York Brings PFOA/S Products Liability Suit, Claiming Natural Resource and Punitive Damages

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In a recently filed action, the State of New York is suing six manufacturers and marketers of of perfluorooctanoic acid (“PFOA”) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (“PFOS”) containing firefighting foams under theories of...more

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Missouri Adopts High Burden for Venue Challenges and Affirms a $23 Million Punitive Damages Award Based, in Part, on a...

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On September 12, 2017 the Missouri Supreme Court handed down its 4-3 opinion in Barron v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc., SC96151, dealing a significant blow to businesses who seek to transfer cases from Missouri trial venues...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Product Liability Update: January 2017

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Massachusetts Appeals Court Holds Birth Control Patch Manufacturer Had Duty to Warn Patient Directly But Packet Insert Adequately Warned of Greater Risk of Blood Clots As Compared to Birth Control Pill; Design Defect Claim...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Case Update: Families of Factory Workers Awarded Punitive Damages to the Tune of Almost $40 Million

A few weeks ago, we told you about a jury awarding over eight million dollars to the families of two factory workers who were killed by a co-worker in 2010. As it turns out, that award was just the beginning. Last week, a...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

The Ghosts of Litigation Holds Past

Earlier this year, in the widely followed In re: Actos (Pioglitazone) Products Liability Litigation matter, a Louisiana federal jury ordered a drug manufacturer to pay $6 billion in punitive damages and $1.5 million in actual...more

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