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Shipyard Defendants’ Motions to Strike Plaintiff’s expert Denied based on Lack of Prejudice
This decision deals with two motions to strike plaintiffs’ air-monitoring expert and report filed by defendants, Avondale and Bayer CropScience, Inc. In this litigation, plaintiffs allege decedent, while an employee for Avondale, was exposed to asbestos and asbestos-containing products manufactured, distributed, sold, and/or handled by Avondale and other parties. Plaintiffs allege this exposure caused and/or contributed to decedent’s development of mesothelioma and, ultimately, his death.
Unlocking School Nurses' Capacity for Suicide Risk Screening: Implications for Multitiered System of Supports
Conflicts of Interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Data Availability Statement The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. Supporting Information Filename Description josh70257-sup-0001-Supinfo.docxWord 2007 document , 196.3 KB Table S1: Standardized path coefficients predicting community-based referrals in the alternative mediation model.
Government Defendant Wins Dismissal Due to Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction
JURISIDICTION: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Plaintiff brought this action on behalf of her deceased husband, Jerry Graves, who passed away from mesothelioma. She alleges that Mr. Graves died as a result of his exposure to asbestos at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) between 1977 and 2010.
Summary Judgment Granted to Shipbuilding Defendant Based on Lack of Expert Report
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Plaintiff Horace Bracy worked on ships for Lykes Brothers and then Avondale Industries in the late 1960s following his service in the Navy. He alleges he was exposed to asbestos from this work and brought the instant action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana after he was diagnosed with lung cancer. Avondale, and a couple of pump manufacturers, subsequently filed for summary judgment.
Judge Enters $24.6M Default Judgment In Asbestos-Talc Suit | JD Supra
Jurisdiction: California Plaintiff Stephen Anderson filed a talc-related asbestos suit in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, claiming he contracted mesothelioma. Anderson allegedly experienced exposure from, among other potential sources, asbestos in the talc that was used on him as a child and that he personally used between 1984 and 2007. Defendant was served in November 2024 and answered the complaint in February 2025.
Motion to Preclude Witnesses Offered Outside Discovery Deadline is Denied | JD Supra
Jurisdiction: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Plaintiffs Erica Dandry Constanza and Monica Dandry Hallner allege decedent Michael P. Dandry Jr., while an employee for Avondale, was exposed to asbestos and asbestos-containing products manufactured, distributed, sold, and/or handled by Avondale and other parties. Plaintiffs allege this exposure caused and/or contributed to decedent’s development of mesothelioma and, ultimately, his death. Discovery was conducted.
Order Granting Defendant Stephan Co’s Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction | JD Supra
Order Granting Defendant Stephan Co’s Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction
Court: Business and Consumer Court of Maine, Cumberland County In this matter, Stephan Co. (“Stephan”) filed a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. The plaintiff, Jan Cuthbertson (“Plaintiff”), lives in Camden, Maine. Stephan is incorporated in and maintains its principal place of business in Florida, manufacturing, selling, and distributing hair care and personal care products as both a wholesaler and a retailer.
Los Angeles Jury Awards $966M For Asbestos Talc-Related Mesothelioma
Jurisdiction: Calif. Super., Los Angeles Co. Mae Moore’s three adult daughters Joy Moore, Kathryn Pratt and Carol Farquharson — by and through guardian Leslie Farquharson (collectively, the Moore family) — filed suit in 2021 against multiple companies in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. The Moore family alleged Mae Moore was exposed to asbestos in consumer talc products, leading to her mesothelioma diagnosis in 2020 and her death in 2021 at age 88.
Jury Award Archives - Asbestos Case Tracker
Jurisdiction: Calif. Super., Los Angeles Co. Mae Moore’s three adult daughters Joy Moore, Kathryn Pratt and Carol Farquharson — by and through guardian Leslie Farquharson (collectively, the Moore family) — filed suit in 2021 against multiple companies in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. The Moore family alleged Mae Moore was exposed to asbestos in consumer talc products, leading to her mesothelioma diagnosis in 2020 and her death in 2021 at age 88.
Oregon Jury Awards $33 Million In Shipyard Laborer’s Asbestos Gaskets Case | JD Supra
Plaintiff Richard Long brought this suit against multiple defendants, including John Crane, after being diagnosed with biphasic pleural mesothelioma in January 2023. Long worked at the Dillingham ship repair yard on Swan Island, Ore., from 1972 to 1985. The case eventually went to trial.
Oregon Jury Awards $33 Million In Shipyard Laborer's Asbestos Gaskets Case
Plaintiff Richard Long brought this suit against multiple defendants, including John Crane, after being diagnosed with biphasic pleural mesothelioma in January 2023. Long worked at the Dillingham ship repair yard on Swan Island, Ore., from 1972 to 1985. The case eventually went to trial.
Delaware Jury Awards $9 Million in Asbestos Shotgun-Shell Case | JD Supra
Court: Delaware Superior, New Castle County. This matter involves two cases consolidated for trial, both of which involve Midwest farmers with alleged exposure to asbestos from Remington-brand shotgun shells used from the 1960s to the 1980s. In both cases, plaintiffs contracted mesothelioma. Asbestos was used in shotgun sells by certain manufacturers during the 1960s and 1970s in the wadding or filler material.
N.Y. Jury Awards $12.25M in Environmental Asbestos Case against Vanderbilt | JD Supra
Court: Supreme Court, St. Lawrence County Plaintiff Bishop filed suit in St. Lawrence County’s Supreme Court in December 2022, alleging environmental exposure to asbestos when she lived in the vicinity of Vanderbilt Minerals LLC’s talc mine in northern New York. Bishop lived in Balmat, less than a mile from the Vanderbilt mine, from 1964 to 1984. The mine was closed in 2008. Bishop passed away from mesothelioma in January 2023, and the estate continued the action, adding in a wrongful death claim.
Delaware Jury Awards $9 Million in Asbestos Shotgun-Shell Case
Court: Delaware Superior, New Castle County. This matter involves two cases consolidated for trial, both of which involve Midwest farmers with alleged exposure to asbestos from Remington-brand shotgun shells used from the 1960s to the 1980s. In both cases, plaintiffs contracted mesothelioma. Asbestos was used in shotgun sells by certain manufacturers during the 1960s and 1970s in the wadding or filler material.
N.Y. Jury Awards $12.25M in Environmental Asbestos Case against Vanderbilt
Court: Supreme Court, St. Lawrence County Plaintiff Bishop filed suit in St. Lawrence County’s Supreme Court in December 2022, alleging environmental exposure to asbestos when she lived in the vicinity of Vanderbilt Minerals LLC’s talc mine in northern New York. Bishop lived in Balmat, less than a mile from the Vanderbilt mine, from 1964 to 1984. The mine was closed in 2008. Bishop passed away from mesothelioma in January 2023, and the estate continued the action, adding in a wrongful death claim.
California Jury Returns Asbestos Verdict For Auto Parts Companies | JD Supra
Court: Calif. Super., Los Angeles Co. Plaintiff, Ronald Carpenter, filed suit against various defendants, claiming his lung cancer was caused by exposure to asbestos from their products. Carpenter alleged various exposures, including as a child when his father worked with asbestos-containing automobile parts at his gas station and as an adult when he was employed as a truck driver.
California Jury Returns Asbestos Verdict For Auto Parts Companies
Court: Calif. Super., Los Angeles Co. Plaintiff, Ronald Carpenter, filed suit against various defendants, claiming his lung cancer was caused by exposure to asbestos from their products. Carpenter alleged various exposures, including as a child when his father worked with asbestos-containing automobile parts at his gas station and as an adult when he was employed as a truck driver.
Manufacturer’s Motion for Summary Judgmenton Personal Jurisdiction Denied | JD Supra
Jurisdiction: Schenectady Supreme Court, New York Defendant Fives Giddings & Lewis were sued in New York by plaintiff McCune, based on the allegation that their machinery exposed him to asbestos. Mr. McCune filed this lawsuit May 13, 2024, seeking to recover damages for personal injuries related to his exposure to asbestos from various asbestos-containing products. Plaintiff was diagnosed with lung cancer in July 2023.
Manufacturer’s Motion for Summary Judgmenton Personal Jurisdiction Denied
Jurisdiction: Schenectady Supreme Court, New York Defendant Fives Giddings & Lewis were sued in New York by plaintiff McCune, based on the allegation that their machinery exposed him to asbestos. Mr. McCune filed this lawsuit May 13, 2024, seeking to recover damages for personal injuries related to his exposure to asbestos from various asbestos-containing products. Plaintiff was diagnosed with lung cancer in July 2023.
Defendant Contractor’s Summary Judgment Upheld on Appeal | JD Supra
Jurisdiction: Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, Division Six Plaintiff Easterling brought this claim based on his diagnosis of lung cancer, which he attributes to asbestos exposure during his work as an installer for Western Electric from 1962 to 1984. Easterling, and his wife, sued various contractors and manufacturers that Easterling claimed he worked with or around during his career.
Defendant Contractor’s Summary Judgment Upheld on Appeal
Jurisdiction: Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, Division Six Plaintiff Easterling brought this claim based on his diagnosis of lung cancer, which he attributes to asbestos exposure during his work as an installer for Western Electric from 1962 to 1984. Easterling, and his wife, sued various contractors and manufacturers that Easterling claimed he worked with or around during his career.
Intergenerational effects of climate disasters: trimester of pregnancy when a hurricane hits predicts neonate body size
Abstract Context Climate disasters have been tied to prenatal stress and pregnancy outcomes. However, it is unclear if these outcomes are influenced by the stage of foetal development when the disaster hits. Objective To compare the birth outcomes by trimester for those pregnant during Hurricane Florence and those in the same community 1-2 years earlier. We further assessed the role of marital status and race.
Jury Returns Verdict for American Honda in Asbestos Brakes Case | JD Supra
Jurisdiction: Calif. Super., Los Angeles Co. Plaintiff Jose Estrada filed suit alleging exposure to asbestos from a variety of products, including automobile parts during his employment at a tire store. Mr. Estrada was diagnosed with mesothelioma, and brought the instant suit, along with his wife, Isabel, who claimed loss of consortium. Jose Estrada claimed that his exposure was in part from brake assemblies manufactured by American Honda and sold at the tire store.
Defense Verdict Archives - Asbestos Case Tracker
Jurisdiction: Calif. Super., Los Angeles Co. Plaintiff Jose Estrada filed suit alleging exposure to asbestos from a variety of products, including automobile parts during his employment at a tire store. Mr. Estrada was diagnosed with mesothelioma, and brought the instant suit, along with his wife, Isabel, who claimed loss of consortium. Jose Estrada claimed that his exposure was in part from brake assemblies manufactured by American Honda and sold at the tire store.
Union Carbide Prevails in Rare Rhode Island Asbestos Trial | JD Supra
Plaintiff Bonito brought this asbestos action based on her diagnosis of, and eventual passing from, mesothelioma. Plaintiff alleged exposure from laundering her husband’s clothes from approximately 1966 to the1990s. Mr. Bonito worked at various jobs during that time. There were two defendants who took the case to trial. Union Carbide and Graybar Electric Co. Inc. made motions to exclude the plaintiff’s experts, which were subsequently denied.
Examining the link between exercise motivation and preferred exercise setting in college students
Introduction: This study examined differences in self-determined motivation between those who prefer to exercise outdoors vs indoors. These differences could foster targeted applications of Self-Determination Theory to develop intrinsic exercise motivation. Participants: n = 506 students attending a mid-size four-year university in the southeastern United States participated. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study using a modified version of the Exercise Motivations Inventory (EMI-2).
Plaintiff’s Testimony and Defendant’s Affidavit Conflict, Summary Judgment Denied | JD Supra
Court: Supreme Court of New York, Albany County Plaintiff Warren Stouch brought this asbestos action in February 2020, claiming he was exposed to asbestos at his jobs, including through the use and wear of asbestos containing gloves allegedly manufactured by Magid Glove. Discovery was exchanged and, importantly, Mr. Stouch was deposed. He testified he recalled wearing and cleaning asbestos containing kitchen gloves, which created dust, at two jobs — from 1957-1959 and from 1981-1989.
Prima Facie Evidence for Summary Judgment Archives
Court: Supreme Court of New York, Albany County Plaintiff Warren Stouch brought this asbestos action in February 2020, claiming he was exposed to asbestos at his jobs, including through the use and wear of asbestos containing gloves allegedly manufactured by Magid Glove. Discovery was exchanged and, importantly, Mr. Stouch was deposed. He testified he recalled wearing and cleaning asbestos containing kitchen gloves, which created dust, at two jobs — from 1957-1959 and from 1981-1989.
New York Law Applied for Service Standard in Case Where Wisconsin Law Applied in Part | JD Supra
In the recent Agnew decision, the court had to decide on National Tinsel’s motion to dismiss. National Tinsel is an artificial snow company incorporated in Wisconsin which was being sued in New York. National Tinsel filed for corporate dissolution, which began in June 2021 when it was published for state-wide circulation. Per Wisconsin statute, this publication began the running of a 2-year period in which all claims must be filed, which would close on June 26, 2023.
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