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California Farm Worker's Hurt on the Job: Know Your Rights

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California is home to a large and diverse agricultural industry where farm workers play a crucial role in the state's economy. However, the physical demands and hazardous conditions can often make farm work dangerous....more

Segal McCambridge

The Evolving Landscape of Federal Preemption in Failure to Warn Claims

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For over three decades, federal preemption of state failure to warn claims has served as a powerful defense in strict liability tort cases. Courts have consistently dismissed lawsuits challenging the adequacy of warnings for...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Florida Agricultural Workers Seek Paraquat Parkinson’s Disease Class Action Lawsuit

A group of Florida agricultural workers is seeking to be part of a class action lawsuit against the makers of paraquat, an herbicide known to be toxic, alleging that exposure to paraquat increases the risk of developing...more

Console and Associates, P.C.

Paraquat Exposure Alert: Paraquat Linked to Parkinson’s Disease

Agricultural Workers Could Be Entitled to Compensation - Agricultural workers who were exposed to the herbicide paraquat and have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease may have a claim for financial compensation....more

Rumberger | Kirk

Preventing Pesticide Illness Claims

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There are a number of steps PMPs can take to limit their exposure to claims from customers. MPs and manufacturers sometimes face a variety of claims from consumers, spurred by anti-pesticide activists, alleging that...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Insurance Update-July 2020

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We bring you our July Insurance Update. Perhaps the biggest news this month comes out of Michigan. At a Zoom hearing on July 1, a Michigan Circuit Court judge became the first to hand down a decision on whether business...more

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