NYCAL Punitive Damages in Limbo
New York’s Appellate Division, First Department, issued its decision yesterday on the New York City Asbestos Litigation (NYCAL) punitive damages/Case Management Order (CMO) issue. While the Appellate...
View ArticleUpdate on Diagnosing Malignant Mesothelioma
Despite how it might seem from the deluge of television advertisements the diagnosis of mesothelioma is very rare, and extremely difficult. As discussed in a prior post, the diagnostic process can be...
View ArticleMore Publications Retracted Due to Suspected Fraud
The string of retractions of published peer-reviewed medical and scientific articles due concerns about fraud or suspected fraud continues. This week a major publisher of scientific and medical...
View ArticleSeventh Circuit Ruling On Scientific Evidence Closes Some Doors But Opens Others
Exposure to potentially harmful substances at some level is a fact of modern life. These substances are everywhere — in the air we breathe, in the food we eat, and in the water we drink — and many of...
View ArticleDiagnosing Mesothelioma Continues to Challenge Pathologists
The difficulty of making a malignant mesothelioma diagnosis continues to stimulate discussion in the medical community. Last month, Dr. Aliya Husain from the Department of Pathology at the University...
View ArticleMonitoring Your Personal Environment with Wearable Technology
“The dose makes the poison” is a maxim of toxicology. The phrase is attributed to Paracelsus, a true Renaissance Man and founder of the field who lived more than 500 years ago, long before the...
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Schiff Hardin Partners Present on the Future of Mass Tort Litigation at...
Two partners from Schiff Hardin LLP’s Product Liability & Mass Torts Practice Group spoke about the future of mass tort litigation in the United States at the Lloyd’s Old Library in London on...
View ArticleGrowing Concerns: Marijuana Industry Hit with Its First Ever Product...
The cannabis industry is taking a hit. The nation’s first cannabis product liability lawsuit was filed in Colorado and challenges the cannabis industry’s production process. Flores v. LivWell Inc.,...
View ArticleNon-Toxic Reform: Senate Passes TSCA Revisions
It’s not very often that manufacturers and many environmental groups agree on a chemical safety regulation. But that’s what’s happening with the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century...
View ArticleGovernment Turf: Will the CPSC Investigate Rubber Infill?
Calls for a government-led investigation of the potential negative health effects of crumb rubber turf are getting louder, and the Consumer Product Safety Commission is listening. Crumb rubber turf...
View ArticleThe (Mobile) Hazards of Employer Take-Home Liability
Most lawyers begin learning about torts by reading the Palsgraf case. Palsgraf established the principle of foreseeability as the basis for imposing a duty. But are the principles from Palsgraf still...
View ArticleThe Rule of Requirement: Supreme Court Adopts New Standard for Manufacturer’s...
Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Air & Liquid Systems Corp., et al. v. Devries, 139 S. Ct. 986 (2019), a maritime tort law case in which plaintiffs alleged that asbestos exposure...
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