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Personal Injury & Torts

Apr. 29, 2003

Certification of Class Is Difficult In Cases of Medical Monitoring

Focus Column - Tort Law - By Gregg A. Farley and Paul C. White II - The state Supreme Court recently handed down a decision that has potentially serious consequences for the ability to certify medical monitoring classes. In Lockheed Martin Corp. v. Superior Court , 29 Cal.4th 1096 (Cal. March 3, 2003), the court held that, although a court was not precluded from applying class-action treatment to medical monitoring claims, the plaintiffs had failed to demonstrate the predominance of common issues

        Focus Column

        Tort Law
        
        By Gregg A. Farley and Paul C. White II
        
        The state Supreme Court recently handed down a decision that has potentially serious cons...

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