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BRADLEY ARANT BOULT CUMMINGS: Bradley Welcomes 17 New Associates
Bradley is pleased to announce that 17 attorneys have joined the firm as associates across the firm’s offices in Birmingham; Charlotte, N.C.; Dallas; Huntsville, Ala; and Nashville, Tenn. -
Asbestos attorneys drive another company into bankruptcy
Three years ago, while affirming an appeals court decision overturning a multimillion-dollar judgment against Georgia Pacific in a mesothelioma case, the Texas State Supreme Court made the following assertions: that “proof of ‘any exposure’ to a defendant’s product will not suffice” to establish liability, that “the dose must be quantified,” and that “the plaintiff must establish that the defendant’s product was a substantial factor in causing the plaintiff’s disease.” -
***FOR PRINT** Texas firm at center of asbestos fraud case seeks summary judgment
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Legal Newsline) — A Houston firm alleged to have made inconsistent claims about the origin of a client’s mesothelioma is now asking a U.S. bankruptcy court to enter a summary judgment in its favor. -
Former Del. judge pens article, urges asbestos judges to read Garlock decision
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) – In an article for the American Journal of Trial Advocacy, former Delaware Superior Court Judge Peggy L. Ableman discussed the difficulties in her experiences accounting for bankruptcy trust recoveries in asbestos lawsuits due to lack of transparency and abusive practices. -
Facts, facts, who’s got the facts?
“I was so unhappy with the way that some people refused to accept the facts,” Hillary Clinton confided in an interview with The Associated Press last week.