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'Dreadful experience' avoided: All cases in consolidated asbestos trial settled

By Chris Dickerson |
One defense attorney says the entire process now seems "reckless" and "not necessary."

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With consolidated trial looming, asbestos judge continues individual case for a year

By Chris Dickerson |
WHEELING – The circuit judge who says an upcoming consolidated asbestos trial will be “a dreadful experience” because of the Coronavirus pandemic has postponed another asbestos case until August 2021.

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Even homeowners could be in danger of lawyers trying to cash in on coronavirus

By Daniel Fisher |
They’ve already sued cruise ship operators, soap manufacturers and insurance companies, but COVID-19 will give entrepreneurial lawyers plenty more opportunities to make money by targeting nursing homes, hospitals, pharmaceutical manufacturers, retailers and possibly even homeowners over the disease.

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Johnson & Johnson claims FDA's new asbestos testing based on 'faulty assumptions'

By Daniel Fisher |
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Johnson & Johnson says a Food and Drug Administration panel charged with designing new standards for detecting asbestos in talc used “faulty assumptions” and failed to reflect scientific consensus in its draft recommendations.

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Plaintiff lawyers and their experts push FDA panel to expand definition of asbestos; Pills, chewing gum among products possibly affected

By Daniel Fisher |
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A fierce behind-the-scenes conflict is growing as law firms that specialize in asbestos litigation urge the Food and Drug Administration to broaden the definition of mineral particles believed to cause disease while industry representatives try to make it narrower.

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Federal court judges in separate jurisdictions remand asbestos cases removed as trials began

By The West Virginia Record |
CHARLESTON – Defendants interrupted four asbestos trials in February by removing them from state courts to federal courts. The tactic failed every time.

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The judge's side of the asbestos story

By Ronald Wilson |
WHEELING – I hesitate to disagree with the Feb. 19, 2020, view of The West Virginia Record because the paper has morphed into a valuable resource for the legal community and for the general public, and because I have to assume some responsibility for causing the paper to take the position it did in the editorial “Those plaintiff’s attorneys who push too far.” However, I need to disabuse the paper’s editors of the backhanded compliment that I have finally learned to stop overestimating the maturity of plaintiff attorneys in asbestos personal injury case.

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Asbestos judge criticizes plaintiffs attorneys for lack of action, suing too many defendants

By Chris Dickerson |
CHARLESTON – A circuit judge has chastised some plaintiff’s law firms for not settling more lung cancer cases as well as the number of defendants in those asbestos cases. He lists at least 14 cases with more than 150 defendants each.

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Woman sues companies after husband, exposed to asbestos, dies of lung cancer

By Carrie Bradon |
CHARLESTON – Th​​​​​e wife of a man who died of lung cancer is suing a large group of companies at which he might have been exposed to asbestos.

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Multidistrict litigation swamps courts as rules struggle to catch up; Is reform on the way?

By Daniel Fisher |
Multidistrict litigation – sprawling cases sometimes involving thousands of plaintiffs from all over the country – now represents more than half of the civil caseload in federal courts, according to a new survey, yet defendants complain the rules governing them are largely judge-made and haphazardly enforced.

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Trial lawyers are paying millions to a handful of experts necessary to push their talc cases

By Dan Fisher |
A small group of highly paid experts, one of whom recently testified his firm has made $30 million offering mostly pro-plaintiff testimony, are the key ingredient for more than 10,000 lawsuits claiming talcum powder is laced with deadly asbestos, forming the tip of an inverted pyramid upon which the rest of the cases depend.

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Florida couple alleges husband suffered lung disease due to asbestos exposure

By Noddy A. Fernandez |
CHARLESTON — A Florida couple is suing dozens of companies, alleging failure to warn of the dangers of exposure to asbestos.

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Wife alleges asbestos exposure caused husband's death

By Bree Gonzales |
CHARLESTON — A wife is suing 3M and dozens of other asbestos manufacturers/suppliers/installers and employers, alleging negligence caused the wrongful death of her husband.

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Coal miner alleges 3M masks failed to protect him from coal dust

By Noddy A. Fernandez |
PINEVILLE – A coal miner alleges he has black lung because the respirators and/or dust masks he used failed to protect him from dust.

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Asbestos litigation in West Virginia holds steady

By Kyla Asbury |
CHARLESTON — Asbestos litigation in West Virginia is holding steady, close to where it was in 2017.