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June 21, 2006 |

Lanier Tactic Shows There's 'Desperate' -- and There's Successful

In plaintiffs lawyer W. Mark Lanier's second Vioxx trial, he tried a unique approach to closing arguments. He spun the case like four episodes of "Desperate Housewives," the popular prime time soap that several jurors had indicated they watch. Between each segment, he paused for a "commercial break," during which he played a Vioxx advertisement. As a prop, Lanier used a poster showing pictures of Merck executives' faces superimposed over the TV characters' faces. And it worked.
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December 19, 2011 |

Asbestos is rearing its head

The Demersseman case, scheduled for trial next month in Los Angeles County, Calif., Superior Court, will be among the first to go before jurors as part of a newly formed coordinated proceeding designed to manage 250 asbestos cases in Southern California.
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First Hip Replacement Trial Set to Begin
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The first federal trial over DePuy Orthopaedics Inc.'s metal-on-metal hip replacement device, which is the subject of about 10,000 lawsuits across the country, is scheduled to begin on September 9 in Cleveland.

March 11, 2003 |

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April 12, 1999 |

Health Fund Suits Against Tobacco Giants Rejected

A 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled Friday that two New York union health funds and four public employees' health plans can't proceed with class action suits against major tobacco companies. The panel said in Laborers Local 17 Health and Benefit Fund v. Philip Morris Inc. that the economic damages allegedly suffered by the plaintiffs were too remote to be actionable. Last month, the 3rd Circuit upheld the dismissal of a similar labor fund class action in Pennsylvania.
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May 14, 2010 |

Oil-spill suits pit BP against old foes

BP is facing many of its old foes in the rising litigation over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. More than a dozen plaintiffs' firms pursuing BP, Transocean Ltd. and Halliburton Energy Services Inc. have a history of trying to make the defendants pay for safety violations and the resulting harm.
7 minute read
May 24, 2010 |

The Gulf Spill scorecard: lawyers, cases, locales

The massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has already fueled more than 100 cases. We chart the lawyers, venues and plaintiffs involved.
3 minute read
December 19, 2011 |

Asbestos is rearing its head

C. Joseph Demersseman was 58 years old when he was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a type of cancer associated with exposure to asbestos. He was dead within two years. In 2009, his widow, Lorraine Demersseman, filed suit against the manufacturers, distributors and suppliers of products containing asbestos fibers that her late husband had been exposed to as a boilermaker, pipe fitter and home remodeler in Southern California - in all, 29 defendants.
7 minute read
October 19, 2010 |

Trial Lawyers Hold Steady in Backing Dems

Trial lawyers are holding steady as one of the Democratic Party's biggest sources of campaign contributions, providing a cushion for the party as it struggles to maintain control of Congress in the midterm elections.
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