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Raphael Metzger Articles

Mr. Metzger has authored the following articles regarding toxic tort litigation:

“Can a Toxic Chemical Be a Trade Secret?”

“Dealing with Daubert in California: The Perspective of a Plaintiff’s Attorney”

8th Annual Meeting of the Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Committee,

American Bar Association, Sheraton Torrey Pines, La Jolla, CA, March 11-13, 1999

“Does the Sophisticated Intermediary Defense Apply in Toxic Tort Cases?”

Mealey’s Emerging Toxic Torts, April 4, 2001

“Equitable Indemnity Assignments in Toxic Tort Cases”

published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal on April 28, 1997 under the title

“Give and Take: The Benefits of Assigned Equitable Indemnity Claims”

also published in Determining Economic Damages, by Martin GD, Vavoulis T,

(Grewall S ed.), James Publishing Inc. (June 2002)

“FIFRA Preemption: A New Rule for the Millennium”

Mealey’s Emerging Toxic Torts, September 28, 2001

“Fraudulent Concealment: The Essence of a Toxic Tort Case?

published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal, October 7, 1996,

under the title “Cover Charges: Establishing Fraudulent Concealment Claims”

Frye is Alive and Well in California”

“General Causation: A Commentary on Three Recent Cases”

Mealey’s Emerging Toxic Torts, March 15, 2002

“Keeping Time: Statute-of-Limitations Issues in Occupational-Disease Cases”

Los Angeles Daily Journal, November 5, 2001

“Message in Lockheed: Expert Opinions Must be Relevant”

published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal on February 22, 2005,

under the title “Appellate Court’s Decision in “Lockheed” Was Correct, Mostly”

“Preserving Testimony of the Terminally Ill”

published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal on January 6, 1997,

under the title, “Keep Account: Preserving a Terminally Ill Plaintiff’s Testimony”

“Proposition 65 in the Workplace: Are Chemical Manufacturers Obligated To Warn Downstream

Users of Carcinogenic Hazards?”

“Relative Risk: Proving Causation by the Numbers”

“Risky Cause: Rutherford and Its Progeny,”

published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal on September 1, 2000 under the title

“Risky Cause: Rutherford Rule Applies to Carcinogens Other Than Asbestos”

“Safety for all the People: The Constitutional Right to Safety”

published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal on September 2, 1997

under the title, “Secure Future: Why Isn’t the Right of Safety a claim in Tort Litigation?”

“The Alien Tort Statute: A Remedy for Chemical Genocide

poster presentation at the Collegium Ramazzini conference on

“The Demise of Daubert in State Courts”

Mealey’s Emerging Toxic Torts, June 3, 2005

“The Furor over Junk Science: The Perspective of a Plaintiff’s Attorney”

8th Annual Meeting of the Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Committee,

American Bar Association, Sheraton Torrey Pines, La Jolla, CA, March 11-13, 1999

“The Statute of Limitations: Does CERCLA Preempt Jolly?”

“Third Party Toxic Tort Cases: What Every Applicant Attorney Should Know”

published in “CAAAments: The Voice of the California Applicants’ Attorneys Association,” in the October 2005 issue, pp. 30-31.

“Toxic Battery”

published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal, September 25, 1997

under the title “Contact Foul: Toxic Emissions May Subject Defendant to Battery Claim”