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Alston & Bird

Georgia’s Tort Reform Bill Could Dampen “Nuclear” Verdicts, but There’s Still a Long Way to Go

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Our Industrials & Manufacturing and Products Liability Groups discuss a bill introduced in Georgia that aims to rein in “nuclear” verdicts that juries award in tort cases in Georgia’s courts....more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

How to File a Product Liability Claim for Defective Car Parts in Florida

When a defective car part causes an accident or injury, the consequences can be devastating. If you or a loved one have suffered due to a faulty automobile part(s), you may have the right to file a product liability claim to...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

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Inverse Condemnation/Nuisance: Benton Apartment Complex Owner Files Federal District Court Judicial Action Against...

Benton Housing Associates Limited Partnership (“Benton Housing”) filed on August 9th in the United States District Court for the District of Arkansas (Central Division) a Complaint against the following defendants: City...more

Baker Donelson

“Yet Now, Federated Along One Keel” – United States Supreme Court Resolves Fifth/Ninth Circuit Split, Unequivocally Rejects...

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Yet now, federated along one keel… MOBY DICK, HERMAN MELVILLE, Chap. XXVII - In the wake of Justice Thomas’s landmark decision in Atlantic Sounding Co. v. Townsend, American maritime jurisprudence was left with its...more

Mayer Brown

Supreme Court To Decide Whether Punitive Damages May Be Awarded In Connection With Unseaworthiness Claims

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When the Supreme Court agrees to hear a punitive damages case, that’s always news—even when the case involves something as arcane as the availability of punitive damages under maritime law....more

McGuireWoods LLP

Ruling Highlights Importance of Attacking Punitive Damages When Seeking Summary Judgment

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Earlier this month, a federal judge denied two multidistrict litigation (MDL) defendants’ bid to dismiss punitive damages in a pelvic mesh suit because they did “not present any arguments” specific to punitive damages,...more

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