UM Grace Case

Backed by an array of colorful charts, lead defense attorney for W.R. Grace Co., David Bernick systematically worked to pick apart the government’s case.  Bernick’s closing argument Wednesday afternoon focused on what he insisted was the prosecution’s lack of credibility.
“The whole case, a politically driven case, is tainted,” Bernick said. “Has the government been credible [...]

It is still up in the air whether Robert Locke’s testimony will be allowed to stand. Judge Donald Molloy explained Wednesday morning that he will put off ruling on whether the testimony should be stricken, a request made in the face of allegations that Locke perjured himself on the witness stand. Molloy had stern [...]

  When court resumes Wednesday morning in the W.R. Grace trial, Judge Donald Molloy will have made a final decision on whether to allow Robert Locke’s testimony regarding two Grace executive meetings in 1986. Testimony about the meetings, which were about a proposed new regulatory standard, raised vigorous objections from defense lawyers after the jury [...]

  The testimony of former Grace employee Robert Locke continued Monday afternoon with Locke concluding the animal tests were a concern to him as they “contained adverse developments compared with other studies.”
“I believe there should have been a conversation with Dr. Smith on these concerns.  I do not believe that I am misreading anything,” Locke [...]

   The defense continued analyzing the data and letters associated with the 1970s study conducted by chemist and former W.R. Grace employee Heyman Duecker in the W.R. Grace trial Wednesday morning .
The cross-examination came from defense attorney David Krakoff, who represents Henry Eschenbach.  He focused his questions on establishing the processes that went into getting [...]

A week filled with mild hostility and objections from both sides came to a close on Thursday afternoon with a heated exchange between lead defense attorney David Bernick and Kris McLean, attorney for the U.S. government.  The only witness to take the stand this week was Dr. Aubrey Miller, but the government witness’s testimony and conflicts over [...]

Lawyers hit their first stumbling block Friday afternoon when they finally had a chance to ask Judge Molloy questions after the lunch recess.  At the top of the defendants’ concerns was the ambiguity of the chart Molloy designed to help jurors wade through the trial’s facts and evidence.
The defense expressed apprehension about Molloy’s decision to [...]