Sentences with phrase «for alleged exposure»

Defense of high visibility mass action toxic tort claims against major energy concern by residents of beach community for alleged contamination of public and private real property and for alleged exposure to carcinogenic chemicals and compounds

Not exact matches

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.

In addition, a young child who may suffer health consequences because of recent exposure to PFOA in Hoosick Falls could potentially file a claim years from now and allege the exposure was exacerbated because village officials declined to warn residents for more than a year not to drink the water.

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

Serve as local counsel in approximately 600 cases for an international flavors company in defense of claims alleging lung injury due to exposure to butter flavoring.

Favorable settlement for chemical plant operator after alleged exposure to chemical release at plant caused contractors» chemical burns and severe injuries.

Experience Highlights Lead defense counsel for a world - wide manufacturer of spray foam insulation in an alleged formaldehyde and isocyanate exposure case.

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.

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.

Represented various clients in response to Proposition 65 claim regarding alleged failure to provide Proposition 65 warnings for consumer product exposures and environmental exposures

The question presented in the Kurns case was whether it also preempted claims for injuries caused by alleged toxic exposure related to locomotive repair and maintenance, as opposed to injuries in locomotive accidents.

He sued multiple companies for alleged asbestos exposure, and the executor of his estate substituted in as plaintiff upon his death.

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.

Much later, the Occupational Health and Safety Division issued a Notice of an Administrative Penalty to Guild alleging «that Guild had violated s. 23 (1) of the General Regulations which provides that an employer shall, when required, provide an emergency eye wash fountain where there is a potential for a person's skin or eyes to be affected by exposure to a hazardous substance.

Judge rules in Ecolab's favor On July 5, 2005, Magistrate Alonzo P. Wilson of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana entered summary judgment in favor of Ecolab Inc. and dismissed the claims of two nurses who alleged that their exposure to fumes of an Ecolab institutional floor wax stripper containing glycol ethers caused their two babies to suffer from the fatal birth defect anencephaly.

The highest court in Maryland has considered whether a leasing representative could be liable under the state's lead paint laws for a tenant's alleged exposure to lead paint while living on the leased premises.

Recently, for example, a Texas court awarded a family $ 32 million from their insurance company for alleged mold exposure.