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NGO's Nanotechnology Risk Lawsuit Against FDA Dismissed
Comment | Nanotorts: "A Litigator's Guide to Health and Environmental Issues"
Comment | Article: "Nanotechnology Manufacturers' Duty to Warn and Potential Affirmative Defenses"
April 30, 2011 9:57 AM | Posted by Wernette, Ronald | Permalink
You may be interested in an article published by BNA's Product Safety & Liability Reporter in April 2011: "Nanotechnology Manufacturers' Duty to Warn and Potential Affirmative Defenses."
The well-written article, by attorneys James W. Mizgala and Michael L. Lisak (Sidley Austin LLP in Chicago), assesses a manufacturer's duty to warn of potential dangers posed by nanomaterials, and then offers suggestions for defenses that could be raised by nanomaterial defendants facing failure to warn claims.
A few excerpts are provided below, to help you decide whether you want to obtain the full article. read more
Comment | Nanoparticles : New Frontier for Product Liability Mass Torts/Class Action Claims - PART 2
November 21, 2010 10:52 AM | Posted by Wernette, Ronald | Permalink
In an article published in the November 11, 2010, issue of Toxics Law Reporter -- Nanoparticles : New Frontier for Product Liability Mass Torts/Class Action Claims --I discuss the prospect of nanoparticle mass tort/class action litigation, the likely claims and defenses, and offer a preview of potential Daubert-style challenges to exposure, dose, and causation experts given the state of science and the law in late 2010. In a two-part blog article, I have excerpted and condensed that article. In Part 1, on November 14, I discussed the likely mass tort/class action claims. In Part 2 below I discuss the tactics for defeating early mass nanotort claims. read more
Comment | Nanoparticles : New Frontier for Product Liability Mass Torts/Class Action Claims - PART 1
November 14, 2010 1:11 PM | Posted by Wernette, Ronald | Permalink
The existence of a large, well-financed mass tort infrastructure makes it likely that plaintiffs’ attorneys will try to exploit the Age of Nanotechnology through mass tort and class actions. Plaintiffs who already have a disease will assert that their diseases were caused by or exacerbated by their exposures to anoparticles. Those without disease will assert a need for medical monitoring. In an article published in the November 11, 2010, issue of Toxics Law Reporter -- Nanoparticles : New Frontier for Product Liability Mass Torts/Class Action Claims --I discuss the prospect of nanoparticle mass tort/class action litigation, the likely claims and defenses, and offer a preview of potential Daubert-style challenges to exposure, dose, and causation experts given the state of science and the law in late 2010. In a two-part blog article, I have excerpted and condensed the article. Here is Part 1. read more
Comment | New Daubert Blog : Highly Recommended Resource
Comment | Sweat The Small Stuff : An Introduction to Nanotechnology and Products Liability: Part 4 of 4
February 23, 2010 6:10 PM | Posted by Wernette, Ronald | Permalink
This is part four of four in a primer on nanotechnology and the potential effects it will have on products liability litigation and risk management. The author is Nick Dudley, a third-year law student at the University of Minnesota Law School. Generally speaking, nanomaterials pose the same problems to products liability lawyers that macro products do. Manufacturing defect, defective design, and failure to warn are not going away. But nanomaterials do pose some unique problems within each cause of action. Part 4 is an overview of those various problems. read more
Comment | Sweat The Small Stuff: An Introduction to Nanotechnology and Products Liability: Part 3 of 4
February 17, 2010 9:04 AM | Posted by Wernette, Ronald | Permalink
This is part three of four in a primer on nanotechnology and the potential effects it will have on products liability litigation and risk management. The author is Nick Dudley, a third-year law student at the University of Minnesota Law School. Products liability attorneys will face unique challenges from the nanotechnology industry. Part 3 suggests a broader coping strategy. Attorneys and insiders must find a balance between industry-wide security that some regulation would provide, while avoiding the choking effects of over-regulation. read more
Comment | Article: "Nanotechnology: The Next Battleground for Mass Torts?" February 10, 2010 6:49 PM | Posted by Wernette, Ronald | Permalink
You may be interested in an article published by BNA's Toxics Law Reporter in December 2009: "Nanotechnology: The Next Battleground for Mass Torts?" The article by Scott DeVries and Sarah Jehl, attorneys experienced with environmental mass torts and insurance coverage, offers some potentially useful procedural suggestions for defense attorneys faced with nanotech-focused mass torts.
In particular, the authors tout the possible benefit of so-called "Lone Pine" orders to test the viability of novel nanotechnology-based toxic exposure claims. "Lone Pine" orders are derived from the case of Lore v. Lone Pine Corp., 1986 N.J. Super. LEXIS 1626 (N.J. Super. Law. Div. Nov. 18, 1986). Such orders, designed to require plaintiffs to make an objective showing early in litigation that there is sufficient evidentiary basis to warrant continued litigation, have been widely accepted and used in other federal and state courts throughout the country. To learn more, see Attorney DeVries' article on the subject: S. DeVries, et al., Use of Lone Pine Orders in Cost Effective Management of Mass Tort and Class Actions, 23 Toxics Law Reporter 1003 (Nov. 2008). Devries can be contacted at for more information or a copy of his prior article above.
Source: BNA Toxics Law Reporter
Comment | Sweat The Small Stuff: An Introduction to Nanotechnology and Products Liability: Part 2 of 4
February 9, 2010 4:34 PM | Posted by Wernette, Ronald | Permalink
This is part two of four in a primer on nanotechnology and the potential effects it will have on products liability litigation and risk management. The author is Nick Dudley, a third-year law student at the University of Minnesota Law School. Nanotechnology promises to enhance existing technology in useful ways, and to make science fiction a reality. But, nanotech’s value must be weighed the consequences. Part 2 of this series explores the potential dangers of nanotech. read more
Comment | The Rise of Nanotech Litigation
February 3, 2010 1:13 PM | Posted by Wernette, Ronald | Permalink
You may be interested in the cover article from the Winter 2010 Issue of the ABA Section of Litigation magazine, Litigation News – “The Rise of Nanotech Litigation.” The article by Litigation News Associate Editor Kristine Roberts is, in my view, a substantially scaled down summary of a number of my previous articles on the subject, including "The Dawn of the Age of Nanotorts", published last year by BNA in three of its subject-matter reporters - Class Action Litigation, Toxics Law, and Product Safety & Liability. I’m glad to see someone out there is reading. Roberts also includes a few comments from Section of Litigation members on likely nanotech-related product liability and exposure litigation. Below are a few excerpts from the Roberts article. read more
Comment | Sweat The Small Stuff: An Introduction to Nanotechnology and Products Liability: Part 1 of 4
February 1, 2010 4:10 PM | Posted by Wernette, Ronald | Permalink
Nick Dudley, a third-year law student at the University of Minnesota Law School, has prepared an interesting primer on nanotechnology and the likely effects on products liability litigation and risk management. This is Part 1 of 4. read more
Comment | Future Nanotorts Litigation : Part 3 November 25, 2009 4:11 PM | Posted by Wernette, Ronald | Permalink
Part 1 of the discussion examined the structural and systemic forces in the American tort system that will lead to the reality of nanotechnology-focused tort claims in the near future. In Part 2, I began to discuss some specific claims that are likely in early nanotort litigation, including medical monitoring claims. Here, in Part 3, I continue that claim-specific discussion, with a focus on possible class action claims. read more
Comment | Future Nanotorts Litigation : Part 2 November 16, 2009 11:03 AM | Posted by Wernette, Ronald | Permalink
Part 1 of the discussion examined the structural and systemic forces in the American tort system that will lead to the reality of nanotechnology-focused tort claims in the near future. Here, in Part 2, I begin to discuss some specific claims that are likely in early nanotort litigation. read more
Comment | Future Nanotorts Litigation : Part 1 November 9, 2009 7:50 AM | Posted by Wernette, Ronald | Permalink
No one knows yet whether nanotechnologies will be shown to have harmful consequences or whether they present only phantom risk. Although only tentative, some early studies suggest that some nanoparticles may have negative health and environmental consequences. Experience teaches that when there are concerns about possible health and safety hazards, litigation – feeding on public and political risk perception – is never far behind. read more