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The United States Supreme Court announced on Monday, March 26 that they will not hear Crane Co.’s appeal of the Missouri appellate courts’ decision to uphold the original $11.5 million jury verdict in favor of Jeanette Poage, whose husband died in ...

The American Association for Justice (AAJ) is set to have their monthly update on Friday, November 3. This monthly call will update members of the AAJ’s Asbestos Litigation Group (ALG) about the latest news, and will discuss new and emerging topics ...

We are excited to announce that partner Camp Bailey was recently selected to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee (PSC) by United Stated District Judge Claire C. Cecchi in In re: Proton-Pump Inhibitor Products Liability Litigation , MDL No. 2789. ...

For decades, our attorneys at Bailey Peavy Bailey Cowan Heckaman have committed themselves to providing injured victims with the experienced legal representation they deserve in their time of need. Recently, we were featured in Newsweek as one of the ...

Attorneys Aaron Heckaman and Robert Cowan successfully secured an $11.5 million jury verdict in St. Louis, Missouri Circuit Court for Jeanette Poage, the widow of James Poage, who died of mesothelioma in May of 2012. $10 million was awarded for ...

According to a United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report released on Thursday, January 12, Fiat Chrysler installed software in the engines of approximately 100,000 Dodge Ram trucks and Jeep Cherokees that masked their nitrogen oxide ...

The California Supreme Court unanimously voted on Thursday, December 1 that companies can be held liable when people get sick from asbestos dust brought home from a job site. Following this ruling, people who contracted mesothelioma from asbestos ...

Following months of speculation, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) selected asbestos as 1 of the 10 substances they will evaluate under the recent powers granted to them under the amended Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The act was ...

It may now feel like the norm in the United States, but corporations haven’t always spent millions of dollars to finance election campaigns. The Center for American Progress, a left-leaning progressive public policy research and advocacy ...

Continuing her ongoing fight to protect asbestos victims across the United States, California Senator Barbara Boxer introduced the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2016 , co-sponsored by Montana Senator Jon Tester, to the Senate on September ...

Bailey Peavy Bailey Cowan Heckaman’s own Ken Bailey was honored as a “Lifetime Achiever” in this month’s issue of Texas Lawyer—one of only a small group of Texas attorneys to receive the award. Lifetime Achievers have made significant contributions ...

An investigation by the United States Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division into National Freight Inc. (NFI), one of the country’s biggest commercial transportation companies, has revealed that they incorrectly classified yard spotters and ...

A Texas jury has awarded Rachel Melancon nearly $10.3 million on August 17 following a two week-long trial over the death of her newborn baby Olivia Marie Coats on January 1, 2014. The lawsuit, filed against the Medical Center for Southeast Texas and ...

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reported [1] that 16 people or more were killed in a hot air balloon crash that occurred on Saturday, July 30, making it the worst hot air balloon crash in United States history, not counting airships. ...

Due to the frequent use of asbestos in older construction, a number of people are coming forward to file a lawsuit after developing lung disease, including mesothelioma . This is exactly what’s happening in Indiana with a man who worked as an ...

This summer, the California Supreme Court made it easier for workers bringing employment misclassification claims to obtain class certification. The ruling benefits claimants bringing misclassification (independent contractor vs. employee) claims in ...

The federal multidistrict litigation (“MDL”) judge overseeing the General Motors (“GM”) ignition switch cases, which are consolidated in the Southern District of New York, denied GM’s attempt to halt discovery of certain personal injury and economic ...

The federal multidistrict litigation judge overseeing personal injury claims against the makers of the blood thinner Plavix recently ordered that the State of Mississippi’s consumer protection action against Plavix’s manufacturers be remanded ...

According to a recent U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) press release , the agency is combating employers’ misuse of “per diem” (per day) pay rates as means of decreasing employees’ overtime pay. The DOL’s crackdown is focused on temporary staffing ...

The Mississippi Supreme Court last Friday rejected an appeal by AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals L.P. and related defendants, makers of the powerful antipsychotic drug Seroquel, in which the drug maker attempted to have thrown out of court a consumer ...

Within the last 48 hours, U.S. and Canadian drug regulators reached differing conclusions about heart attack risks associated with testosterone hormone replacement (so-called “Low-T”) products. On July 15, Health Canada issued an “Information Update” ...

A group of women injured by vaginal mesh implants has requested Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott to sue Johnson & Johnson for deceptive business practices related to the company’s knowledge of the inherent danger of its transvaginal mesh implants. ...

Sears Holdings Management Corporation (“Sears”) agreed today to pay up to $5 million to resolve unpaid overtime class action claims brought by current and former salaried Loss Prevention Managers (“LPMs”) employed by Sears and/or Kmart stores. The ...

Identifying what it calls “clear risks associated with surgical mesh for the transvaginal repair of pelvic organ prolapse” (POP), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently issued two new proposed orders to address those risks in order to ensure ...

A California appeals court today reversed summary judgment that had been granted in favor of asbestos defendant Metalclad Insulation Corporation (“Metalclad”), holding that Metalclad did not satisfy its burden of proof as the moving party on summary ...