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Attorneys for Texaco Inc. argued Monday that no evidence showed the oil company was responsible for ailments of children born to five women who claimed they were exposed to leaded gasoline fumes. Texaco, now part of Chevron, asked the Mississippi …

Members of an Australian class action lawsuit who blame a German pharmaceutical company’s anti-morning sickness drug, Thalidomide, for causing birth defects won the right on Monday to have their case heard in their own country. German drugmaker Grunenthal had requested …