Combating Commonalities In Toxic Tort Class Actions

Law360, New York (May 8, 2015, 12:24 PM EDT) -- A federal judge in Oklahoma recently denied class certification to homeowners living near a research facility, holding that individual issues outweighed allegedly common issues among the class claiming injury from contamination from the facility site. (See Mitchell McCormick, et al. v. Halliburton Co. et al., No. 5:11-cv-01272 (W.D. Ok. March 3, 2015).) The decision offers a practical, common-sense view of Rule 23 in the toxic tort context....

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