1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 858 F.3d
  5. 858 F.3d 508 (2017)
 

BLAES v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON

No. 16-2080.

858 F.3d 508 (2017)

Michael BLAES, Plaintiff-Appellee v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON; Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.; Imerys Talc America, Inc., formerly known as Luzenac America, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: May 26, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Blair , James G. Onder , Stephanie L. Rados , ONDER & SHELTON, Saint Louis, MO, Robert Allen Smith, Jr. , SMITH LAW FIRM, PLLC, Ridgeland, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Beth Ann Bauer , David M. Bays , HEPLER & BROOM, Edwardsville, IL, Kathleen A. Frazier , Ethel J. Johnson , Gene M. Williams , SHOOK & HARDY, Houston, TX, Mark C. Hegarty , Sarah E. Lynch , SHOOK & HARDY, Kansas City, MO, for Defendants-Appellants Johnson & Johnson, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.

Leslie Benitez , GORDON & REES, Austin, TX, Nancy M. Erfle , Samantha L. Gamboa , GORDON & REES, Portland, OR, Mary Anne Mellow , Mark A. Prost , Timothy Charles Sansone , SANDBERG & PHOENIX, Saint Louis, MO, Susan Ford Robertson , THE ROBERTSON LAW GROUP, Kansas City, MO, for Defendant-Appellant Imerys Talc America, Inc.

Before RILEY, Chief Judge, GRUENDER, Circuit Judge, and SCHREIER, District Judge.

Defendants appeal from the district court's order dismissing without prejudice Michael Blaes's products liability action. Defendants claim that the court should not have granted the dismissal because Blaes was forum shopping. In the alternative, defendants contend that dismissal should have been conditioned on the payment...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases