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New Jersey Court Grants Avon Summary Judgment in Talc Litigation
Case | Class Action Defense | Products Liability & Toxic Torts | June 15, 2018Judge Ana C. Viscomi of the Middlesex County Division of New Jersey Superior Court granted firm client Avon Products, Inc. (“Avon”) summary judgment on all claims alleged against it. The previous day, Judge Viscomi had issued…
United States v. Winstar Corp., 518 U.S. 839 (1996)
Case | Financial Institutions | Federal Claims | July 1, 199611th Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment in Reclast Case Based on Daubert Exclusion of Expert Testimony
Case | Products Liability & Toxic Torts | Pharmaceutical & Medical Device | April 30, 2018The Eleventh Circuit affirmed Novartis’s summary judgment win in Jones v. Novartis Pharm. Corp., No. 17-1106 (11th Cir. Apr. 30, 2018). The Court, in a per curiam opinion issued only three weeks after oral argument, affirmed…
U.S. West, Inc. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co., 117 F.3d 1415 (4th Cir. 1997).
Case | Insurance Coverage | January 28, 1997Cooley v. United States, 46 Fed. Cl. 538 (2000)
Case | Federal Claims | Environmental | April 28, 2000Court narrows American Guarantee’s defenses to Norfolk Southern’s claim for additional insured coverage while allowing Norfolk Southern’s counterclaim for statutory penalties to be tried.
Case | Insurance Coverage | October 6, 2017The Eastern District of Tennessee recently narrowed the coverage defenses of insurance carrier American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Company (“American Guarantee”) while allowing Norfolk Southern Corporate and Norfolk Southern Railway Company (collectively “Norfolk Southern”) to continue…
S.D. Georgia Grants Novartis Summary Judgment in Zometa Case
Case | Products Liability & Toxic Torts | Pharmaceutical & Medical Device | May 15, 2013The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia granted Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation’s motion for summary judgment in Wheeler v. Novartis Pharm. Corp., Case No. 1:11-cv-00211 (S.D. Ga. May 15, 2013). The plaintiff claimed that…
11th Circuit Affirms Coverage for Ongoing “Work” Under Plain Reading of RPL “Completed Work” Exclusion
Case | Insurance Coverage | April 4, 2017The 11th Circuit rejected the efforts of Liberty Surplus Insurance Corporation (“Liberty”) to avoid its obligation to Norfolk Southern Railway Company (“Norfolk Southern”) under the insuring agreement of its Railroad Protective Liability (“RPL”) policy. The court…
Sixth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment in Three Cases for Firm Client Novartis
Case | Pharmaceutical & Medical Device | August 23, 2011In 2011, the Sixth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for Novartis in three cases, in which plaintiffs had no retained experts on the subject of specific causation, i.e., did Aredia and/or Zometa cause plaintiffs to develop osteonecrosis…
SABIC Granted Summary Judgment from the Bench in Louisiana State Court
Case | Business Interruption & Commercial Disputes | Products Liability & Toxic Torts | April 21, 2017Firm partner Matthew Malinowski appeared in the 23rd Judicial District Court in Ascension Parish, Louisiana to argue SABIC Petrochemicals’ motion for summary judgment. The case involved numerous personal injury claims brought by contract workers allegedly injured…