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Thompson et al v. Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (TV1)
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July 07, 2020
Coal Workers' Attys Beat Sanctions Bid Over Settlement Leak
A Tennessee federal judge declined to sanction workers claiming Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. failed to protect them on a coal ash spill cleanup in Tennessee, ruling Tuesday that Jacobs hadn't proven the workers or their attorneys leaked details of the company's $10 million settlement offer to the press.
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June 05, 2020
Contractor Renews Immunity Bid In Coal Worker Injury Suit
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. is arguing a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision upended a Tennessee federal judge's prior refusal to grant the contractor immunity from claims it failed to protect workers during a coal ash spill cleanup in Tennessee.
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May 12, 2020
Coal Workers' Attys Deny Leaking Co.'s $10M Settlement Offer
Attorneys representing workers who claim Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. failed to protect them on a coal ash spill cleanup in Tennessee have told a federal court they weren't responsible for the company's $10 million settlement offer showing up in the press and shouldn't be sanctioned for it.
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April 28, 2020
Coal Workers Blamed For Dishing On $10M Settlement Offer
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. wants sanctions against attorneys representing workers who claim the company failed to protect them on a coal ash spill cleanup in Tennessee, after a report about a $10 million settlement offer landed on the front page of a local newspaper.
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February 28, 2019
No New Trial In Coal Ash Liability Case For Engineering Co.
A Tennessee federal judge on Thursday refused to grant Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. a new general liability trial after a jury found that the company breached its contractual requirement to protect workers who conducted a coal ash spill cleanup, allowing the case to move toward a Phase II trial.
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December 06, 2018
Co. Seeks To Dump Jury Verdict In Coal Ash Liability Case
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. on Wednesday urged a Tennessee federal judge to vacate a jury's finding that the company breached its contractual requirement to protect workers on a coal ash spill clean up, arguing no reasonable jury could have found it was acting outside the bounds of the contract.
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November 02, 2016
Covington Admonished, Beats DQ Bid In Worker Coal Ash Suit
Covington & Burling LLP escaped a disqualification bid Tuesday in litigation over Jacobs Engineering Group's alleged failure to protect workers from coal ash exposure, but was admonished by a Tennessee federal judge over its dual representation of the company and non-party witnesses.
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September 16, 2016
Covington Fights DQ Bid In Workers' Coal Ash Suit
Covington & Burling LLP told a Tennessee federal judge on Thursday that its dual representation of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. and non-party witnesses in a lawsuit alleging the company failed to protect workers from coal ash exposure did not create a conflict of interest worthy of the firm's disqualification.
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September 01, 2016
Covington Faces DQ Over Witness Contact In Superfund Suit
A group of workers suing an engineering firm for allegedly failing to protect them during a coal ash spill cleanup on Thursday asked a Tennessee federal judge to disqualify Covington & Burling LLP from representing the company, saying the firm improperly contacted independent witnesses.