By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | August 21, 2017
MDA Preempts Suit Claiming Contraceptive Was Known To Be Dangerous, Defective
By Andrew Denney | August 2, 2017
As General Motors is scheduled later this year to face yet another bellwether trial over allegations it covered up a deadly ignition switch flaw, it can take some comfort from its generally-successful trial record. But critics of the bellwether system are saying that way of lining up trials does not provide an accurate way of keeping score.
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | August 1, 2017
Prior 2016, 2017 Rulings Lead to Dismissal Of Inadequate Warning Claims Over Drug
By Charles Toutant | July 28, 2017
More than 2,100 suits by users of the acne drug Accutane who developed Crohn's disease have been reinstated after an appeals court ruled that expert testimony on behalf of plaintiffs was improperly excluded by the trial judge.
By Andrew Denney | July 19, 2017
The latest bellwether trial in the General Motors ignition switch litigation has gone in the automaker's favor, after a verdict was handed up in a Manhattan federal courtroom.
By Andrew Denney | July 18, 2017
A state judge in Manhattan denied a motion on Tuesday by attorneys from the asbestos defense bar to block implementation of a new case management order for the New York City Asbestos Litigation docket set to take effect on Thursday.
By Amanda Bronstad | July 12, 2017
Plaintiffs lawyers hoping to revive 3,128 lawsuits over cholesterol drug Lipitor are asking an appeals court to overturn what they consider to be a heightened standard on expert evidence that could hasten the demise of other multidistrict litigation.
By Andrew Denney | July 11, 2017
Defense counsel for General Motors told jurors it was not a faulty part, but a run-of-the-mill fender bender partly caused by inattention to the road, that caused any injury suffered by the plaintiff as trial for the seventh General Motors bellwether ignition defect case opened Tuesday. But the plaintiff's legal team blamed their client's leg injuries on a defective ignition switch that they say allowed a driver's knee to knock the car key out of position.
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | June 13, 2017
Safer Alternative Design for Machine Not Shown To Feasibly Exist at Time of Its Manufacture
By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | June 9, 2017
Both sides scored points Friday as another bellwether ignition defect case against General Motors heads toward trial next month in Manhattan federal court.
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