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Mississippi Supreme Court Stays Proceedings In Record-Setting Asbestos Case
Posted on 14 Jul 2011 by Bryan Redding

JACKSON, Miss. - (Mealey's) The Mississippi Supreme Court on July 13 stayed all proceedings in an asbestos case that resulted in a record-setting $322 million award until it can resolve a petition seeking to disqualify the trial judge for allegedly... Read More

Tags: oil fields , Mississippi Supreme Court , Thomas Brown Jr. , Union Carbide Corp. v. Thomas C. Brown Jr. , Judge Eddie Bowen , asbestos , drilling mud , Litigation , asbestos verdict , Union Carbide , asbestos exposure , Mississippi , Gulf of Mexico

Fiber Type Crucial In Defending Asbestos Claims
Posted on 12 Mar 2012 by William A. Ruskin

By William A. Ruskin Asbestos defendants are frequently faced with medical causation testimony from the plaintiff that asserts that, because there is no "safe" level of asbestos exposure, any exposure above some ill-defined "background"... Read More

Tags: EpsteinBeckerGreen , William A. Ruskin , asbestos , chrysotile asbestos , Litigation , fibers , amphibole asbestos , asbestos exposure

U.K. Supreme Court Dismisses Insurers' Appeals In Trigger Issue Action
Posted on 29 Mar 2012 by Lisa M. Hickey

LONDON - (Mealey's) In a landmark majority decision, the United Kingdom Supreme Court on March 28 overturned a split ruling on what constituted the "trigger" for an insurer's liability to indemnify an insured, finding that an insurer's... Read More

Tags: Addleston v. Independent Insurance Co. Ltd. (In Provisional Liquidation) , Municipal Mutual Insurance Ltd. v. Zurich Insurance Co. &amp , Akzo Nobel UK Ltd. Plc v. Excess Insurance Co. Ltd. , Ors , BAI (Run Off) Limited Independent Insurance Co. Ltd. , Edwards v. Excess Insurance Co. Ltd. , Zurich Insurance Co. , mesothelioma , Durham v. Builders Accident Insurance (Run Off) Ltd. (In scheme of Arrangement) , Litigation: BAI [Run Off] Ltd v Durham &amp , Employers' Liability Insurance &amp , Fleming &amp , asbestos , Son Ltd. v. Builders Accident Insurance [Run Off] Ltd. (In scheme of Arrangement) , Litigation , Insurance , quot , England and Wales High Court , amp , international asbestos , Thomas Bates &amp , United Kingdom Supreme Court , asbestos exposure , indemnify , Excess Insurance Co. Ltd. , Trigger&amp , Others

Lanier Law Firm Files Infringement Lawsuit Over E-mail Spam Patent
Posted on 26 Aug 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

MARSHALL - The Lanier Law Firm has announced a patent infringement lawsuit filed on behalf of Longview, Texas-based InNova Patent Licensing LLC against a group of 36 corporate defendants accused of infringing an InNova patent that represents one of the... Read More

Tags: Frito-Lay North America Inc. , toxic exposure , Capital One Auto Finance Inc. , Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Inc. , Christopher Banys , HP Enterprise Services LLC , Symantec Corporation , J.C. Penney Life Insurance Company , International Business Machines Corporation , Hewlett-Packard Company , Rent-A-Center Inc. , J.C. Penney Corporation Inc. , AO , maritime law , Capital One Financial Corporation , Frito-Lay Inc. , McAfee Inc. , e-mail , Crossmark Inc. , Wells Fargo & Company , Ericsson Inc. , JCP Publications Corp. , Cinemark Holdings Inc. , product liability , Research in Motion Corporation , Bank of America Corporation , Intellectual Property , Lanier Law Firm , Citigroup Inc. , business litigation , J.C. Penney Reinsurance Company , Cinemark Inc. , American International Group Inc. , J.C. Penney Mexico Inc. , Litigation , Inc. , pharmaceutical liability , lawsuit , 3Com Corporation , Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. , asbestos exposure , Dell Inc. , Perot Systems Corporation , Alcatel-Lucent Holding Inc. , Yahoo! , JPMorgan Chase & Co.