Blackwell Burke P.A. Partner Peter J. Goss Comments on Multi-District Litigation in Hip Implant Cases for Law 360

Blackwell Burke P.A. partner Peter J. Goss was quoted recently in a Law360 article discussing the possible federal court consolidation of Biomet Inc.’s metal hip implant personal injury cases.  The device manufacturer will argue today that its cases are too varied to be consolidated into multi-district litigation.  The federal panel considering the consolidation, however, has […]

Law 360 and Drug and Device Law Blog Discuss Blackwell Burke P.A.’s Ninth Circuit Victory

Law 360 and the Drug and Device Law Blog each recently explored Blackwell Burke P.A.’s  recent  victory in Egilman v. ConAgra Foods Inc., No. 10-35667.  In Egilman, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit dismissed the plaintiff’s expert’s independent appeal of a lower court decision that precluded the expert’s testimony and granted summary judgment […]

Blackwell Burke P.A. Wins Ninth Circuit Appeal

The Ninth Circuit has rejected a professional expert witness’s attempt to independently appeal the Daubert decision that excluded his testimony. In Egilman v. ConAgra Foods Inc., No. 10-35667, the appellate court found that the expert lacked independent standing to appeal the Daubert decision of the trial court in Newkirk v. ConAgra Foods Inc., 727 F. Supp. 2d 1006 (E.D. Wash. 2010), […]