Lemon Law Blog

UPDATE: Milward v. Acuity Specialty Products Group, Inc., No. 09-2270 (1st Cir. Mar. 22, 2011)
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit wasted little time in denying Defendants’ request for “rehearing,” or reconsideration, in our recent victory in Milward.  A panel of three First Circuit judges issued the opinion in Brian Milward’s favor on March 22.  The panel included the Chief Judge of the First Circuit, Sandra Lynch, who wrote the opinion.  On April 5, Defendants asked the court for a rehearing before all six of the Read More...
9/11 First Responders Bill Finally Passed
After nine long years, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, also known as the "9/11 First Responders bill," finally passed though Read More...
Breathtaking Film Documents Grief and the Asbestos Industry
When Canadian filmmaker Kathleen Mullen lost her father to mesothelioma, a deadly cancer related to asbestos exposure, her grief took her in the Read More...
Doubt Is Their Product – But Sometimes It Doesn’t Sell
Last month I won an important case in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. The case, called Milward v. Acuity Special Products, Read More...
Dana Point Grand Prix of Cycling and Benefit to Raise Money for Mesothelioma
The Dana Point Yacht Club in Los Angeles, California will kick off the Dana Point Grand Prix of Cycling with a Breakaway from Cancer Night on April Read More...
South Florida Newspaper Names and Shames Biggest Polluters
Toxic chemicals dumped into the South Florida environment fell during the last few years, but the EPA's annual Toxic Release Inventory reveals that Read More...
Advocacy Group Wants Investigation into Camp Lejeune Cancer Cluster
The Natural Resources Defense Council, an advocacy group in Washington, recently testified before the Senate about 42 sites identified as "cancer Read More...
Gas Station Benzene Leak Only a Matter of Time
City officials in Silverthorne, Colorado, are having a hard time reaching an agreement with local Save-o-Mat gas station owner, Buzz Calkins. Read More...
Oregon Fines HP $9,600 for Asbestos Violations
Hewlett Packard has been fined $9,600 by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for contracting an unlicensed company to remove Read More...
Indiana University Hosts Mini-Marathon and Run/Walk for Mesothelioma
On April 2, residents hit the streets in Bloomington, Indiana for the sixth annual IU Mini Marathon and 5K Run/Walk. More than 1,000 participants Read More...