The report focuses on the hottest area of toxic tort litigation, including: chemical sensitivity; indoor air quality; groundwater, soil and air contamination; radiation; workplace exposure; pesticides; solvents; PCBs; gloves; EMFs; endocrine disruptors, and more. The Report provides indepth coverage of medical monitoring; fear of cancer/disease; stigma damages; expert admissibility; federal preemption; class actions; punitive damages and market share theory. Published twice monthly.
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9th Circuit Panel Affirms In Part Summary Judgment For Hanford Radiation Injury
SAN FRANCISCO — A unanimous Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel confirmed summary judgment on June 2 for a contractor at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation under the Price-Anderson Act for injuries allegedly caused by exposure to radioactive materials because the plaintiff failed to meet his specific causation burden, but it remanded emotional distress and loss of consortium causes of action arising from exposure to heavy metals (Daniel R. Golden, et uxor v. CH2M Hill Hanford Group Inc., No. 05-35832, 9th Cir.; 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 12411). . . .
Vermont Supreme Court Affirms Judgment For Farmer Accused Of Allowing Pesticide Drift
MONTPELIER, Vt. — A unanimous Vermont Supreme Court affirmed summary judgment on May 2 for a farmer accused of trespass for overspraying pesticide on a neighboring property, but the court left unanswered the question of whether recovering for particles deposited on land may sound in the tort of trespass rather than in nuisance (John Larkin Inc., et al v. J. Edward Marceau Jr., D.D.S., No. 07-176, Vt. Sup.; 2008 VT 61; 2007 Vt. LEXIS 343). . . .