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Civil Suits Over Silica in Texas Become a Criminal Matter in New York

05/18/2005 7:40:46 PM PDT · by neverdem · 9 replies · 631+ views
NY Times ^ | May 18, 2005 | JONATHAN D. GLATER

A federal grand jury has been convened in Manhattan to consider possible criminal charges arising out of civil litigation over exposure to silica and asbestos, according to lawyers involved in the civil cases. The grand jury has subpoenaed documents from at least one of the companies that screened people who later claimed they had suffered injuries as a result of exposure to silica, a material that can cause respiratory disease and that is used in making glass, paints, ceramics and other materials. The federal investigation comes amid questions about some silica-related claims that emerged in federal court proceedings in Corpus...
WSJ: Asbestos Fairness -- Cancer patients win one in Philadelphia.

12/09/2004 6:06:08 AM PST · by OESY · 7 replies · 406+ views
Wall Street Journal ^ | December 9, 2004 | Editorial

Investors seem to be betting that Congress will fix the asbestos mess this coming year.... We suspect they're too optimistic, and for now we take more heart from last week's landmark decision by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals to reject the $1.2 billion Combustion Engineering settlement. ...[O}ur view is that the judiciary is finally exercising some adult supervision over a mess of its own making. Combustion Engineering, a unit of European construction giant ABB, had become a model of how trial lawyers abuse "prepackaged" bankruptcies to rake in millions for their unimpaired clients, while leaving real cancer victims with...
In Trial Work, Edwards Left a Trademark (REPOST)

07/12/2004 11:06:34 AM PDT · by neverdem · 25 replies · 880+ views
NY Times ^ | January 31, 2004 | ADAM LIPTAKand MICHAEL MOSS

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"/> January 31, 2004 In Trial Work, Edwards Left a TrademarkBy ADAM LIPTAKand MICHAEL MOSS n 1985, a 31-year-old North Carolina lawyer named John Edwards stood before a jury and channeled the words of an unborn baby girl. Referring to an hour-by-hour record of a fetal heartbeat monitor, Mr. Edwards told the jury: "She said at 3, `I'm fine.' She said at 4, `I'm having a little trouble, but I'm doing O.K.' Five, she said, `I'm having problems.' At 5:30, she said, `I need out.' " But the obstetrician, he argued in an artful...
Kerry picks greasy trial lawyer

05/25/2004 9:39:12 PM PDT · by FederalistUSA · 9 replies · 220+ views

Kerry picks greasy trial lawyer for fundraising effort Why would candidate Kerry allow such a greasy person to help him win the White House? The Democrats have just announced that Texas trial lawyer Fred Baron will co-chair John Kerry’s Victory ’04 committee, a joint fundraising effort by the DNC and the Kerry campaign. What do we know about Fred Baron and his trial lawyer pals? Baron said trial lawyers run the U.S. Senate (including John Kerry?). "The plaintiffs' bar is all but running the Senate. Now, I really, strongly disagree with that, particularly the words 'all but.'" (Fred Baron, Mealey's...
Year Old Max touted as Texas' first mold detecting dog. Trail Lawyers: Beware of Dog!

05/08/2003 7:28:41 PM PDT · by The South Texan · 13 replies · 223+ views
Associated Press | 5/8/03 | Micheal Graczyk

Year-old Max touted as Texas' first mold-detecting dog By MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press Writer May 8, 2003 COLLEGE STATION, Texas- There's a new dog in Texas that knows about mold tricks. Texas A&M University veterinary school officials and a Houston businessman Thursday showed off Max, a year-old Border Collie and Labrador Retriever mix that's being touted as the state's first mold-detecting dog. "We have been able to tap into a very wonderful sensory capability in a species we live with for the benefit of humans and the enjoyment of the animal," said Bonnie Beaver, professor of small animal medicine and...

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Keyword: traillawyers

Civil Suits Over Silica in Texas Become a Criminal Matter in New York

WSJ: Asbestos Fairness -- Cancer patients win one in Philadelphia.

In Trial Work, Edwards Left a Trademark (REPOST)

Kerry picks greasy trial lawyer

Year Old Max touted as Texas' first mold detecting dog. Trail Lawyers: Beware of Dog!