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Jury Awards Oregon Veterans $85 Million For C6 Exposure At Restore Iraqi Oil Site
Posted on 5 Nov 2012 by Bill G Lowe

PORTLAND, Ore. - (Mealey's) The Iraq War contractors accused by Oregon National Guard members in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon of exposing them to hexavalent chromium during a Restore Iraqi Oil mission were found liable by a jury... Read More

Keller And Heckman LLP: 7th Circuit Affirms Federal Law Barred Non-Identical State Law Food Labeling Requirements
Posted on 15 Nov 2011 by Keller and Heckman LLP

On October 17, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Turek v. General Mills, Inc. and Kellogg Co. , No. 10-3267, Slip op. (7th Cir. October 17, 2011), by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of... Read More

Judge Recommends $12M Settlement On Bad Peanuts
Posted on 26 Aug 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

RICHMOND, Va. - (AP) A federal judge is recommending approval of a $12 million settlement for those sickened or killed in last year's salmonella outbreak tied to a Virginia-based peanut processor. U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael Urbanski in Lynchburg... Read More