Product Liability Archive » July, 2008

Product Liability - July, 2008

154 articles

• Arco Faces Suit Over Mont. Superfund Site
• FDA Warns Baxter On Hemophilia Drug Promotion
• House Passes CPSC Overhaul Bill
• FDA Orders Stronger Warn Labels For Anemia Drugs
• Judge Denies Class Cert. In Katrina Reinsurance Case
• FDA Warns Against Mexican Serrano Peppers
• LG Electronics Loses Bid To Toss Toxic Fridge Claims
• 9th Circ. Affirms Judgment In DVT Airlines MDL
• Riegel V. Medtronic: Better Off Without It?
• FDA Seizes $24M In Unapproved Drugs From KV
• Garment Workers Lose $437M Toxic Dust Claims
• State-Created Public Entity Is Not A 'Citizen': 4th Circ.
• Paralegal Claims Ex-Employer Is 'Sexual Predator'
• Meat, Produce Retailers To Disclose Food's Origins
• BP's Texas Refinery Still Hazardous, Expert Says
• Chrysler To Fight $13M Punitive Damages Award
• Sprint Could Pay $73M In Early Termination Fee Case
• Maritime Co. Hit With Class Actions Over Oil Spill
• Lawmakers Strike Deal On CPSC Overhaul Bill
• Judge Smacks Down L'Oreal Lipstick Class Action
• Judge Rejects New Notice For Digitek Patients
• Ohio Appeals Court Rejects Popcorn Lung Appeal
• Whirlpool Takes Hit In Faulty Fridge Case
• Case Targeting BMW Transmissions Moves Forward
• $422M MTBE Deal Made 'In Good Faith': Judge
• State Farm Fights Scrugges' Bid To Shield Testimony
• 2nd Circ. Affirms FDA Injunction Decision
• EU Product Liability Directive's Statute Of Limitations
• Judge Tosses Preempted Claims From Aredia Suits
• Court OKs $13M Punitive Award In Chrysler Case
• Lawyers In Guidant Case Ask For Higher Fee
• Payout Rates Slashed For Litigators In Medtronic MDL
• Suit Seeks To Ban EPA Approval Of Toxic Pesticide
• Suit Claims AT&T Caller ID Does Not ID All Callers
• Prosecutor Asks To Drop Last Scruggs Charges
• Tobacco Accords Don't Violate Sherman Act: 10th Circ.
• Judge Cites Cert Grant In Keeping Lexapro Cases Alive
• Calif. High Court To Review Contingency Fee Dispute
• Chevron Gets Some Claims Tossed In Nigeria Case
• Feds Seize Erectile Dysfunction Drugs
• Suit Alleges Teva's Pergolide Damaged Heart Valves
• Shipping Co. Faces Criminal Charges For Oil Spill
• Regulatory And Govt. Affairs Practice: WilmerHale
• Lawmakers Attack DOL's Workplace Toxins Rule
• 1 Of 3 Claims In T-Mobile Suit Headed To Arbitration
• ConAgra Peanut Butter Plaintiffs Denied Class Status
• Kentucky Prison Awaits Scruggs' Arrival
• Lawyers Debate Value Of 'Lone Pine' Orders
• Judge Abused Discretion In Honda Class Cert: 9th Circ.
• Regulators Conclude Merck's Gardasil Is Safe
• Honeywell To Pay $3M In Air Quality Settlement
• Sen. Criticizes FDA For Salmonella In Peppers
• Appeals Court Nixes Philip Morris Punitive Damages
• Some Claims Tossed In Faulty HVAC Valve Dispute
• Fedders Fights Bid To Approve Suit Over Boy's Death
• GSK Snags Former FDA General Counsel Dan Troy
• BP Settles With 4 More Plaintiffs In Texas City Case
• La. Judge Orders $264M Payday From Tobacco Cos.
• EPA Gets Heat Over Proposed Waste Permit
• FDA Warns Anika About 'Adulterated' Devices
• Sara Lee To Update Stale Labels On Bread Bags
• Union Pacific Settles Storrie Fire Suit For $102M
• Baxter Wins Judgment In Failure-To-Warn Case
• New Study Adds Vytorin Woes For Merck, Schering
• Biota, GSK Settle Relenza Marketing Suit For $19.5M
• No Compensation For Arvin Worker's Disease: Judge
• Under Deal, Judge Tosses $946M Marcal Claim
• Comcast Hit With Suit Alleging It Blocks P2P Sharing
• Judge Approves Latest American Airlines 9/11 Deal
• Paxil Preemption Ruling Reversed In Indiana
• Lawsuit Filed Over LyondellBasell Crane Collapse
• Bayer CropScience Faces 2 More Modified-Rice Suits
• Asarco Wants Asbestos Claimants Committee
• Ford Ranger's Design Defects Fatal: Rollover Suit
• Product Liability Practice: DLA Piper
• Jury Clears J&J, Motrin For Girl's Blindness
• Georgia-Pacific Not Liable For N.J. Cleanup: Judge
• Inchoate Toxic Injury: Lessons For Defense Counsel
• MTBE Case Against Sunoco Can Proceed: Judge
• House To Probe FDA Knowledge Of Ranbaxy Fraud
• Merck's Vioxx Payouts To Begin In August
• Advanced Bionics Pays $1.1M To Settle With FDA
• Wyeth Reverses Course, Settles Prempro Suit
• Suit Against Katrina Insurers To Go On
• EPA Report Highlights Impacts Of Climate Change
• Senate To Mull High Court's Limiting Of Damages
• New Mexico Rebuked Over Discovery In Zyprexa Case
• Senate, House Lawmakers OK Items In CPSC Bill
• DOJ Slow To Shield Lawyer-Client Privilege: Senator
• Exxon To Fight $448M In Oil Spill Interest
• Judge Denies Raytheon's Stay Bid In Fla. Toxin Case
• N.J. Packagers Are Link In Acutrim Liability Chain
• Judge To Consider Challenge To $50M BP Deal
• Hezbollah Victims Sue Two Banks For $650M
• New Study Hints At More Fosamax Problems
• FDA Warns Avastin May Cause Anemia
• D.C. Circ. Rejects FBI Informant's Tort Suit
• Ranbaxy Denies DOJ Allegations Over Audits
• N.J. Court Dismisses Hormone Therapy Lawsuit
• Lipsig Shapey Sexual Harassment Case Dismissed
• Lawyer To Plead Guilty In Milberg Kickback Case
• Sides Bicker Over Bifurcation In Mirapex Case
• The Exxon Valdez Decision And Punitive Damages
• 7th Circ. Drops Sanctions Against Expert In Tire Case
• Firm Wants Higher Contingency Fee In Guidant MDL
• USDA To List Stores Receiving Bad Meat
• The Last Word On Drug Preemption?
• Product Liability Lawyers Less Happy Than Peers
• Cases Added To MDL Over Tainted Heparin
• Actavis Hit With Class Action Over Digitek
• Consent Decree Upheld In Maine Contamination
• Ford Wins Rollover Review From Calif. High Court
• Ford Will Face Suit For Misleading Truck Owners
• Pharmaceutical Industry Revises Code Of Conduct
• FTC Likely To Send Cigarette-Rating Test Up In Smoke
• Suit Claims Botox Caused Injuries, Deaths
• Asarco Reaches $16.8M Settlement Over Idaho Site
• Verizon To Pay $21M Over Early Termination Fees
• Greyhound To Name Tire Inspectors In Crash Suit
• Exxon Valdez Victims Owed $500M In Interest: Filing
• Efforts To Curb Arbitration Are Gaining Momentum
• Judge Tosses $27M Award In Prempro Case
• Six Plaintiffs Settle In BP Texas City Case
• Judge Refuses To Toss Puerto Rico's MTBE Claims
• Nebraska Beef Slow To React To Tainted Meat: USDA
• Delta Off The Hook In Comair 2006 Crash
• No Proven Links Between Eczema Drug, Cancer: Judge
• Alaska Court Reinstates Greenpeace Captain Verdict
• Chains Sue Over San Francisco's Nutrition Label Law
• Bristol-Myers Agrees To Clean Air Act Upgrades
• The 'Sophisticated User Doctrine' In California
• FDA Urges Warning For Cipro, Other Antimicrobials
• Judge Inclined To OK Zyprexa Class, Urges Settling
• Sony Hit With Class Action Over Defective Laptops
• USDA Must Revisit Rule On Canadian Beef Imports
• Ciba Faces Chemical Contamination Claims
• Comair Plane Crash Lawsuit Is Pared Down Again
• Kroger, Nebraska Beef Face Suit Over Tainted Beef
• Governor Files Amicus Brief In DuPont Appeal
• Scruggs' Son Jailed For 14 Months In Bribery Case
• Continental To Face Manslaughter Charges In France
• Panel Recommends More Testing for Diabetes Drugs
• Cheap Wood Caused Toxic FEMA Trailers: Study
• Jury Lets One Fen-Phen Lawyer Off The Hook
• Pfizer Wins Dismissal Of 4 Claims From Celebrex Suit
• Boston Archdiocese Sues Whirlpool For Faulty Fridge
• Chart Maker Absolved In Kentucky Plane Crash
• Bone Fusing Products Pose Risk, FDA Says
• High Court Won't Stay Ruling On BP Blast Plea
• District Court OKs ACandS' Asbestos-Related Plan
• Paint Makers Not Liable For Lead: R.I. High Court
• Plaintiffs Battle For Lead Role In Vytorin ERISA Suit
• Plaintiffs' Expert Can Tout MTBE's Dangers: Judge
• Court Won't Uproot Bayer In GMO Rice MDL