Tag Archives: Brownsville Product Liability Defense Lawyer
Defeating a Mass Tort MDL Case by Case
A rarely spoken truth about mass tort lawsuits consolidated into multi-district litigation (MDL) is that many of the plaintiffs’ lawyers filing these suits actually do very little on their cases. The strategy is simple – a select group of plaintiffs’ attorneys are chosen to run the litigation. The remainder – which could be hundreds… Read More »
Talcum Powder – The Next Mass Tort?
Manufacturers and sellers of products containing talc (most notably Johnson & Johnson) have been deluged with lawsuits claiming that talc powder exposure allegedly caused ovarian cancer. Nearly two thousand lawsuits have been filed and a few of those suits have actually gone to trial. Some people are speculating that talc in baby powder products… Read More »
Plaintiff’s Attempt to Rebut Presumption of Adequate Prescription Drug Warning Fails
The Texas legislature enacted Civil Practice & Remedies Code §82.007 which establishes a presumption in tort cases alleging harm from a prescription drug that a drug’s warning is adequate if approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This gives prescription drug manufacturers a necessary shield against a cavalcade of lawsuits alleging side effects… Read More »
Purchasing Assets from a Third Party Manufacturer – Legal Issues You Need to Be Aware Of
It is a common practice in the business world – a company purchases the assets of a third party manufacturer, or sub-contracts the manufacture of its product to a third party company. Making such deals are likely good for business, but also raise a myriad of legal issues that need to be addressed including… Read More »
Admissibility of Other Similar Incidents in Civil Litigation in Texas
If your company or your insured is being sued for manufacturing or designing a defective product that allegedly caused harm, you may have to defend not just the alleged harms of the plaintiff, but the alleged harms of other consumers as well. This is because plaintiff lawyers often seek to admit evidence of “other… Read More »