Sentences with phrase «alleging exposure to asbestos»

Examples of class action lawsuits include groups of workers alleging exposure to asbestos and homeowners suing their insurance companies for rejecting black mold claims.

Defense verdicts for welding rod manufacturers in cases involving alleged exposure to asbestos, including:

Following discovery, Crane Co. moved for summary judgment on all counts asserting that it had no duty of care to Ms. Jones, its employee's sister - in - law, and that the plaintiffs had failed to establish that the alleged exposure to asbestos from Mr. Nichols» clothing caused Ms. Jones» disease.

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As the criminal complaint against Silver alleges, he used his authority to disburse HCRA grants to enrich himself, directing hundreds of thousands of dollars to renowned Columbia University physician Dr. Robert Taub for the completion of a center to study mesothelioma, a rare cancer that can be caused by asbestos exposure, in exchange for Taub's agreement to direct clients with cancer to Silver's law firm Weitz & Luxenberg, which specializes in lucrative asbestos lawsuits.

Defense verdict in wrongful death case in Philadelphia County which it was alleged that the plaintiff / decedent's esophageal cancer and subsequent death was caused by his exposure to asbestos.

Defense verdicts in two cases tried simultaneously where the plaintiffs each alleged they had contracted symptomatic asbestosis as a result of exposure to asbestos.

Eric has defended clients in actions involving personal injury to and deaths of seamen, longshoremen and harbor workers (slips, falls, back, shoulder and neck injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder claims, and alleged toxic exposures to asbestos).

Defense of HVAC equipment manufacturer in Massachusetts state court wrongful death action alleging mesothelioma due to asbestos exposure

The plaintiffs alleged that Crane Co. failed to take adequate precautions to prevent asbestos fibers from leaving the work site and failed to warn employees of a foreseeable risk of take - home exposures to their cohabitants.

The alleged main source of her exposure to asbestos occurred as a result of laundering the clothing of her father, who worked as an electrician.

We have, for example, obtained appellate victories in cases involving the preemption of state - law tort claims arising from the alleged malfunctioning of an FDA - approved medical device, the admissibility of statistical evidence that would rebut a plaintiff's evidence of future lost wages, and the purported duty to protect employees» spouses from second - hand asbestos exposure.

Examples of such cases are Chandler v Cape Plc [2011] EWHC 951 (QB)(liability of non-employer for exposure to asbestos), Kynixa Ltd v Hynes and others [2008] EWHC 1495 (QB)(claims arising from alleged breaches of restrictive covenants in employment contracts), Romantiek BVBA v Simms [2008] EWHC 3099 (QB) a claim alleging that a public official had committed the tort of misfeasance in public office when discharging a licensing function, OOO and others v The Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [20011] EWHC 1246 (QB)(claims by young foreign females that they had been trafficked into the UK by foreign nationals for the purpose of slavery and that officers of the Metropolitan Police Force breached their human rights in failing to investigate their complaints adequately or at all) and Mouncher and others v The Chief Constable of South Wales Police [2016] EWHC 1367 (QB)(claims by retired and serving police officers for false imprisonment, misfeasance in public office and malicious prosecution against South Wales Police arising from an investigation by officers of that force into alleged criminal conduct on the part of the claimants during the course of an investigation into a notorious murder in South Wales.

Ca., filed May 10, 2017): Arguing that in asbestos exposure cases that do not involve an asbestos - containing product, the traditional «but for» causation standard should be used in cases alleging a failure to protect someone from harm.

He has litigated a broad range of issues, including Federal preemption; electrocution injuries; failure to warn and design defect; the admissibility of economic testimony; price - fixing and essential facilities; groundwater contamination; primary and exclusive administrative jurisdiction; alleged asbestos exposure; the extraterritorial application of Federal and state law, and the certification and decertification of consumer class actions.

While mesothelioma case filings are predicted to decline in the coming years, plaintiffs lawyers intend to transfer their focus on cases alleging lung cancer as a result of asbestos exposure.