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Asbestos suits on rise in Madison County (The Telegraph)
EDWARDSVILLE - The number of asbestos lawsuits filed in Madison County jumped by almost 200 cases in 2008, raising alarm among tort reform advocates, but a judge said lawyers tell him such cases are more numerous across the country.
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Weitz & Luxenberg and Erin Brockovich to Visit TVA Coal Ash Spill (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----In the aftermath of the horrific environmental disaster in which billions of gallons of coal ash sludge broke through a dike of a 40-acre holding pond at TVA’s Kingston coal-fired power plant, Erin Brockovich and the lawyers of Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. will be available next week to assure Tennessee residents that there is recourse.
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U of M updates Iron Range on mesothelioma study (Winona Daily News)
MOUNTAIN IRON, Minn. (AP) — Experts studying cancer rates among Iron Range miners say they’re making progress on a number of related studies.
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Study: Baltimore 'judicial hellhole' with too many lawsuits (Baltimore Examiner)
Baltimore City's court system is "teetering along the edge of a hellhole" because of a welcoming attitude toward multimillion-dollar lawsuits, according to a new study from the American Tort Reform Foundation.
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Equipment Makers Not Liable in Two Asbestos Lawsuits (Insurance Journal)
In separate cases dealing with asbestos-related illness, the Washington Supreme Court ruled that a manufacturer can't be held liable for failing to warn about the hazards of someone else's ...
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Supreme Court to Hear $500 Million Asbestos Case Against Travelers Insurance (Insurance Journal)
The Supreme Court has agreed to consider reinstating a roughly $500 million settlement of asbestos-related lawsuits against the Travelers Companies Inc. The settlement would also block any new ...
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Insurer's asbestos-related lawsuits at high court (AP via Yahoo! News)
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider reinstating a roughly $500 million settlement of asbestos-related lawsuits against the Travelers Companies Inc.
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Top U.S. court to take up case shielding Travelers from new asbestos lawsuits (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider reinstating a roughly $500-million settlement of asbestos-related lawsuits against the Travelers Companies Inc.
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Top U.S. court to take up case shielding Travelers from new asbestos lawsuits (Canadian Business)
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider reinstating a roughly $500-million settlement of asbestos-related lawsuits against the
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Hissey Kientz, LLP Warns Duragesic Patch Users About Potential Health Risks Of Fentanyl Overdose (Medical News Today)
The law firm of Hissey Kientz, LLP wishes to alert patients who use the Duragesic (fentanyl) pain patch of the serious and potentially fatal health risks they may face from the use of this powerful painkilling drug. The Duragesic pain patch was first approved by the Food and Drug Administration in August 1990 to treat certain patients with chronic pain.
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