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  • August 23, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Pre-emption doesn't apply to off-label use of medical device

    A Los Angeles judge has refused to dismiss on federal pre-emption ground a product-liability case against Medtronic Inc. over the use of its Infuse bone graft device during spinal surge

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  • Nickerson v. Stonebridge Life Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2013-08-30
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    Date Filed: 2013-08-29
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shernoff Bidart Echeverria Bentley, William M. Shernoff, Howard S. Shernoff, Travis M. Corby; The Ehrlich Law Firm and Jeffrey Isaac Ehrlich for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Baute Crochetiere & Wang, David P. Crochetiere, Henry C. Wang; Reed Smith and Margaret A. Grignon for Defendant and Appellant. Amy Bach; Knapp & Roberts and David L. Abney for United Policyholders as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. B234271

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 9701 THOMAS NICKERSON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. STONEBRIDGE LIF

  • March 13, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Justices Weigh Job 'Availability' in Workers' Comp Case

    Oral Arguments The state Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in a case over whether a woman who belatedly applied for several jobs listed in a labor market survey had work &

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  • October 21, 2013 | National Law Journal

    INADMISSIBLE: For Lawyers in EPA Cases, 'Exciting Dilemma'

    Lawyers are scrambling following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on October 15 to grant review in six separate challenges to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's greenhouse g

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  • March 8, 2013 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    SAN FRANCISCOCarolyn Salmon and Katharine Chao have founded employment law firm Chao & Salmon. The firm will represent employees and w

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  • October 1, 2004 | The Recorder

    News on Vioxx a Shot in the Arm for Plaintiff Bar

    The plaintiff bar was heartened Thursday when pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. stopped sales of Vioxx, a popular arthritis drug that relieves aches and pains, but increases the risk of hea

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  • December 8, 2003 | Daily Report Online

    Jury Lets Ford Off Hook in Explorer Rollover Suit

    Richmond Eustis [email protected] Lawyers on both sides of Vittorio and Rosanna DiMaso's product liability case against Ford Motor Co. fought ferociously for leverage un

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  • October 28, 2008 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Trump v. O'Brien et al.

    Trump v. O'Brien et al., A-3905-06T2; Appellate Division; opinion by Payne, J.A.D.; decided and approved for publication October 24, 2008. Before Judges Axelrad, Payne and Sapp-Peterson. O

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  • June 7, 2004 | New Jersey Law Journal

    State v. Knight

    N.J. Superior Court, Appellate Division A-2933-02T4, A-4099-02T4; Appellate Division; opinion by Parker, J.A.D.; decided and approved for publication May 28, 2004. Before Judge

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  • May 5, 2003 | The Recorder

    Judge Gives Short Shrift to a Squabble Over Hefty Legacy

    When attorneys in a messy battle over a $1 million estate failed to settle by Friday, Alameda County Superior Court Judge William McKinstry took them to the woodshed, then kicked them out of h

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