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Indiana Locomotive Engineer Permitted To Amend Complaint; Causation Expert...
HAMMOND, Ind. - A locomotive engineer who alleges a lung injury as a result of inhaling toxic fumes while driving a train was granted leave March 18 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District...
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Massachusetts Appeals Panel Affirms Defense Judgment In Dry Cleaning Solvent...
BOSTON - A unanimous Michigan Court of Appeals panel issued an opinion March 22 affirming summary judgment for defendants accused of withholding information about dry cleaning fluid contamination of...
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Water Contamination Claims Survive Defense Challenges In Indiana Federal Court
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Claims of Indiana plaintiffs alleging solvent contamination of domestic water wells survived defense motions to dismiss March 25 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District...
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Motion To Amend Complaint Stricken In Suit By Sailors For $1 Billion From TEPCO
SAN DIEGO - A motion filed March 12 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California to amend the complaint of the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan crew members who allege radiation exposure...
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Missouri Plaintiffs Alleging Radiation Exposure Injuries Have Until May 10 To...
ST. LOUIS - The plaintiffs pursuing personal injury claims in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri against contractors and successors to contractors engaged in the Manhattan...
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8th Circuit Panel Affirms No-Evidence Judgment In Suit To Recover Attorney Fees
DES MOINES, Iowa - A unanimous Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel issued an opinion March 26 affirming a no-evidence summary judgment against a manufacturer of 2,4-D herbicide seeking to...
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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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Supreme Court Vacates Ruling Certifying Class Of Washing Machine Purchasers
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Based on a determination in a recent ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court on April 1 issued an order granting a petition for writ of certiorari filed by a manufacturer of washing machines,...
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Judge Reduces Verdict For Employee Made Ill By Mold Exposure
ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands - A Virgin Islands federal judge on March 22 refused a landlord's request for a new trial in relation to a verdict awarded to an employee of the Virgin Islands Bureau of...
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9th Circuit Finds Ruling In Coverage Case Did Not Allow For Collateral Estoppel
SAN FRANCISCO - The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 12 affirmed a portion of a trial court's decision allowing an insurer to assert policy defenses against the builders of an allegedly...
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Michigan Court Finds Apartment Damage Was Covered Under Policy
LANSING, Mich. - A Michigan appeals court on March 21 affirmed a trial court's decision that a roofers' insurance policy provided coverage for certain damage sustained at an apartment complex, finding...
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Judge Finds Policy Excluded Mold Damage In Townhouse Development
MINNEAPOLIS - A Minnesota federal judge on March 18 granted summary judgment for an insurer, finding that a policy issued to the builder of a townhouse complex that contained numerous construction...
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Federal Judge Dismisses Claims Against Owners Of Allegedly Moldy Hotels
GREENVILLE, Miss. - A Mississippi federal judge on March 27 granted summary judgment and a motion to dismiss filed by the franchisers of a hotel chain, dismissing an employee's claims that they were...
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