Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Mass Tort Litigation Blog is edited by Byron G. Stler, Associate Professor of Law at Southwestern Law School, Howard M. Erichson, Professor of Law at Fordham Law School, Alexandra D. Lahav, Associate Professor of Law at University of Connecticut School of Law, and Elizabeth Chamblee Burch, Assistant Professor of Law at Cumberland School of Law, Samford University.
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Baker on Liability Insurance at the Tort-Crime Boundary
Tom Baker (Penn) has a new article posted on SSRN titled Liability Insurance at the Tort-Crime Boundary. While it doesn't directly discuss mass torts, its implications might be of interest to readers. Here's the abstract: This essay explores how liability...
TVA-Spill Sludge Has Arsenic, But Water Tests Fine
Article on cnn.com -- Tennessee sludge contains elevated levels of arsenic, by Jim Kavanagh. Here's an excerpt: The drinking water in the area of last month's coal-sludge spill in eastern Tennessee is safe, but elevated levels of arsenic have been...
Guilty Plea Entered in Chinese Tainted Milk Case
The New York Times reports this morning that Tian Wenhua, the former chairwoman of one of China's largest dairy producers, pleaded guilty to selling baby formula tainted with melamine and to knowing about the problem months before reporting it. Here's...
One Take on the Best Decisions of 2008
at Drug & Device Law blog. BGS
Class Action Status Rejected for Katrina Generated FEMA Trailer Litigation
Judge Engelhardt denied class certification for litigants claiming that FEMA trailers exposed them to toxic fumes. Plaintiffs sued the federal government and several trailer manufacturers over elevated formaldehyde levels in the trailers housing hurricane victims. Individual issues included...
TVA Sludge Spill Results in High Levels of Arsenic & Heavy Metals in Two Tennessee Rivers
Article in on cnn.com -- EPA: Rivers high in arsenic, heavy metals after sludge spill. Here's an excerpt: The Environmental Protection Agency has found high levels of arsenic and heavy metals in two rivers in central Tennessee that are near...
Drug Companies and Doctors
The latest New York Review of Books (Jan. 15, 2009 issue) contains an interesting article by Marcia Angell, former Editor-in-Chief of the New England Journal of Medicine and author of "The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us...
One Take on the Worst Decisions of 2008
at Drug & Device Law blog. BGS
Lawyer's Conviction Affirmed for Fen-Phen Settlement Fraud
Article in the Clarion Ledger -- Fen-Phen conviction upheld: Vicksburg lawyer bilked company out of $6.7M, by Jerry Mitchell. (H/t to Pharmalot.) Here's an excerpt: The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld the conviction of Vicksburg lawyer...
Mark Lanier Addresses Harvard Torts Class
Mark Lanier, a prominent mass tort plaintiffs' lawyer noted in particular for his Vioxx litigation success, addressed Professor Jon Hanson's Torts class at Harvard. (H/t to Torts Prof Blog.) Video is available here. BGS