U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in the Southern District of New York recently took significant action in the new Acetaminophen ASD/ADHD Multidistrict Litigation (MDL). She denied a defendant Walmart’s Motion to Dismiss on preemption grounds. Judge Cote ruled that the motion was not applicable in this case since U.S. Food and …

Sometimes mesothelioma cases seem cut and dry. You know from your client’s history of working in the shipbuilding industry that he is a victim of massive occupational asbestos exposure. Shipyards were one of the job sites with some of the highest levels of asbestos exposure. It’s common knowledge that …

On a summer day in 2019, our client Migdalia Roach strapped her 5-year-old daughter into the second-row left seat of their vehicle, recalling hearing the seatbelt “click.” The girl’s 10-year-old brother was seated next to her in the second-row right seat. As they traveled on a road in St. …