Articles Related to Commercial Transportation Disaster Litigation

• American Passengers Have Limited Rights in International Airline
  Crashes Because of a Treaty Known as the Montreal Convention
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• Cause of Fatal Livermore Plane Crash Under Investigation
  FindLaw KnowledgeBase
  June 8, 2010
  
  
• Airplane Maintenance Outsourcing Tests Bounds of Safety
  FindLaw KnowledgeBase
  December 21, 2009
  
  
• Regional Air Crash Inspires New Aviation Safety Legislation
  FindLaw KnowledgeBase
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• Pilot's Reaction Among Flight 3407 Crash Causes
  FindLaw KnowledgeBase
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• Another Level of Justice: The Public Apology
  Published in Andrews Aviation Litigation Reporter,Volume 24, Issue 5 / April 2006 by Thomson West and ATLA -- Association of Trial Lawyers of America Aviation Law Section Newsletter Vol. 13, No. 3
  Spring 2006
  
  
• Successful Handling of Wrongful Death Cases in California: The Law, The Traps, The Tricks
  Lorman Education Services
  January 2002
  
  
• Successful Handling of Wrongful Death Cases in California: Trying Your Case to Verdict or Settlement
  Lorman Education Services
  January 2002
  
  
• Successful Handling of Wrongful Death Cases in California: What Damages Do You Get?
  Lorman Education Services
  January 2002
  
  
• Successful Handling of Wrongful Death Cases in California: Quirks of Courts
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Articles  Regarding Our Pharmaceutical Cases and the Drug Industry in General

• Acquiring Immunity to the Learned Intermediary Defense
  Toxics Law Reporter, Vol. 25, No. 20, BNA Insights – Bureau of National Affairs
  May 20, 2010

• Outsmarting the "learned-intermediary doctrine" defense against big pharma
  The Advocate
  February 2010, pg 62
  

• Preemption's Requiem in the Wake of WYETH V. LEVINE
  Published in LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Drugs & Devices
  Volume 14, Issue#10
  May 21, 2009
  
  
• Complete Tort Immunity For Drug Manufacturers Is Bad For The Public Health:
  A Commentary On Colacicco v. Apotex And Other Recent Preemption Decisions Mealey's Litigation Report: Antidepressant Report
  May 2008
  
  
• Defense Medical Exams (DMEs),
  Practical Ways to Limit Physical and Mental Examinations
  FORUM, Consumer Attorneys of California
  January/February 2008
  
  
• Antidepressants During Pregnancy: The Drug Companies Tip the Scale
  Law.com
  February 2007
  
  
• Focus on Facts to Defeat Preemption
  TRIAL
  March 1, 2007
  
  
• Preemption and Negligent Pharmacovigilance
  ATLA Education Seminar
  Protecting the Public: Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Litigation
  November 2006
  
  
• Discovery of FDA and Other Regulatory Agency Evidence
  ATLA Education Reference Materials
  ATLA 2006 Annual Convention
  
  
• Preamble To FDA Final Rule: FDA s Latest Effort To Immunize Drug Manufacturers From Tort Liability At The Expense of Consumer Safety
  Mealey's Emerging Drugs & Devices
  February 2006
  Mealey's Litigation Report: Antidepressant Report
  February 2006
  
  
• Preemption and the FDA -- Politics as Usual
  ATLA Winter Convention Reference Materials, Track II:
  Protecting the Public: Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Litigation
  February 2006
  
  
• The FDA, Drug Manufacturers, And SSRI Preemption: A Match Made In Heaven?
  Mealey’s Litigation Report Antidepressant Drugs
  November 2005
  
  
• What Happened to the FDA?
  Harris Martin's Columns: Drugs & Supplements
  July 2005
  
  
• Internet Disclaimers: Do they waive the attorney-client privilege protection?
  ABA Conference "The Future of Class Action Litigation in America"
  
  
• The FDA's Dilemma: Safety Failures, Public Scrutiny, and Industry Influence
  ATLA Education Reference Materials
  2005
  
  
• A Cure Worse Than the Disease
  "Recent FDA actions and newly disclosed research on the link between antidepressants and suicide – especially among young people – are strengthening plaintiffs’ claims against drug makers"
  TRIAL
  2005
  
  
• The Antidepressant Controversy: The Growth Of A New Area Of Litigation
  Mealey’s Litigation Report Antidepressant Drugs
  2004
  
  
• The Fox in the Chicken Coop
  FDA's Recent Intervention in Pharmaceutical Litigation
  ATLA Education
  2003
  
  
• Biting the Magic Bullet: A Look at the SSRI Litigation
  Harris Martin's Columns: Drugs & Supplements
  August 2002