Product Liability Archive » December, 2008

Product Liability - December, 2008

124 articles

• EPA Should Scrutinize Phthalate Risks: Report
• Int'l Plaintiffs Appeal Dismissal From Aredia MDL
• Doctor To Back Off Drug Trials Amid Ethics Probe
• Former Sanlu Exec Pleads Guilty In Tainted-Milk Trial
• Hasbro Inc. Settles Easy-Bake Oven Suit
• CORRECTION: Actavis To Halt Production At 3 Plants
• Chinese Dairies To Pay $160M To Tainted-Milk Victims
• Abbott's Humira Ad Makes Unsupported Claims: FDA
• 9th Circ. Won't Reconsider Revival Of Gerber Case
• Fearing Oversize Pills, KV Freezes Pill Shipments
• Forest's $65M Settlement Over Antidepressants OK'd
• Diet Coke Plus Labels Make Misleading Claims: FDA
• Lilly Clashes With Valeant Over Permax Liability Costs
• 9 Defendants Dismissed From Prempro Suits
• NFL Appeals Injunction In Players' Suit Over Diet Pills
• Court Denies Class Certification In FEMA Trailer MDL
• Victims, Others File Suits Over Calif. Train Crash
• FDA Issues Top Recall For Stryker Cranial Implants
• Property Claims Tossed In BP Oil Pipeline Suit
• MillerCoors To Stop Selling Alcoholic Energy Drink
• Back To The Cradle: Calif. Green Chemistry Laws
• Court Reverses Wal-Mart Win In Fatal Blaze Case
• Mentor Prevails In 1st ObTape Product Liability Trial
• Judge Certifies Class In Honda Braking System Suit
• 11th Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of Taser Fracture Case
• Damages Reduced In Cardinal's $12.2M Suit V. Tyco
• Powers To Pay $16M To Settle Big Dig Cave-In Suits
• FDA Orders Suicide Warnings On Epilepsy Drugs
• Plaintiffs Must Exhaust Local Remedies: 9th Circ.
• Court Upholds Reversal Of $20.5M Tobacco Damages
• Oral Surgeon Sues Drill Maker Over Hearing Damage
• Bayer To Pay $18.5M To Settle Baycol Securities MDL
• Airborne Settles Multistate False Ad Probe For $7M
• Potato Grower's Claim Stands In BASF Herbicide Case
• Zonolite Claimants Seek Approval Of WR Grace Deal
• Whole Foods Off Hook In Aurora Milk MDL
• New Safety Law May Force Pool Closures
• Glaxo's Zinc-Containing Denture Cream Unsafe: Suit
• Customers Fight LendingTree Arbitration Clause
• Del Monte Sues For Release Of Detained Cantaloupe
• The State Of 'Take-Home' Toxic Torts
• High Court To Hear Travelers Asbestos Liability Case
• Judge OKs $4.5M Deal In Suit Over Choking Death
• Mattel, 39 States Strike $12M Deal In Lead Probe
• High Court OKs Use Of State Laws In Tobacco Suits
• Medtronic To Report Death Of InFuse User To FDA
• Healon D Maker Recalls Drug Over Inflammatory Toxin
• Senator Demands Details On Wyeth Journal Articles
• AA, United Liability Limited To $2.8B In WTC Case
• The Deputization Of State AGs Under CPSIA
• Injunction Extended in NFL Players' Suit Over Pills
• Flying Wii Remotes Targeted In Proposed Class Suit
• MTBE Judge Rebuffs Bid To Delay Trial
• FDA Weighs Lilly, Amgen Findings On Cancer Drugs
• Fla. High Court Keeps $545K Verdict Against Liggett
• No Causation In Human Tissue MDL: Judge
• Bowel Cleansers To Get Black Box Warning: FDA
• Cooper Tire Gets OK To Sue Attorneys For $184M
• Texas Appeals Court Makes U-Turn In Vioxx Case
• Warning Irrelevant In Zocor Case V. Merck: 9th Circ.
• Drug Industry Boosts Consumer Marketing Rules
• Preparing For Greater E-Waste Legislation
• Ground Zero Workers' Claims To Head To Trial
• Merck Fails To Force Trial Of Bellwether Fosamax Case
• Compliance Issues With 'Get The Lead Out' Law
• US Set To Finalize Meat Labeling Rule
• Nanotech Panel Faults US Risk Assessment Plan
• Bayer Gets Another Suit Dropped In Baycol MDL
• Potential Class Action Over Heat Pumps Moves Ahead
• Publix Off The Hook In Aurora Organic Milk MDL
• Plaintiffs' Irrelevant Elephant: NEISS Evidence
• Texas High Court Orders GE Asbestos Suit Dismissed
• Regulators Hit With $110M Suit Over Fluoride Pills
• 60,000 Bottles Added To StarCaps Diet Pill Recall
• General Mills Urged To Revise Yogurt Marketing
• WFN To Stop Touting 'Disease-Fighting' Supplements
• France Fined $13M For Shirking GMO Rules
• Hospira Recalls Potassium Chloride Over Mislabeling
• Morgan Lewis Snaps Up Seasoned Litigator
• Court Keeps 3 Claims Alive In Firestone Tire Suit
• Class Action Over Pepsi Bottled Water Dismissed
• Court Trims Damages In $3.75M Bic Lighter Suit
• WHO Calls For Stricter Melamine Limits
• Class Proposal Doesn't Stick In DuPont Teflon MDL
• Walgreen Recalls Teddy Bears For Melamine Risk
• GAO Calls For Coordinated Oversight Of GE Crops
• Welding Fume MDL Defendants End Tolling Deal
• Dow, Pharmacia Deny Liability For Superfund Site
• Device For Cardiac Bypass In Children Recalled
• Toy Cos. To Pay $1.8M To Settle Calif. Lead Claims
• Cases Mount Against Mentor Over Vaginal Implant
• Use Of Racial Slur Derails Florida Tobacco Trial
• NFL Players Union Sues League Over Diet Pill
• Judge Won't Enforce $100K Deal In Liver Failure Case
• Rite Aid Settles Expired Goods Probe For $1.3M
• 10th Circ. Revives Product Liability Suit V. Caterpillar
• Health Food Co. Selling Unauthorized Drugs: FDA Suit
• Nordstrom To Pay $60K For Selling Drawstring Clothes
• Conn. High Court Upholds Arbitration In Tobacco Spat
• Consumer Groups Sue CPSC To Enforce Phthalate Ban
• Bayer May Face Canadian Class Action Over Trasylol
• Carnival Sues Rolls-Royce For $100M Over Mermaid
• Unapproved Monsanto Cotton No Threat: Regulators
• Philip Morris Back In High Court Over $79M Damages
• Increased Risk Of Criminal Liability Under CPSIA
• Motor Coach, Bus Fire Plaintiffs Move To Mediation
• The Impact Of REACH On US Companies
• Preemption At Forefront Of Product Liability In 2009
• Guardsmen Accuse KBR Of Toxic Exposure
• Health Cases To Watch In 2009
• FAA Sued Over Air Traffic Directions
• Medtronic's Bone Graft Product Caused Death: Suit
• Product Liability Legislation To Watch In 2009
• Innohep Possibly Unsafe For Elderly Patients: FDA
• Hazardous Cargo Wasn't Marked As Such: Airline Suit
• Zurn Told To Provide Witness In Pipe Fittings MDL
• Court Upholds Dismissal Of Helicopter Crash Suit
• Ky. High Court Upholds $7.8M Verdict In Parlodel Suit
• Bioassays: A Foundation For Precautionary Principle
• Despite Melamine, Infant Formula Safe: FDA
• Zimmer Wins Summary Judgment In Implant Suit
• Plaintiff Granted Dismissal In Chantix Class Action
• NL Not Liable For Lead Cleanup Costs: Court
• Year-Old FDA Plan Spurs Food Safety Efforts