A state panel has determined that the Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc. [ERCOT] and other defendants facing lawsuits over the loss of power and water during February's fatal winter storm can consolidate 157 related claims in a multidistrict litigation pretrial court. On Thursday, the defendants were granted a request to address the cases together [...]
We continue to see local governments around the country attack religious freedoms and the Amish. Following the success in Ohio and current litigation in Michigan, Attorneys Richard Schulte and Steve Behnke continue to protect religious freedoms. In Adams County, Indiana, the Amish are being pressured by the county government to use electric pumps and [...]
Attorney Richard W. Schulte has been appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee by the Honorable Hélène Kazanjian of the Superior Court for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Attorney Schulte joins five other attorneys appointed to the Executive Committee tasked making top level decisions on behalf of all Plaintiffs bringing their claims for injuries from Covidien Hernia Mesh. Attorney Schulte brings [...]
Wright & Schulte Attorneys from the Vandalia, Cleveland, and Dayton offices were recently recognized by Super Lawyers as top attorneys and rising stars across the nation for 2020. Our lawyers were recognized as being some of the most exceptional plaintiffs’ attorneys in the industry for mass tort ligation, product liability litigation, personal injury litigation, and [...]
JPML Approves Consolidation of JUUL E-Cigarette Lawsuits Today, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“JPML”) agreed to consolidate all federally filed JUUL e-cigarette lawsuits into one court for pre-trial proceedings. As the number of JUUL lawsuits continue to rise throughout the country, the JPML felt that a consolidated litigation in the United States District [...]
After years of fighting for justice and a verdict being reached in 2014, the conclusion of the Scharfstein v. BP West Coast Products, LLC case has been reached and payments to customers are going out. Over two million consumers who were overcharged on their debit cards when buying BP gasoline will now be receiving their [...]
Shelby County has condemned several local Amish homes and moved for an injunction that will remove certain Amish families from their homes. The County has alleged that these Amish families’ homes failed to follow certain regulations on plumbing, human waste disposal, construction permits, and other regulations. The religious freedoms of these Amish families are [...]
This past week, Judge Vince Chhabria heard expert witness testimony, as part of a Daubert hearing, for Plaintiffs and Defendant, Monsanto to review scientific evidence linking Roundup’s key chemical, glyphosate, to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Courts use a Daubert hearing to determine whether an expert’s opinion will be heard at trial. Oral arguments are set to begin [...]
Wright & Schulte has filed cases on behalf of men and women from across the country alleging that people taking Abilify became addicted to gambling and other compulsive behaviors. The lawsuits further state that because of their compulsive behaviors, plaintiffs suffered significant economic, physical, and emotional injuries. (In Re: Abilify (Aripiprazole) Products Liability Litigation – [...]
Wright & Schulte attorney, Richard W. Schulte, was appointed a member of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the Physiomesh hernia mesh multi-district litigation, In re Ethicon Physiomesh Flexible Composite Hernia Mesh Products Liability Litigation and a member of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the C-Qur hernia mesh multi-district litigation, In re Atrium Medical Corp. C-Qur [...]
