The verdict represents the second lawsuit filed against Williams Company, the plant’s owner; in relation to the 2013 blast that killed two workers and left 167 injured. According to a report released by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, the accident…
Article VII of the Federal Rules of Evidence, comprised of six rules, covers the admissibility of expert witness testimony. An understanding of Article VII is critical for any lawyer seeking to introduce or exclude expert testimony at trial. Rule 701…
Last Thursday, a federal jury in Dallas handed down a $1 billion verdict against Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Orthopaedics division for defects in its line of Pinnacle artificial hips, marking the second major verdict against the company’s metal-on-metal hip replacement…
Originally published on Mass Tort Nexus This May, jurors blasted Johnson & Johnson with an 8-figure verdict in a trial charging that the company knew that its talc-based Baby Powder and Shower to Shower Powder causes ovarian cancer, and failed…
An appeals court in Florida has declared that damage caps on monetary rewards limiting the recovery amounts of plaintiffs in medical malpractice lawsuits is unconstitutional. This case was decided in the 2nd district court of Florida. Previously, the 4th district…
A new toxic tort lawsuit is rapidly emerging this year and is gearing up to become the biggest mass tort action since asbestos. Roundup Weed and Grass Killer, a herbicide produced by agrichemical giant, Monsanto, has been the subject of…
Before the days of electronic health records, the review of medical records in medical malpractice cases was only limited by the handwriting of the doctors. But, once that was revealed, standard of care deficiencies were relatively easy to spot and…
Originally published on Mass Tort Nexus One of the final images of beloved golfer Arnold Palmer is the 87-year old in a TV commercial wearing a pink sweater and saying, “Treatment with Xarelto was the right move for us.” Many people…
On October 19, a California jury awarded Philip Depoian $18.07 million; after finding that his repeated exposure to asbestos particles in cosmetic talc was the cause of his aggressive mesothelioma. According to a press release written by Worthington & Caron,…
Preparing for trial with an expert witness is not an easy task. It requires finding a qualified expert in the specific field, conducting analysis and studies that confirm the case theory, and organizing and strategizing testimony that will come across…