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Bobby Watkins’ NFL injury claim transferred from Massachusetts to concussion MDL in Phila.

May 20, 2013 7:45 AM
By Jon Campisi

A personal injury complaint filed in a Massachusetts state court in late March against the NFL by former player Robert “Bobby” Watkins, Jr., and his wife, Rillis M. Watkins, which was subsequently removed to the federal court in that state, … Read More »

Federal Court, Issues, multi-district litigation, negligence, News, Personal Injury

Former Patriots, Redskins linebacker Timothy Petersen adds name to growing list of NFL concussion plaintiffs

May 14, 2013 6:47 AM
By Jon Campisi

A former NFL linebacker who played the game in the 1970s and ‘80s has become one of the latest retired football players to sue the league over claims that it intentionally misled athletes on the long-term health risks associated with … Read More »

Federal Court, fraudulent concealment, Issues, multi-district litigation, News, Personal Injury

Judge approves pre-trial order governing attorneys’ fees in drywall antitrust MDL; Quarterly fee reports will not be publicly docketed

May 13, 2013 6:41 AM
By Jon Campisi

The federal judge overseeing the newly created Domestic Drywall Antitrust Multi-district Litigation at the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued a recent memorandum outlining the procedures for plaintiffs’ counsel fees in the case. U.S. District Judge Michael Baylson, in his May … Read More »

antitrust, Federal Court, multi-district litigation, News

Drywall price-fixing MDL created in Eastern District of Pa.

April 11, 2013 9:19 AM
By Jon Campisi

A federal judicial panel has OK’d the creation of a multidistrict litigation case docket that involves lawsuits alleging drywall price-fixing. The United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, in an April 8 transfer order, granted a petition by plaintiffs’ lawyers … Read More »

antitrust, Federal Court, multi-district litigation, News

N.Y. Tylenol wrongful death claim transferred to MDL in Philadelphia

April 11, 2013 9:17 AM
By Jon Campisi

A wrongful death claim that had been filed by a New York State widow over her husband’s death as an alleged result of Tylenol use has been transferred to the newly created multidistrict over-the-counter Tylenol litigation docket in Philadelphia. Cathleen … Read More »

Federal Court, mass tort, multi-district litigation, News, Personal Injury, Product Liability, wrongful death

Robreno: Trials at MDL court could further streamline case resolution

April 10, 2013 7:09 AM
By Amanda Robert

When U.S. District Judge Eduardo C. Robreno was appointed to handle the Asbestos Products Liability Litigation in October 2008, he was startled by the magnitude of the case. He discovered that at the time, it was the largest and second-oldest … Read More »

Federal Court, multi-district litigation

First oral arguments held in NFL players’ injury case

April 10, 2013 7:02 AM
By Jon Campisi

Attorneys representing both sides in the massive multidistrict football players’ injury litigation playing out at the federal courthouse in Philadelphia sparred face-to-face for the first time on Tuesday, addressing the National Football League’s motion to dismiss the case. The NFL … Read More »

Federal Court, Fraud, Issues, labor dispute, multi-district litigation, negligence, News, Personal Injury

First oral arguments in NFL concussion case set for April 9 in Phila.

April 5, 2013 8:49 AM
By Jon Campisi

When the country’s major tobacco companies paid out more than $200 billion in the late 1990s to settle claims that they misled consumers about the health risks associated with cigarette smoking, it seemed as though no other legal settlement could … Read More »

Class Action, Features, Federal Court, fraudulent concealment, Issues, multi-district litigation, News, Personal Injury

Oklahoma mother files Zoloft claim in Phila. federal court

April 2, 2013 8:56 AM
By Jon Campisi

An Oklahoma mother has filed a complaint in the Multidistrict Zoloft Marketing Products Liability Litigation consolidated at the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia over allegations that her ingestion of the antidepressant during pregnancy caused her son to develop serious birth … Read More »

Federal Court, mass tort, multi-district litigation, News, Personal Injury, Product Liability

Junior Seau wrongful death claim consolidated with NFL concussion litigation

April 2, 2013 8:53 AM
By Jon Campisi

A lawsuit brought by the family of Tiaina B. “Junior” Seau over the late professional football player’s suicide has been consolidated with other actions against the NFL involving claims that the league hid the long-term health risks of on-the-field concussions. … Read More »

Federal Court, Issues, multi-district litigation, News, Personal Injury, wrongful death