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Breaking News - Opinion Reversing $6.5 Million Actos Verdict
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | 16 days ago
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Nor did the expert have any idea what the plaintiff did for a living (answering "I don't recall" in response to plaintiff's occupation, id. at 11), which also made a big difference since occupational exposure to a variety of chemicals are also know
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Aredia/Zometa Produces an Opinion on the Learned Intermediary Doctrine, Comment k, and Warranty Claims
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | 1 month ago
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The problem with this reasoning, however, is that it walks right on by the lack of affirmative proximate cause evidence related to the prescribing doctor and sends the case to trial based on generic testimony that is routinely given by plaintiffs in
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A Monster Defanged
Ho Chi Minh City :: Vietnam | 2 months ago
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We've been aware of a monstrous miscarriage of justice (in our opinion, of course) in Polett v. We don't expect them where the plaintiff was, at least at the beginning, such a fan of the defendant's product (in Polett , a knee implant) that the
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SPEAKING FREELY - US pivot puts Pakistan in a bind
Beijing :: China | 3 months ago
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US pivot puts Pakistan in a bind Speaking Freely is an Asia Times Online feature that allows guest writers to have their say...China is scheduled to overtake the United States as the largest economy in the world, going on most indicators, by around
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Making The Desert Bloom
Albuquerque :: NM :: USA | 3 months ago
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The defendant in Rimbert eventually obtained a favorable result, though. The judge who wrote this monstrosity eventually recused himself, and the replacement judge eventually pitched the case on Daubert grounds. See Rimbert v...But even that
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Agent Orange&Tongue Cancer
Portland :: TX :: USA | 3 months ago
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We run into this problem with base of the tongue cancer cases. The VA always takes the position that because general causation can't be shown, direct evidence can never exist. What the VA doesn't understand is that the lack of general causation means
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Skier negligence in Vail, Colorado
Vail :: CO :: USA | 4 months ago
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Sadly, as an attorney who once defended parties against minor negligence and slip and fall claims, it is hard not see the potential for minor lawsuits in everyday life. The purpose of this article is to discuss the possibility for a negligence claim
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Elderly neighbour's death 'complex'
Wellington :: New Zealand | 6 months ago
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A scuffle that ended with the death of a 78-year-old man is a "complex" matter, the High Court has heard. Emanu Toafiga, 62, is charged with the manslaughter of his 78-year-old neighbour Leslie Otto. He allegedly bashed the pensioner in April after
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Beating a Pro Se Plaintiff is Not Always Prosaic
New York City :: NY :: USA | 7 months ago
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Ask 100 federal prosecutors if there is any part of the job they do not like, and at least 99 of them will mention responding to prisoner habeas corpus petitions. First, they are written incoherently, so it is hard figuring out what the petitioner
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Half-naked man found dead on beach in Sarawak
Miri :: Malaysia | 9 months ago
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The victim, who is believed to be Malaysian based on his BCG inoculation mark, was found lying face down on the beach by members of the public. His hands were tied behind his back with a pair of underwear. Miri Police Chief ACP Mun Kock Keong told
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