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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Dan Fisher News


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.

Cleveland, Akron will try to prove opioid cases without a single bogus prescription

By Dan Fisher |
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - Plaintiffs in bellwether trials blaming the opioid industry for the nation's addiction crisis have allowed a Monday deadline to pass, apparently without turning over any proof of specific prescriptions that were made in error.

Opioid lawyer trying to avoid 'cesspool' asked for by major national firm

By Dan Fisher |
Several Pennsylvania counties are fighting to keep control of their opioid lawsuits as the national law firm Simmons Hanly Conroy, with the active support of the companies it is suing, seeks to create what a rival attorney calls a litigation "cesspool."