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September 19, 2018 In 1980, the New Jersey Supreme Court in Portee v. Jaffe , 84 NJ 88 (1980) ruled that a parent could recover damages for bystander negligent infliction of emotional distress as a result of watching their young child suffer and die in an accident caused by a […]

September 19, 2018 On September 16, 2018, New York City Asbestos Litigation (“NYCAL”) Special Master Shelley Rossoff Olsen issued a recommendation in the Kim Young matter, overruling Avon’s objection on forum non conveniens grounds to the matter’s inclusion in the October 2017 In Extremis cluster. The majority of the plaintiff’s […]

September 18, 2018 On September 13, 2018, the First Department of the Appellate Division released its decision in the Thomas McGlynn matter. The case was tried to verdict in August of 2017; the law firm of Simmons Hanly Conroy represented Mr. McGlynn, a living seventy-five year old mesothelioma claimant, against […]

September 13, 2018 On September 10, 2018, Judge Charles Butler of the Delaware Superior Court held that the Court did not have personal jurisdiction over nonresident plaintiffs in talc cases.As a result, certain lawsuits were dismissed wherein the out-of-state plaintiffs alleged Johnson & Johnson talcum powder products caused ovarian cancer. […]

September 7, 2018 Recently, in Roberts v. Crabtree RV Ctr., Inc. , the Court (Calmer, J.) granted the defendant Crabtree RV Center Inc.’s Motion to Dismiss the plaintiff’s Complaint on the ground that the Court lacked personal jurisdiction. Superior Court, judicial district of New London, Docket No. CV-17-6030768-S, 2018 Conn. […]

September 7, 2018 The Pennsylvania Superior Court has unanimously held that foreign companies registered to do business in Pennsylvania have consented to general personal jurisdiction.Webb-Benjamin, LLC v. International Rug Group, LLC, the first appellate-level case in Pennsylvania addressing the issue, involves a foreign defendant and an event that took place […]

September 7, 2018 A long raging battle in the Connecticut Superior Court is the proper procedure for “authenticating” deposition excerpts filed in support or in opposition to a motion for summary judgment. Recently in Teodoro v. City of Bristol, et al ., the Connecticut Appellate Court considered, for the first […]

August 23, 2018 Online content has the ability to spread like wildfire. Social media and blog postings can go viral moments after being posted, often by publishers who had no idea of the impact it would have upon being posted. We all expect that major media and news outlets will […]

August 23, 2018 In a previous article, we examined the prerequisites for a Court to exercise in personam jurisdiction over a Defendant. Equally important for defense counsel is to determine whether the case can be removed to federal court. Removal jurisdiction derives from provisions of Title 28 of the U.S. […]