In a one-paragraph order, the Tenth Circuit today in Dobbs v. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, No. 08-6018, slip op. (10th Cir. June 2, 2010), vacated the trial court’s pre-Levine preemption summary judgment and remanded the issue, in order that “the district court should first afford the parties the opportunity to submit additional evidence. Then, the
We’d like to alert our readers that, on June 28th, 2010, HB Litigation Conferences is sponsoring its first Mass Torts Judicial Forum, at The Hub in Cira Centre (where we work) right next to the 30th Street train station here in Philly. Here’s a copy of the conference brochure.
This conference is the brainchild
Courts tend to overreact to Supreme Court decisions. The Supreme Court rules for a plaintiff on a specific ground and suddenly lower courts overwhelmingly rule for plaintiffs who bring even remotely similar claims. Eventually the right case works its way back to the Court, which holds that plaintiffs don’t always win, as anyone reading the