3M’s Bid to Shield Itself From Earplug Lawsuits Faces Skeptical Judges April 5, 2023 By Brendan Pierson and Dietrich Knauth Federal appeals court judges on Tuesday appeared skeptical of 3M’s bid to use the bankruptcy of its subsidiary Aearo Technologies...
Judge Dismisses 1,000 Shingles Vaccine Claims Against Merck for Lack of Evidence December 8, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson After four years of multidistrict litigation, a federal judge in Pennsylvania has dismissed 1,189 lawsuits claiming the Zostavax shingles vaccine...
Judges Nix Consolidating COVID Business Interruption Suits Against Big Insurers October 4, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson A panel of federal judges has decided against consolidation of hundreds of lawsuits seeking coverage for coronavirus-related business interruption claims...
Consolidation of COVID Business Loss Suits Denied; But Grouping by Insurer Eyed August 13, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson The legal panel on multidistrict litigation (MDL) has denied a proposal to consolidate cases brought by multiple businesses against various...
Coronavirus Business Interruption Insurance Claimants Seek to Consolidate Lawsuits April 27, 2020 By Jim Sams Two groups of plaintiffs — one in Philadelphia, the other in Chicago — are asking federal courts to consolidate lawsuits...
How Lawyers, Not Plaintiffs, Wind Up the Winners in Mass Tort Lawsuits July 11, 2019 Brooke Melton died on her 29th birthday. Her Chevy randomly shut off in the middle of the highway a little...
Judge Warns Lawyers: You Pay If Claims Found Frivolous September 12, 2016 By Paul Barrett Lawyers who defend companies in product liability cases are celebrating an unusual order by a federal judge in Columbus, Georgia....