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Class Certification Discovery Ordered In New Jersey Topical Flea Treatment Cases
NEWARK, N.J. - A consent motion seeking limited class certification discovery in the topical flea and tick treatment products liability class actions coordinated in the U.S. District Court for the...
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Motion To Compel Granted In Part In Ohio Lawsuit For PFOA Water Utility...
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The magistrate judge presiding over the declaratory judgment and indemnification litigation filed by a southern Ohio water utility against DuPont for perfluorooctanoic acid...
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Defense Motion To Dismiss Dial Soap MDL Denied; Date For Certification Answer...
CONCORD, N.H. - The defense motion to dismiss the Dial Complete Antimicrobial Foaming Soap multidistrict litigation consolidated in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire was denied...
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Oklahoma Plaintiffs File Class Certification Motion In Fugitive Perchlorate Suit
OKLAHOMA CITY - Plaintiffs seeking to represent a class of Duncan, Okla., residents for alleged contamination by fugitive perchlorate from a rocket engine maintenance facility filed a motion March 4 in...
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Parties Seek Delay To Answer Defense Motion To Dismiss In Paulsboro...
CAMDEN, N.J. - Class counsel in the Paulsboro, N.J., derailment cases consolidated in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey should be appointed before the plaintiffs in one of the...
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Joint Motion To Continue Filed In Louisiana Actions Arising From Refinery Leak
BATON ROUGE, La. - The plaintiffs and defendants in two putative class actions removed in April to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana filed a joint motion March 26 to continue...
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Kentucky Plaintiffs Oppose Summary Judgment In Suit Alleging Chemical Emissions
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The 107 remaining plaintiffs in a U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky lawsuit alleging property damage against Rohm & Haas Co. for its operation of a refinery...
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Class Action Plaintiffs Seek Damages For Burn Pit, Contaminated Water Injuries
SAN DIEGO - Plaintiffs who filed a putative class action complaint March 20 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California seek to represent U.S. soldiers injured by exposure to...
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July 15 Trial Anticipated In WTC Disaster Litigation; Act-Of-War Defense Upheld
NEW YORK - Claims for recovery of dust removal costs filed by the owner of a property one block from the site of the World Trade Center collapse in Manhattan were dismissed March 20 in the U.S....
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Welding Fume Judge Recommends Dissolving Consolidation Of Manganese Injury Cases
CLEVELAND - The multidistrict litigation created in June 2003 by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio for personal injury claims...
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4th Circuit Panel Affirms County Zoning Authority Over Intrastate Gas Pipelines
RICHMOND, Va. - A unanimous Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on March 25 affirmed federal statutes do not preempt the application of local zoning requirements to an intrastate natural gas...
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Fracking Suit Settlement Unsealed In Pennsylvania; Access To Court Records...
WASHINGTON, Pa. - A confidential settlement agreement between a Washington County, Pa., family and natural gas extraction companies was unsealed by a Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas for Washington...
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New York Appellate Court Hears Zoning Plan Appeal By Gas Extraction Company
ALBANY, N.Y. - A New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, Third Department, panel heard oral arguments March 21 in the challenge of a local zoning ordinance enacted by Town of Dryden, N.Y., officials...
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Gas Extraction Company Seeks Documents Subpoenaed From Nonparties In Ohio Suit
CLEVELAND - A natural gas extraction company sued in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio for allegedly contaminating the real property and domestic water wells of two couples...
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Discovery, Dismissal Motions In Fracking Suit Referred To Federal Magistrate...
SCRANTON, Pa. - Disputed deadlines to designate experts and a defense motion to dismiss filed in the litigation pursued by Susquehanna County, Pa., plaintiffs in the U.S. District Court for the Middle...
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Michigan Supreme Court Upsets Noneconomic Damages Award In Property Damage Suit
LANSING, Mich. - A unanimous Michigan Supreme Court issued an opinion March 20 overturning an appeals court opinion affirming noneconomic damages for the destruction of real property in a residential...
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11th Circuit Panel Affirms No Duty To Defend Developer In Chemical Exposure Suit
ATLANTA - A unanimous 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on March 20 affirmed summary judgment for an insurance company against a Florida developer and the plaintiffs who sued it for exposure to...
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Insurance Company Relieved Of Duty To Defend Insured In Produced Water Class...
MUSKOGEE, Okla. - Summary judgment was granted March 26 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma to an insurance company that provided general liability and umbrella coverage to...
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Missouri Panel Upsets Order Applying Pollution Exclusion To Carbon Monoxide...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A unanimous Western District Missouri Court of Appeals panel on March 26 overturned summary judgment in favor of an insurance company in a duty to defend declaratory judgment action...
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5th Circuit Panel Affirms In Part Defense Judgment In Asphyxiation Death Suit
NEW ORLEANS - A unanimous Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on March 19 affirmed summary judgment for the employer of a Louisiana laborer asphyxiated in a railroad tank car and reversed summary...
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