by Florencia Doyharzabal | May 28, 2010 | Environmental Law
Unsettling results of tests on tar balls discovered by beach combers on Marsh Island and at Chenier au Tigre confirm the balls are from the BP Deepwater Horizon source, says Mark Shirley, an LSU Ag Center agent based in Abbeville. The state departments of Wildlife...
by Florencia Doyharzabal | May 27, 2010 | Environmental Law
It has now been more than a month since the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig, but the effects are just beginning to be felt by people along the Gulf Coast. In addition, to the contamination caused by oil beginning to touch land, there is...
by Florencia Doyharzabal | May 24, 2010 | Products Liability
The combination of a thriving real estate market and a series of major hurricanes has led to another catastrophe. The use of Chinese drywall by construction companies and homeowners now appears to have caused products liability damages reaching far into the millions...
by Florencia Doyharzabal | May 24, 2010 | Products Liability
NEW YORK CITY – Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is trying to make cribs safer for infants. On Sunday, she outlined a new legislative initiative to ban the manufacture and sale of “drop-side cribs.” In some cases, the cribs’ drop-side can slide or...
by Florencia Doyharzabal | May 21, 2010 | Products Liability
Yesterday, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced a recall of woven storage trunks sold by Target Corporation. The trunks pose a strangulation hazard to young children. Two children have been injured, one with crippling brain damage. The CPSC...
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