Tillery: Lawyer with record high $10B trial judgment takes on Syngenta, Chevron in St. Clair Originally published here. By Steve Korris | May 5, 2021 BELLEVILLE – Stephen Tillery, ready for trial on a claim that weed killer paraquat caused four plaintiffs to suffer Parkinson’s disease, won the biggest judgment ever in an American trial and lost it […]
SlimeGate 2/7: Predatorts 2.1/4: The Glyphosate Extortion Racket Originally posted here Posted by RISKMONGER on JANUARY 8, 2020 THIS IS A STORY OF DECEIT. I WILL SHOW HOW A COLLECTION OF US TORT LAW FIRMS KNEW THAT GLYPHOSATE WAS NOT A CARCINOGEN, BUT GIVEN HOW HARD IT WOULD BE TO WIN CASES ON SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS FROM MULTIPLE CHEMICALS […]
SlimeGate 2/7: Predatorts 4/4: The Hypocrisy of the Honeypot Original posted here. Posted by RISKMONGER on NOVEMBER 19, 2018 In this chapter on the Predatorts, we have seen how the Plaintiff Playbook has been used by unscrupulous law firms to create public fear, uncertainty and outrage. From ExxonMobil and Chevron to Bayer and J&J, from Syngenta to Dow Corning, these […]
SlimeGate 2/7: Predatorts 2/4: Applying the Plaintiff Playbook Originally posted here. Posted by RISKMONGER on OCTOBER 31, 2018 Part 1 of the Predatort section examined how the tort law firms had to become creative in fabricating new case leads in the late 1990s when the honeypots of tobacco, lead and asbestos lawsuits started to dry up. There was a […]
