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Baron & Budd, P.C. is an American plaintiffs' law firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas. [1] Opponents of mass tort litigation have criticized the firm for the zealousness with which it represents its clients, and for the political activities of some of its attorneys.
Weitz & Luxenberg is the largest law firm of its kind in New York State. Overall, the firm has won over $27 billion in verdicts and settlements from lawsuits. [1] The firm has 84 associate lawyers and 3 partners, with offices in Los Angeles, New York City, and Cherry Hill, New Jersey. The firm was founded in 1986 [1] by Perry Weitz and Arthur ...
Levy Konigsberg is an American-based law firm that was established in 1985. [1] The company is known for a number of high-profile cases in the United States.Its practice areas include asbestos litigation, qui tam, lead poisoning, sexual abuse, tobacco litigation, medical malpractice, and negligence.
Law firm SimmonsCooper — associated with wealthy asbestos lawyer Jeff Cooper — invested $1 million in 2006 in that hedge fund. ... The source of that $40,000 sent to Joe was trackable due to ...
Budd is president and managing shareholder of Baron & Budd, P.C., one of the largest plaintiff's law firms in the nation, headquartered in Dallas, Texas.. A shareholder of Baron & Budd since 1985 and president and managing shareholder since 2002, Budd expanded the firm from its cornerstone asbestos practice to a national firm tackling the biggest defendants in areas as diverse as mesothelioma ...
Asbestos litigation is the longest, most expensive mass tort in U.S. history, involving more than 8,000 defendants and 700,000 claimants. [1] By the early 1990s, "more than half of the 25 largest asbestos manufacturers in the US, including Amatex, Carey-Canada, Celotex, Eagle-Picher, Forty-Eight Insulations, Manville Corporation, National Gypsum, Standard Insulation, Unarco, and UNR Industries ...
Castleman, Barry, Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects, Fifth Edition, Aspen Press, 2005; Tweedale, Geoffrey, Magic Mineral to Killer Dust: Turner & Newall and the Asbestos Hazard, Oxford University Press, USA (May 24, 2001) Maines, Rachel. Asbestos and Fire: Technological Tradeoffs and the Body at Risk. New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers University ...
Some people who were exposed to asbestos have collected damages for an asbestos-related disease, including mesothelioma. Compensation via asbestos funds or class action lawsuits is an important issue in law practices regarding mesothelioma. [citation needed] The first lawsuits against asbestos manufacturers were in 1929.