This year, a laboratory issued a report wherein it claims to have tested over-the-counter and prescription acne products containing benzoyl peroxide and found what it deemed to be “unacceptably high” levels of benzene. In...more
9/13/2024
/ Bodily Injury ,
Causation ,
Class Action ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Manufacturers ,
Misrepresentation ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
Over The Counter Drugs (OTC) ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Suppliers ,
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS defendants can use the International Agency for Research on Cancer’s (IARC’s) recent statement on the carcinogenicity of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) in support of causation and...more
After a nine-day trial, a state court jury in Stamford, Connecticut, returned a unanimous defense verdict in a case where the plaintiff alleged exposure to benzene in gasoline caused leukemia. The verdict shows how defendants...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit vacated a district court’s order certifying a class of 11.8 million people whose blood is allegedly contaminated with PFAS/PFOA and directed the lower court to dismiss...more
Harris Beach attorneys Abbie Eliasberg Fuchs, Bradley M. Wanner and Daniel R. Strecker review and analyze key judicial holdings and legal developments in New York, the federal arena and across the country that have affected...more
1/16/2023
/ Causation ,
Certiorari ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Daubert Standards ,
Discovery ,
Evidence ,
Expert Testimony ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Mass Tort Litigation ,
Nursing Homes ,
PA Supreme Court ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Popular ,
SCOTUS
We previously wrote about a federal magistrate judge’s report and recommendation denying exclusion of Plaintiffs’ specific causation expert and granting Defendants’ motions for summary judgment in a toxic tort suit arising...more
Last year, Harris Beach wrote about a federal magistrate judge’s report and recommendation to deny Defendants’ motions for summary judgment in a toxic tort suit arising from occupational exposure to ortho-toluidine...more
Causation is one of the most frequently litigated issues in asbestos litigation, and the Appellate Division, First Department's April 9, 2020 decision in Nemeth v. Brenntag, 2020 NY Slip. Op. 02261 (Apr. 9, 2020, 1st Dep’t)...more