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Talc lawyers told to offer science with 69,000 lawsuits at stake

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By John O'Brien Verified
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(Legal Newsline) - Plaintiff lawyers arguing that talc in products like baby powder causes ovarian cancer will have to show they have the science to back it up. U.S. Magistrate Judge Rukhsanah Singh on Wednesday issued an order directing attorneys leading nearly 70,000 lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson and others to show why they shouldn’t be dismissed – the result of lawyers withdrawing causation experts from six plaintiffs picked for the first federal trials.
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Cat suffocation case over Iris food container progresses

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By John O'Brien Verified
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(Legal Newsline) - A class action lawsuit alleging pet-food containers are death traps for cats will move forward under the idea its manufacturer should have known of the danger. Philadelphia federal judge Cynthia Rufe was asked to toss three claims from a nine-count lawsuit but is letting a negligent misrepresentation argument to proceed. In a ruling released Wednesday, she acknowledged social-media posts about fatal accidents.
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Judge decries ‘Hail Mary’ effort to boot Paraquat cases from Philadelphia

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By John O'Brien Verified
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(Legal Newsline) - As a Pennsylvania appeals court decides whether nearly 2,000 out-of-staters can choose Philadelphia’s court to file lawsuits over an herbicide alleged to cause Parkinson’s disease, a judge there is defending his choice to allow them.
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