By: Matthew Lite, Esq. Experts often provide the most impactful and influential testimony a jury hears at trial. Unfortunately, even though many experts possess advanced college degrees and other impressive credentials, and testify with an air of confidence, that...
CMBG3 Law's Whitney Barrows will be at the DRI Asbestos Medicine Conference in San Diego from November 2 through November 4, 2022, and had the honor of being asked to provide opening remarks and introduce the speakers for the Young Lawyers' Sessions on Thursday,...
At the end of last week, the CMBG3 Team secured a favorable ruling on a Motion for Summary Judgment in Los Angeles Superior Court. Plaintiffs asserted that decedent was exposed to asbestos during his time in the United States Navy while on board several vessels from...
Last week, in the matter In re Toy Asbestos, the trial court in the Northern District of California granted CMBG3's client's (defendant Armstrong International, Inc.) motion for summary judgment (Toy - Dkt 563 - Order Granting Armstrong's MSJ). After serving in the...
Covid-19 has impacted all phases of American life, and the nation’s legal system has certainly not been immune. However, after an initial period of uncertainty, lawyers and court systems across the country have adapted to the situation in order to keep the wheels of...
On May 30, 2017, the United States Supreme Court published a decision (BNSF Railway Co. v. Kelli Tyrell, Special Administrator for the Estate of Brent T. Tyrell, Deceased, et al., 581 U.S. ___ (2017)) that reinforced its prior analytical framework regarding personal...
On June 19, 2017, the United States Supreme Court published an 8-1 decision (Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, San Francisco County, 582 U.S. __ (2017)) further clarifying and reinforcing historical personal jurisdiction precedent dating back...
A Pennsylvania federal court’s ruling expanded the potential liability for workplace chemical exposures with its recent decision allowing a case to proceed based on plaintiff’s argument of “take home exposure” to beryllium. Under the “take home exposure” theory of...
On June 30, 2020, the federal government released its Spring Unified Regulatory Agenda (SURA), which provides uniform reporting of data on regulatory and deregulatory activities under development throughout the Federal Government, covering approximately 60...
Last week, we reported on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) apparent about-face on its position as to whether it has sufficient information from companies regarding asbestos use in order to determine whether further limitations should be places on the...