Product Liability Archive » April, 2009

Product Liability - April, 2009

169 articles

• Roche Unit Recalls Defective Insulin Pumps
• FDA Slaps Botox, Similar Toxins With MedWatch Alert
• How Healthy Is The Federal Preemption Defense?
• EU Bans Chemical Linked To Dermatitis Outbreaks
• Zyprexa MDL Class Wants Court To Name Doctors
• Parts Of Tort Law Unconstitutional: Ark. High Court
• Suit By Patients, Zurich Over Actimmune Tossed
• CPSC Issues Testing Protocols For Lead In Paint
• Reducing Discovery Costs With Rule 502
• EPA Raids Ill. Village Over Tainted Water Claims
• Tadalafil In Erectile Dysfunction Pills Sparks Recall
• 3rd Circ. Remands Preemption Cases V. GSK, Pfizer
• EPA Scientists, PR Clashed Over Libby Cleanup: Memo
• Grace Prosecutors Incompetent, Not Malicious: Judge
• Bill Would Stop Substandard Drywall At US Border
• With $1.7B Bid In Hand, Asarco Files 4th Plan
• Bill Seeks More FDA Scrutiny Of Foreign Medical Cos.
• FDA Says OTC Pain Pill Labels Must Be Revised
• McNeil Not At Fault In Infant Tylenol Death: Court
• Providers Hit Merck With Suit Over Vioxx
• Dozens Of States Probe Abilify Marketing
• Class Status Denied In Warranty Suit Against Learjet
• Conn.'s Non-Medicaid Claims Cut From Zyprexa MDL
• Tracking Labels Under The New CPSIA
• Toyota Recalls 39,000 Highlander Exhaust Clamps
• Alfalfa Sprouts Linked To Salmonella Outbreak
• Liberty Mutual Drags Sompo Into Duty To Defend Suit
• Crown Says Not Polluter Under La. Law
• Navy Widow Awarded $1.4M Over Asbestos Claims
• Okla. High Court Revives Ford Faulty Pedal Suit
• PetSmart, Others Sued Over Chemical In Flea Collars
• Green Litigation: Coming To A Courtroom Near You?
• Most Gov't Exhibits Rejected In Grace Asbestos Trial
• Merck-Medco Dropped From Vioxx ERISA Litigation
• Judge Refuses To Toss Nigerians' Suit Against Shell
• Plaintiffs Ask Court To Let WL Homes Suits Proceed
• Travelers Pulls Great American Into Defense Suit
• Chinese Drywall Suits Will Likely Breed Many Claims
• 2 Hunton Litigation Partners Head To White & Case
• Nigerians Too Poor To Pay Chevron's Costs: Judge
• Costco To Convert Gas Pumps In Hot Fuel MDL Deal
• Cessna Loses Bid For Attys' Fees in De-Icing Suit
• EPA Probe Shouldn't Hold Up Chrysler Suit: Judge
• Asbestos Litigation Trends In The US
• Insurers Trim Pentair's $30M Indemnity Suit
• Brazilians Target Eli Lilly, Others Over Toxic Waste
• Shipyard Workers Awarded $14M In Asbestos Suits
• Universal ABC Recalls Diet Pills Over Sibutramine
• Montrose Insurer Rails Against $6M Latham Fees
• DuPont, Others To Offer Deals In Hanford Case: Atty
• Sanofi Whistleblower Suit Survives Bid To Dismiss
• Calif.'s Sophisticated User Doctrine
• Termination Fee Plaintiff Wants Lawyer Sanctioned
• Asbestos MDL Plaintiffs Ordered To Amend Suits
• Is Nanotechnology The Next Asbestos?
• Homeowners Seek Class Cert. In Faulty Plumbing Suit
• 3rd Circ. Revives Liability Suit Over Girl's Lost Foot
• Crane To Pay $18M To Settle 'Lumpy' RV Suit
• Paralyzed Driver's Claims Against JB Hunt Revived
• Retroactivity In The Medical Device Safety Act
• Guidant Fights 3rd-Party Payors' Class Action Appeal
• Prudential Insurer Loses Cert Bid In Asbestos Case
• Biomet Targeted In DOJ's Bone Growth Device Probe
• Kellogg, FTC Settle Over Brain-Boosting Cereal Ads
• Supreme Court Rejects Jailed Fen-Phen Atty's Appeal
• Mercury In Tuna Class Action Not Out Of The Water
• The Growth Of 'Green' Claims
• E&O Spat Over CSX-Peirce Battle Heads To W.Va.
• Texas Sen. Backs Lower Bar For Mesothelioma Claims
• Trasylol Plaintiffs Fight Bayer For 'Privileged' Docs
• Ill. High Court Hands Weil-McLain Win In Asbestos Suit
• VW Wins Import Duty Allowance For Emissions Fixes
• 'Cut-And-Paste' Suit Over Bumbo Seats Tossed
• CPSC Votes To Delay Lead Rules For Kids' ATVs
• Coverage May Be Tricky For Food Recalls: Lawyers
• 'Separate Disease' Rule Applies In Asbestos Suit: Ct.
• Tight Pants Theory Doesn't Fly In Suit Over Enviga
• Court OKs Deal Valued At $61M Over Faulty GM Parts
• Judge Won't Reconsider Duty-To-Defend Bid V. Attys
• Essex Must Defend Smelly Carpet Suit: 1st. Circ.
• DOJ Subpoenas Smith & Nephew Over Exogen
• Texas Court Revives Prempro Case V. Wyeth
• KV Faces Class Action Over Recalled Generic Toprol
• Wilson Elser Asbestos Guru Hops To Littleton Joyce
• Lyondell Can Pay MTBE Settlement Share: Judge
• Award To Printer, Insurer Upped In Liability Case
• Minn. Reaches Deals With Bridge Collapse Victims
• $302M Settles DOJ Probe Into Shoddy Quest Test Kits
• Sen. Asks CPSC Head To Resign Over Tainted Drywall
• Comcast To Pay $16M To Resolve File-Sharing MDL
• Bayer Agrees To Settle Some Contrast Dye Suits
• NJ Plaintiffs Seek Insurance Info In Lyondell Case
• Expert Testimony Blocked In St. Croix Class Action
• WR Grace Seeks Witness Exchanges In Asbestos Suit
• Massey Unit Plea Deal Over Fire OK'd Amid Protests
• Magnetix Toy Maker To Pay $1M CPSC Penalty
• Conn. Jumps On Anti-Bisphenol A Bandwagon
• FDA Takes Step Toward Allowing ANDAs For Zometa
• Chrysler Wins $47.7M In Suit Over Defective Parts
• Move For Interlocutory Appeal Denied In Reglan Case
• Nationwide Off Hook For CPB Contract Spat: 3rd Circ.
• Teleflex Balloon Pump Catheters In Class I Recall
• GM Recalls 1.5M Vehicles Over Engine Oil Leak
• Schiff Hardin Signs On Cerussi Mass Tort Partner
• Firm Agrees Not To Use Secret Sherwin-Williams Info
• Costs From Faulty GE Part Can Be Recouped: Court
• Expert In Cancer Suit OK Despite Court Errors: Judge
• Enviro Claims Added To Asbestos Reinsurance Fight
• Milberg Takes Lead Spot In Nvidia GPU Class Action
• Akin Gump Lands Seasoned Litigator From Greenberg
• Subclasses Denied In 'Vista Capable' Suit V. Microsoft
• Cessna May Face Punitive Damages In MDL: Judge
• TIG Can Amend Suit Over Asbestos Reinsurance
• Ex-Massey Foreman Pleads Guilty After Fire Deaths
• Ford Can Probe Juror Misconduct In SUV Suit: Court
• Can Safety Be An Option? Yes, No, Maybe
• EPA Seeks Time To Mull Rule On Dry Clean Chemical
• State Bills Attack Texas High Court Asbestos Ruling
• Judge Mulls Vioxx Attys' Challenge To Fee Cap
• Cessna MDL Judge Nixes Bid To Unseal Secret Docs
• Deaths Prompt Genentech To Pull Psoriasis Drug
• Bayer Gets Two More Baycol Plaintiffs Tossed
• DuPont Launches Attack On $400M Zinc Smelter Ruling
• FDA To Review Classification Of 25 Class III Devices
• Drugmakers' Google Links Draw Wrath Of FDA
• Flaming Chicken Boxes Prompt KFC To Sue Supplier
• New Trial Ordered In $9M Ford 'Illusory Park' Case
• Ex-White House Counsel Moves Back To Morgan Lewis
• Hotel Cos. Fight Insurer Over Policy's Fungi Exclusion
• Home Depot Defective Plywood Claims Mostly Tossed
• Sherwin-Williams Sues Motley Rice Over Secret Docs
• Bellwether Trial Set In Katrina Trailer Toxins MDL
• Jury Orders Fen-Phen Attorneys To Disgorge $30M
• CPSC Fines TJ Maxx, Others $1M Over Drawstrings
• Lilly, Plaintiff Group Settle Zyprexa MDL Claims
• No Bifurcation For Zurich Claims In $7.4M Mine Suit
• Lost Baggage Suit V. British Airways Gets Green Light
• Drug Co. Manager Pleads Guilty To Bextra Charges
• Plaintiff Seeks Class Cert. In Telemarketing Suit
• As Other Firms Shrink, Lanier Adds 6 New Lawyers
• More Suits Filed Over Minn. Bridge Collapse
• Insurer Cites Pollution In Toxic Oil Vessel Class Action
• Cert. Denied For 2 Classes In Lead Mine Pollution Suit
• Pfizer Buries Hatchet With Nigerian State
• Welding Rod Makers Lose Bid For New Trial In Miss.
• Sperm Bank Subject To Strict Liability Claim: Judge
• Judge Refuses To Oust Farmers' Suit V. US, DuPont
• Class Action Over Stalled AA Flight Grounded
• Northrop Settles Qui Tam Suit For $325M
• Jury Convicts Fen-Phen Lawyers In Fraud Case
• FDA Eyes Heart Risks Of Proposed Lundbeck Drug
• Canada's High Court Rules On Parallel Class Actions
• CPSC Head Denies Bid For ATV Lead Exemption
• House Bill Targets Chinese-Made Drywall
• Medtronic Judge Won't Reconsider Recusing Himself
• Bill Would Make Competition For Pharma Sales Reps
• New State Product Labeling Laws: Preempted?
• 9th Circ. Seeks Calif. High Court's Help In Smoker Suit
• CPSC Head Beseeches Obama To Fill Vacancy
• Bill To Give FDA Control Over Tobacco Passes House
• No Class Cert. In ABS Brakes Suit Against GM
• 3rd Circ. Largely Reverses Asbestos Insurance Ruling
• CPSC Issues Rhino ATV Recall Over Rollover Concerns
• Plane Crash MDL Outside US Jurisdiction: TACA
• Bill May Keep Lead, Phthalates On Shelves Longer
• CPSC Staff Denies Bid For ATV Lead Exemption
• Insurer Off Hook For Pilgrim's Pride Settlement
• Allstate Loses Bid To Toss Wyeth Coverage Spat
• Kasowitz Lures 5 New Partners To Start Miami Office