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Local Juror's Sorry I Voted Against You Even Though You Were Right E-Mail Triggers New Trial Bid
A plaintiff whose $1.3 million asbestos claim was no-caused by a jury has asked for a new trial because a juror confessed he switched his vote at the end of the 10-hour deliberation, saying that otherwise, "we would've never gotten out of there."Pa. Judge: Arbitration Clauses Won't Stick to Contracts of Adhesion
The judge in charge of Philadelphia's class action program has ruled that class action litigation preclusion clauses in contracts of adhesion are "unconscionable and unenforceable." In his strongly worded opinion, Judge Mark I. Bernstein concluded that the mandatory individual arbitration clauses found in many contracts of adhesion have served to "immunize large corporations from liability by allowing them to preclude all class action litigation."$10 Million Suit Against DeHeng Is Dismissed
A federal judge in New York ruled that neither the Chinese firm nor one of its partners had acted with scienter, or knowledge of wrongdoing, in an alleged fraud.Court Denies Liability For Asbestos Exposure
An employer may not be held liable for a non-employee spouse's secondhand exposure to asbestos, the Court of Appeals held Thursday in reversing an appellate panel. By a 6-0 vote, New York's high court concluded that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey owed no duty of care to a woman who was allegedly injured through laundering her husband's asbestos-contaminated clothing for 30 years.
Court Denies Liability for Asbestos Exposure
An employer may not be held liable for a non-employee spouse's secondhand exposure to asbestos, the Court of Appeals held Thursday in reversing an appellate panel. By a 6-0 vote, New York's high court concluded that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey owed no duty of care to a woman who was allegedly injured through laundering her husband's asbestos-contaminated clothing for 30 years.N.Y. Judge Denies Liability for Asbestos Exposure
An employer may not be held liable for a non-employee spouse's secondhand exposure to asbestos, the Court of Appeals held Thursday in reversing an appellate panel.
The Case of the Contrite Juror
A plaintiff whose $1.3 million asbestos claim was no-caused by a jury has asked for a new trial because a juror confessed he switched his vote at the end of the 10-hour deliberation, saying that otherwise, "we would've never gotten out of there."
Bernstein Ruling: Arbitration Clauses Won't Stick to Contracts of Adhesion
The judge in charge of Philadelphia's class action program has ruled that class litigation preclusion clauses in contracts of adhesion are unconscionable and unenforceable.More from ALM
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