Product Liability Archive » September, 2007

Product Liability - September, 2007

143 articles

• Class Certified In Suit Over Alleged Airplane Defects
• Clinical Trial Patients Barely Protected By FDA: Study
• Asbestos Victims Want Quigley President Out
• Doll Stroller Becomes Latest Child Item Recalled
• FDA Orders Halt To Unapproved Cough-Suppressants
• House OKs Bill To Protect Popcorn Workers
• Play Yards Called Back Following Infant's Death
• President Bush Signs Drug User Fee Bill
• Judge OKs Metabolife's Ch. 11 Liquidation Plan
• Mattel Wants Stay As Ruling On Consolidation Nears
• Selco Joins Banks' Suit Against Fifth Third
• Bill Aims At Beefing Up Food, Product Safety
• Pharmacogenomics And The "Learned Intermediary"
• Mother Blasts Crib Company In Court
• No Federal Jurisdiction For Zyprexa Suit: Montana
• Punitive Damages Nixed In Accutane Suicide Case
• Drug Makers Prevail In Hormone Replacement Suit
• AstraZeneca Asks For More Discovery Time
• Novartis Accused Of Forum Shopping In Lamisil Case
• FDA Warns Consumers About Pain Drug
• AstraZeneca Wants Seroquel, Zyprexa Plaintiffs' Docs
• Becton Dickinson Balks At Discovery In Syringe MDL
• Cribs Recalled Over Two Years After Baby's Death
• Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Rezulin Case
• Parties Seek Stay In Pet Food MDL Pending Mediation
• TJX Settles Consumer Class Actions Over Data Breach
• House Bill Would Strengthen Food Import Laws
• Hogan & Hartson LLP
• Dutch Pension Fund Files Amended Suit Over Vioxx
• Guidant Fights Health-Care Providers' Appeal Attempt
• Judge Rejects Daimler Bid To Toss Suit Over Shooting
• PSEG, Verizon To Pay $306K To Settle Flood Suit
• Ford Asks For Mass Tort Designation Of Landfill Suits
• Environmental Guns Take Shot At Air Fresheners
• Accutane Trial To Begin Monday, As Planned
• Ninth Circuit Breathes New Life Into W.R. Grace Case
• Phillip Morris Urges Court To Toss Smoker's Case
• FDA Defends Delays Over Vioxx Documents
• Mediator Appointed Over Asarco Asbestos Claims
• Beryllium Sensitization May Be A Cognizable "Injury"
• Epstein Becker
• FDA Updates Warning Labels On Blockbuster Drugs
• House Approves FDA Drug User Fee Legislation
• Defibrillators Could Fail, Recall Warns
• Congress Grills CPSC, Mattel On Lead In Toys
• Dole Recalls Poisoned Lettuce
• Judge Greenlights Baycol Plaintiffs' Appeal
• Judge Schedules Hearing On Dana Cleanup Costs
• Asarco Asks Court To Toss $68M Texas Cleanup Claim
• Chrysler, Honda Recall Half A Million Cars
• FDA Claims Dirty Advertising Over P&G Sanitizer
• Paul Weiss
• Attorneys Seek To Sidestep Chevron's Sanctions Bid
• United Settles More 9/11 Passenger Cases
• California Car Pollution Suit A Political Issue: Judge
• Asbestos Plaintiffs Claim Time Is Running Out
• BP Settles Refinery Blast Suits Before Trial's End
• California Passes Cloned Food Labeling Bill
• Volkswagen Crash Victims Want Cases Merged
• Bayer Seeks Stay In Tainted Blood Products Suit
• Plaintiffs Seek More Info In Enviga Case
• Another Stand 'N Seal MDL Defendant Denies Liability
• Judge Dismisses Number Of Metabolife Suits
• Merck Balks At Class Bid In Fosamax Case
• Aredia Case Belongs In State Court: Magistrate Judge
• Snell & Wilmer
• Judge Nixes Glaxo's Bid To Strike Paxil Testimony
• New York Hits Merck With Another Vioxx Suit
• Pfizer Moves To Toss More Cases From Bextra MDL
• Class Certification Nixed In Welding Fumes Litigation
• NuvaRing Plaintiffs Battle Organon Over Jurisdiction
• Judge Rejects Lipodissolve Ban
• Amended Complaint Filed In Ford SCD Switch Case
• R.I. Proposes $2.4B Lead Paint Cleanup Plan
• Improper Use Of Fentora Can Be Deadly: Cephalon VP
• Foley Hoag
• Menu Foods Looks To Settle Pet Food MDL
• Honeywell To Pay $12M Over Worker's Death
• O'Melveny & Myers
• Brooklyn Oil Spill Bigger Than Imagined, EPA Finds
• BP Refinery Ignored Advice For Years: Blast Reports
• Plaintiffs Deny Desire For Seal In Aredia Case
• AstraZeneca Backs Up Call To Toss Seroquel Claims
• QVC Recalls Convection Ovens Over Fire Danger
• Before Settling, Guidant Plaintiffs Consider Appeal
• Firms Fight For Top Dog Status In Pet Food Litigation
• Two New Articles Add More Fuel To Avandia Fire
• Chadbourne & Parke
• Toy Problems May Not Be A "Made In China" Issue
• Airborne Suit Moved To Federal Court
• Pfizer Faces Swelling MDL Over Bextra, Celebrex
• U.S., China Work To Stop Lead Paint In Toys
• Judge Orders Honeywell To Give Up Documents
• NYC Law On Menu Labeling Struck Down
• Drinker Biddle Nabs 12 Lawyers From Miller Alfano
• Judge Mulls Plaintiffs' Bid To Alter Mirapex Suit
• U.S. Officials Call For Shift In Import Safety Controls
• Judge Ready To Approve Metabolife's Ch. 11 Plan
• AstraZeneca, Plaintiffs Spar Over Seroquel Expert
• Mayer Brown
• Plaintiffs' Lawyers In Odometer Case Seek $9.5M
• Faegre & Benson
• Judge OKs Settlement In Drug Securities Case
• Goodyear Must Turn Over Docs In Faulty Tire Case
• DOE Loses Bid To Toss Tribe's Claims For Cleanup
• Hollywood Widow Sues Hyatt Over Suicide Bombing
• Texas City Exec Denies Putting Profit Before Safety
• Pfizer Seeks Dismissal Of Another Bextra Suit
• DOJ Wants Time In Dana Superfund Liability Dispute
• Senators Urge Action On Microwave Popcorn Flavoring
• Banks Bid For Class Certification In TJX Suit
• Bayer, Others To Pay $15M To Clean Up Himco Site
• Abbott Warns Of Faulty Glucose Monitors
• Skadden Arps
• Judge Orders Plaintiffs To Respond In Accutane Case
• Eli Lilly Settles With Doctor Over Zyprexa Leaks
• Seroquel Plaintiffs Object To Dismissal Conversions
• Gas Legislation May Raise Pump Prices: FTC
• San Diego Diocese Pays $198M To Settle Abuse Cases
• Sanctions Urged In Celexa, Lexapro Case
• Going Gray? Putting An End To Illegal Marketing
• Novartis Rebuffs Claims In Aredia Case
• Court Puffs New Life Into Cigarette Class Action
• Judge Orders Vioxx Plaintffs To File Separate Claims
• Glaxo Seeks To Bar Testimony In Paxil Case
• "Big Dig" Co. Pleads Not Guilty To Manslaughter
• Crowell & Moring
• Nationwide Class For Vioxx Suit Rejected
• Some Claims Over Rhode Island Nightclub Fire Settled
• Bill Banning Chemical In Baby Toys Heads To Governor
• Pfizer Moves To Toss Fraud Claims In Mirapex Case
• Mattel Issues Another Recall Of Products From China
• Vinson & Elkins
• Switching Cholesterol Drugs May Be Fatal: Study
• BP Settles Another Suit Over Refinery Blast
• AstraZeneca Seeks More Dismissals In Seroquel Case
• Novartis Motion Is Wolf In Sheep's Clothing: Plaintiffs
• Chevron Alleges Obstruction Of Justice In Ecuador
• Saudi Binladin Group Denies Connection To 9/11
• Cessna Denies Fraud In "Illustrative" Icing Data
• Judge Siphons Off Funds For Aredia Attorneys
• Reed Smith
• Home Depot Denies Negligence In Ladder Suit