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Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment Denied by Louisiana Federal District Court

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United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, Shreveport Division - In this asbestos action, plaintiff Reginald Short alleged asbestos exposure from, among other things, asbestos-containing shipping...more

Zelle LLP

Federal Court Properly Applies Concurrent Causation and Rejects an “Expert” Opinion –Thompson v. State Farm Lloyds

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U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Edison of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas recently issued a decision granting summary judgment for an insurance carrier in a first-party case involving alleged...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: Fifth Circuit Guidance for Newly-Offered Expert Opinions and the Concurrent Causation Doctrine in Insurance Coverage...

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s recent opinion in Majestic Oil, Inc. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London Subscribing to Policy Number W1B527170201, No. 21-20542 (5th Cir. Mar. 17, 2023),...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

It’s not what happened, but why: First Circuit rejects conclusory, unsupported expert opinions

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It is not uncommon for an opposing expert to opine that the existence of injury alone implies negligence, nor is it unusual to find that such opinions are supported only by general reliance on “literature” with no discernible...more

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