All posts tagged: "Delaware"

Biden of Asbestos - Wall Street Journal / Opinion, Oct. 23, 2008

This opinion piece on "the tort bar's new love affair with Delaware" reminds us that in 2006, the Amercan Tort Reform Association warned that "the state is becoming a new asbestos suit hotbed and that plaintiffs attorneys were following with pharmaceutical and Benzene suits".  It further shows why tort lawyers such as SimmonsCooper are attracted to Delaware and claims that "Legal 'efficiency' is no virtue if it means an assembly line for mass tort claims".  Read More »

Mass Tort Clearinghouse / Delaware - National Center for State Courts

The National Center for State Courts provides a resource that reports how mass torts are treated in each state, including Delaware, where it is interesting to note that there are no known definitions of mass tort or of legislative statues enabling it!  Read More »

SimmonsCooper and Delaware - Point of Law

Asbestos and mass-tort firm SimmonsCooper, known for ties to Delaware Senator Joe Biden, takes an interest in the Delaware governor's race.

Delaware a Tort Destination? - Point of Law

Walter Olson raises the spectre of Delaware as a forum-shopping choice for plaintiffs doing toxic tort work with SimmonsCooper and Baron & Budd taking asbestos and benzene cases there and Beau Biden, the state's Attorney General, a central figure.