Spurred by a recent warning from the Food and Drug Administration, some plaintiffs firms, including Milberg Weiss, have identified gadolinium suits as a burgeoning area of litigation. Used to treat diseased kidneys, the chemical has plaintiffs lawyers salivating at the thought of a new arena of billion-dollar mass torts. But one firm wants to take it one suit at a time. Jeffrey Kaiser, a partner at Levin Simes Kaiser & Gornick, says the work on the first case will "set the tone" for the other cases.
October 30, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A chemical used to help treat diseased kidneys has plaintiffs lawyers salivating at the thought of a new arena of billion-dollar mass torts, but one San Francisco firm wants to take it one suit at a time.
“I think the work that we do [in the first case] will set the tone for other cases; and of course we’re hoping to get other cases as well,” said Jeffrey Kaiser, a partner at Levin Simes Kaiser & Gornick.
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