http://www.law360.com/productliability Latest articles for: Product Liability Copyright 2012 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:56:09 +0000 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308571 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308571 Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP hit the national scene a half-century ago as a top-flight defender of companies' products, and it maintains that status today as the home of the largest collection of product liability attorneys in the legal landscape. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:50:38 +0000 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308881 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308881 BMW of North America LLC will pay $3 million in civil fines for not reporting safety defects connected to certain 2010 motorcycle and vehicle recalls quickly enough, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:39:59 +0000 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308707 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308707 A Kentucky federal judge on Friday agreed to drop Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. from six cases in multidistrict litigation accusing the generics maker and others of concealing health risks associated with recalled painkillers Darvocet and Darvon, but rejected an attempt to stall the prosecution of two related cases. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:14:43 +0000 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308490 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308490 A California appeals court on Thursday affirmed a $10 million asbestos case verdict against Lone Star Industries Inc., rejecting the company's argument that the verdict should be tossed because the asbestos exposure occurred in a so-called federal enclave that was not subject to California law. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:05:02 +0000 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308773 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308773 A federal judge declined Friday to trim a putative class action alleging Koppers Inc., Beazer East Inc. and McClellan Logging Inc. are liable for pollution from a Gainesville, Fla., wood treatment plant, ruling claims brought by nearby property owners are properly stated under a Florida environmental law. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:43:19 +0000 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308832 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308832 The U.S. Department of Justice sued Dallas-based pharmaceutical company ApotheCure Inc. and charged its owner on Friday over shipments of allegedly mislabeled colchicine that prosecutors say led to three deaths. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:17:35 +0000 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308701 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308701 American Suzuki Motor Corp. is recalling about 1,400 motorcycles, after learning that brake lights on the vehicles could potentially fail, raising the chances of rear-end collisions, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:04:38 +0000 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308714 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308714 The victim of a botched knee surgery appealed the dismissal of her negligence suit against Genzyme Corp. on Monday, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider whether medical manufacturers should be held accountable for the way doctors use — or misuse — manufacturers' products. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:36:54 +0000 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308376 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308376 Three senators urged the White House Office of Management and Budget on Thursday to release a rule from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on post-market medical device tracking that has been under review for over seven months. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:21:57 +0000 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308408 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308408 A putative class action filed Thursday claims American Honda Motor Co. Inc. failed to address power window problems that can leave multiple models' side windows stuck open, saying Honda would only replace the failed mechanisms with the same defective parts. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:40:38 +0000 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/307319 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/307319 Law360's ranking of the firms with the largest product liability practice groups shows size is not everything when it comes to product liability defense, with some of the most renowned firms in the area boasting comparatively small groups. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:55:56 +0000 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308485 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308485 The maker of ReJuv skin cream was slapped with a class action in California on Wednesday claiming the company engaged in “snake oil salesmen” tactics to hawk the product as a reducer of wrinkles. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:56:53 +0000 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308561 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308561 Nissan North America Inc. said Friday it would recall 39,000 2012 Versas in the U.S. and Canada after learning drivers could shift from park without their feet on the brake pedal, raising the risk of a crash. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:35:21 +0000 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308484 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308484 A Louisiana federal judge on Thursday granted BP PLC's request to exclude evidence of prior oil refinery accidents and spills from the upcoming trial in multidistrict litigation over the Deepwater Horizon spill. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:19:42 +0000 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308174 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308174 Volvo Trucks North America is recalling more than 20,000 trucks equipped with traction-control valves the parts' maker says can leak in subzero temperatures, activating truck brakes and potentially causing a crash or fire, federal officials said Thursday. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:57:16 +0000 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308253 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308253 The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on Thursday declined to join 13 lawsuits dealing with allegedly defective plumbing components, saying the dissimilarity of the claims and case management challenges outweighed the benefits of centralization. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:38:04 +0000 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308357 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308357 The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission proposed new safety protections for infant swings to prevent injuries to babies and young children, according to a Federal Register notice to be published Friday. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:04:31 +0000 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308117 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308117 Two Jeep owners filed a putative class action against Chrysler Group LLC in New Jersey federal court Thursday, alleging sunroofs in a variety of Chrysler models are defective and prone to leaking, but that the company won't fix them under warranty. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:58:14 +0000 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308366 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308366 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sought to convince a Washington federal judge Thursday that a group of death row prisoners lacks standing to ask the agency to stop allowing the importation of unapproved sodium thiopental, which is used to help carry out executions. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:09:58 +0000 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308086 http://www.law360.com/productliability/articles/308086 A former Citigroup Inc. director sued Abbott Laboratories Inc. in New York on Wednesday over the company's alleged failure to warn her and her doctor about the cancer risks associated with Humira, saying the drug wrecked her health and career.