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Amanda Bronstad is the ALM staff reporter covering class actions and mass torts nationwide. She writes the email dispatch Law.com Class Actions: Critical Mass. She is based in Los Angeles.
June 10, 2020 | Law.com
Judges in dozens of rulings in multidistrict litigation have failed to follow Rule 702 in allowing expert testimony into trials that should not have been admissible, wrote three defense lawyers in a Tuesday letter to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules, which is reviewing possible amendments.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
June 1, 2020 | Law.com
Lex Machina's 2020 Product Liability Litigation Report, released Monday, found the top corporate defendant hit with product liability cases was Johnson & Johnson, which totaled 70,924 lawsuits from 2015 to 2019, many from multidistrict litigation over its baby powder and blood thinner Xarelto.
By Amanda Bronstad
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May 22, 2020 | Law.com
Johnson & Johnson attributed its decision this week to discontinue sales of talc-based baby powder to COVID-19 and declining demand, but lawyers and law professors point instead to an April 27 ruling allowing plaintiffs' experts to testify in trials.
By Amanda Bronstad
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May 19, 2020 | Law.com
Johnson & Johnson said it would "vigorously defend" the products in court. Plaintiffs attorney Chris Placitella, who is liaison counsel in the talc multidistrict litigation, said "we look forward to meeting them there as we continue to pursue justice for our clients."
By Amanda Bronstad
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May 11, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal
Addressing one of the first substantive decisions in the Risperdal litigation in California, the Second District Court of Appeal reversed summary judgment as to one of the federal preemption arguments raised by the plaintiffs, reinstating potentially hundreds of lawsuits. The court upheld the ruling as to two separate federal preemption arguments.
By Amanda Bronstad
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April 27, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal
On Monday, U.S. District Judge Freda Wolfson, who is overseeing the talcum powder multidistrict litigation against Johnson & Johnson, found that five plaintiffs' experts, two of whom have testified before Congress on talcum powder safety, could appear before juries. The ruling is the first in which a federal judge has ruled on the scientific evidence in talc trials.
By Amanda Bronstad
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April 24, 2020 | Law.com
"If this is not an abuse of discretion, if this didn't warrant separate trials, I can't imagine a case that would," Johnson & Johnson attorney Thomas Weaver told the Missouri Court of Appeals on Friday. Kevin Parker, of The Lanier Law Firm, argued to retain the record jury award, despite previous appeal reversals in other talc verdicts.
By Amanda Bronstad
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April 16, 2020 | Law.com
So far, employees for the government, a hand bell factory and a hair salon have filed class actions, and lawyers predict many more to come, as about 22 million people file for unemployment claims.
By Amanda Bronstad
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April 15, 2020 | Law.com
MDLs, Sixth Circuit Judge Raymond Kethledge wrote, "are not some kind of judicial border country, where the rules are few and the law rarely makes an appearance."
By Amanda Bronstad
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April 8, 2020 | Law.com
Lawyers for hospitals predict there still could be medical malpractice lawsuits amid the COVID-19 outbreak, but plaintiffs lawyers are concerned about their practices. "You don't want to be the one suing heroes," said attorney John Hochfelder.
By Amanda Bronstad
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