Oral Argument in Wyeth v. Levine Marks Change in Drug Litigation Preemption Debate
news | February 20, 2009Engage: The Journal of the Federalist Society's Practice Groups (February 2009) (Eric G. Lasker)
Federal Court grants summary judgment filed by Firm client Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation in five suits brought by foreign plaintiffs.
news | February 2, 2009On December 2, 2008, Chief Judge Todd J. Campbell of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee granted summary judgment to Firm client, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NPC), in five lawsuits brought by…
Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation re-transfers two cases to Aredia®/Zometa® MDL over plaintiffs’ objections.
news | December 3, 2008On December 3, 2008, the federal Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued an order transferring two actions pending against a Firm client, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NPC), back to the Aredia®/Zometa® MDL over the objections of the…
Federal Court grants summary judgment based on product identification to Firm client Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation.
news | September 29, 2008On September 29, 2008, Chief Judge Todd J. Campbell of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee granted summary judgment to Firm client, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NPC), in a lawsuit alleging that…
State Court Grants Motion to Dismiss for Forum Non Conveniens to Firm Client C.R. Bard
news | July 22, 2008In July 2008, the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas granted C.R. Bard, Inc.’s (“Bard”) Motion to Dismiss Pursuant to Forum Non Conveniens and 42 Pa. C.S.A. § 5322(e) in the case of Murphy v. C.R. Bard, Inc.…
Firm client Norfolk Southern Corporation reaches favorable agreement with Avondale Mills to settle claims from Graniteville accident.
news | July 2, 2008In April, 2008, four weeks into an anticipated three month trial, Norfolk Southern railroad and Avondale Mills agreed to settle a lawsuit arising from the January 6, 2005 train derailment in Graniteville, South Carolina. The confidential…
Rhode Island Supreme Court reverses and dismisses public nuisance verdict against former lead paint and pigment manufacturers.
news | July 1, 2008In a major victory for the former lead paint and pigments industry — and for corporate defendants generally — the Rhode Island Supreme Court on July 1, 2008 reversed a potentially multi-billion dollar jury verdict in…
Hollingsworth LLP submits briefs in United States Supreme Court on behalf of two groups of Amici in Wyeth v. Levine.
news | June 4, 2008At the request of two separate groups of amici curiae, Hollingsworth LLP has submitted briefs to the United States Supreme Court in Wyeth v. Levine explaining why preemption of prescription drug product liability claims advances the…
On February 22, 2008 the US Army Corps of Engineers announced that it had incorrectly evaluated price proposals for a debris removal contract valued up to $2.5 billion over 5 years and will revaluate all…
On October 26, 2007, Joe Hollingsworth presented Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corporation’s appeal to the Supreme Court of Kentucky in Gunderson v. Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corporation. Among the issues the court had agreed to hear: challenges to the trial…
Building a Fire Wall: Missouri and New Jersey Hold the Line Against Plaintiffs’ Efforts to Expand the Law of Public Nuisance (part 2 of 2)
news | October 1, 2007LJN’s Product Liability Law & Strategy (October 2007) (Eric G. Lasker)
On August 16, 2007, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey denied plaintiff’s motion to remand in Ripley v. Sandoz, Inc., finding removal to be proper under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1441(b) despite…
Texas Court of Appeals Raises Causation Bar for Asbestos Plaintiffs and Their Experts
news | July 26, 2007In July 2007, the Court of Appeals for the First District of Texas (Houston) issued a major opinion confirming the requirement of science-based evidence of specific causation in asbestos bodily injury claims. Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. Stephens,…