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Federal Judge Joseph R. Goodwin, Chief Judge of the Southern District of West Virginia, who is the judge handling all federal court Digitek litigation in the United States, has appointed partner James J. Pettit to the Plaintiff Steering Committee. Locks Law Firm LLC has filed a number of individual personal injury cases arising out of Digitek ingestion, as well as a class action for residents of New Jersey.

Partner, Jim Pettit, was elected as Secretary of the New Jersey State Bar’s Product Liability & Toxic Tort Section on May 14, 2009.

Thomas L. Gowen, a partner at the Locks Law Firm in Philadelphia, and a resident of Ardmore, Pennsylvania testified on Monday, May 18th before the Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate on the problems involved with bringing claims against foreign corporations who market dangerous and defective products in the United States.
In a hearing chaired by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Mr. Gowen explained that foreign imports of consumer goods have tripled over the past decade and are expected to triple again by 2015. (more…)

Partner, James J. Pettit, was the Moderator of a panel of New Jersey Mass Tort Judges on May 14, 2009 at the Annual Meeting of the New Jersey State Bar Association. Mr. Pettit recruited Judge Carol Higbee, Judge Ann McCormick and Judge Jamie Happas to speak on the issues of federal preemption, legal presumptions and punitive damages in the mass tort arena. The judges provided sophisticated insights and a wealth of experience in such mass torts as Vioxx, Asbestos, Prempro HRT, Fosamax, Accutane and many other mass torts assigned to them in their roles as New Jersey Mass Tort Judges. In addition to the judges’ formal presentations, there was a lively discussion between the mass tort lawyers in the audience and the panel of judges.