Peter Kraus, a co-founding partner at Waters Kraus & Paul and managaing attorney of the firm’s Dallas office, has been elected to Southwestern Medical Foundation’s Board of Trustees.
Southwestern Medical Foundation is a philanthropic partner of UT Southwestern Medical Center. The Foundation continues a tradition of providing funding for innovative medical research,...
Verdict ‘Cathartic’ for Navy Veteran and Wife
SAN DIEGO — Less than one year after 70-year-old Navy veteran William Mansir was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a San Diego Superior Court jury has reached a $2.4 million verdict against John Crane Inc., which manufactured asbestos-containing...
Gary M. Paul to Lead American Association for Justice in Its 65th Year
LOS ANGELES — For 65 years, the American Association for Justice (AAJ) has been fighting to protect the public’s Seventh Amendment right to a trial by jury — and now, a member whose involvement in the...
Union Carbide and CalPortland Found Liable
LOS ANGELES — A California superior court has ordered Union Carbide and CalPortland to pay $8.465 million to a career painter and handyman whose exposure to asbestos-containing products left him with pleural malignant mesothelioma — a...
Novo Nordisk accused of unlawfully marketing a drug used to treat casualties in Iraq, which later proved potentially dangerous
By Robert Little, The Baltimore Sun pdf available
The medical questions about the Army’s use of Factor VII, its one-time wonder drug, have largely been resolved by the scientific...
Novo Nordisk to Repay $25 Million in False Claims
BALTIMORE — A false claims case against global pharmaceutical firm Novo Nordisk came to a close today with the announcement of a $25 million settlement. According to the complaint, filed under seal by the law firm...
On September 21, 2010, Leslie MacLean, a partner in the Dallas office of Waters & Kraus, LLP, discussed the mechanics of negotiating Medicare liens at a seminar produced by HB Litigation Conferences titled “The Medicare Mandatory Reporting Requirements.” MacLean, who heads...
Gary M. Paul to Lead World’s Largest Trial Bar in 2011
LOS ANGELES — July 29, 2010 — Gary M. Paul, a longtime champion of victims’ rights and a partner with one of the nation’s most prolific plaintiff’s firms, has risen through the ranks of...
John crane Inc. Found Liable for Former Navy Engineman’s Illness
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia court has awarded more than $4.5 million to a mesothelioma plaintiff and his wife of 57 years. Few mesothelioma plaintiffs live long enough to hear a final verdict in their cases, making the outcome of this reverse bifurcated trial especially...
Court of Appeal opines trial court did not abuse its discretion by denying Union Carbide’s motion to exclude asbestos plaintiff’s out-of-state deposition
LOS ANGELES – January 20, 2010 – The Second Appellate District of the California Court of Appeal, in an opinion issued on January 15, 2010, has found that the trial court did not...
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