Mike Andrews, along with James Ferrell and Andrew McEnaney of the law firm of R.G. Taylor and Associates, will try an asbestos / mesothelioma lawsuit in July against several corporate defendants in Beaumont, Texas. After working for over 40 years as a joiner, or marine carpenter, in the Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, our [...]
The Food and Drug Administration has warned consumers not to use certain jars of Earth’s Best Organic 2 Apple Peach Barley Wholesome Breakfast baby food because of the risk of contamination with Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium that can cause botulism, a life-threatening illness, or death. Consumers were warned not to use the product even if [...]
Packaged-foods company ConAgra Foods, Inc. says that the nationwide recall of peanut butter it launched will cost between $50 and $60 million. A salmonella outbreak that has grown to nearly 300 cases in 39 states since August 2006 has been linked to tainted peanut butter. According to officials with the federal Centers for [...]
General Electric Co. has lost a decade-long battle with its insurers over payments for thousands of asbestos claims. In a decision released last month, the New York State Court of Appeals, the state’s highest appellate court, upheld lower court rulings preventing GE from tapping secondary insurance to cover claims brought mostly by individuals exposed [...]
On January 31, 2007, U.S. District Judge John F. Keenan of the Southern District of New York entered Case Management Order number 9, which set out the early trial selection process for all Fosamax lawsuits pending in federal court. Starting in May of this year, the parties will pick twenty-five cases, that were filed [...]
