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Losing The 'Empty Chair' At Trial
Posted on 6 Apr 2012 by William A. Ruskin

It has become common practice in multi-party toxic tort litigation for co-defendants to avoid taking potshots at each other during discovery or at trial. Pursuant to this reasoning, if the defendants point fingers at each other, it will only inure to... Read More

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William A. Ruskin: Pitfalls In Proving CERCLA Divisibility Of Harm
Posted on 26 Apr 2012 by William A. Ruskin

By William A. Ruskin In a stinging decision, the Hon. Lonny R. Suko , a federal district court judge sitting in the Eastern District of Washington, ruled on April 4, 2012, that PRP Teck Cominco Metals, Ltd. failed to prove that contamination at... Read More

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