Product Liability Archive » May, 2009

Product Liability - May, 2009

160 articles

• Insurer-Funded Ch. 11s Not Always Win-Win
• Lawmakers Unveil Revamped Food Safety Bill
• Centocor's Simponi May Cause Fatal Infections: FDA
• CPSC Chief Nancy Nord To Step Down
• Conn. Bans Bisphenol A In Children's Products
• New Lexapro Class Action Can't Tag Onto MDL
• Transforming Tort Liability Into Criminal Liability
• Jury Can Consider Comair Punitive Damages: Judge
• Jaguar Land Rover Told To Pay Paralyzed Man $21.1M
• Skinner Ch. 11 Must Convert To Ch. 7: Judge
• Bailout For Calif. Class Action Plaintiffs Bar
• NFL Tries To Ditch Players' Claims In StarCaps Suit
• Whistleblower Claims Over Lipitor Marketing Tossed
• Bid To Revive $12M Bad Faith Suit V. AIU Fails
• Goodyear Seeks Sanctions In Greyhound Crash Suit
• Q&A With Seyfarth's Philip Comella
• Q&A With Reed Smith's Michael Brown
• Lead Plaintiff Chosen In Medtronic Securities Suit
• Q&A With McGuireWoods' Jim Neale
• Playtex Wins Discovery Stay In Bottle Defect Suit
• Q&A With Seyfarth's Jay Connolly
• Q&A With Greenberg Traurig's Lori Cohen
• Q&A With Mayer Brown's Michael Olsen
• 1st Seroquel Trial Plaintiff Fails To Prove Causation
• Judge Delays Shell Trial Over Nigerian Deaths
• Q&A With Weil Gotshal's Arvin Maskin
• Q&A With Debevoise & Plimpton's Mark Goodman
• High Court To Hear Merck Bid In Vioxx Class Action
• 'Welcome Mat' For Calif. Consumer Class Actions?
• Q&A With McDermott's Michael Pope
• Exxon Wins Dismissal Of Field Trip Injury Suit
• Q&A With Latham & Watkins' Robert Howard
• Q&A With King & Spalding's Andy Bayman
• Q&A With Gibson Dunn's Jeffrey Dintzer
• High Court Lets Stand $13M Award V. Chrysler
• Q&A With Hunton & Williams' David Craig Landin
• FDA Puts The Kibosh On Distracting Drug Ads
• Q&A With O'Melveny & Myers' Richard Goetz
• Q&A With Mayer Brown's Daniel Ring
• Insurer Told To Hand Over Docs In Asbestos Spat
• DC Circ. Upholds Most Of Decision V. Big Tobacco
• Good Faith Claim Dropped From Fidelity, Ford Suit
• Katrina Victims Lose Out In Bid For Class Cert.
• Asbestos Claimants Want Asarco Plan Nixed
• Lawmakers Seek Funds For New Food Safety School
• Samsung's Jitterbug Phones Recalled Over 911 Glitch
• Secrets Of Success For Today's Summer Associates
• Insurance Disputes Over Aurora Organic Milk Merged
• Kraft Lied About Hot Dog Taste Test Results: Sara Lee
• Changes To FCA Increase Contractor Liability
• White House Steps Back From Federal Preemption
• Misconduct Suit Stayed In Fight Over Austria Train Fire
• Motor Boat Action Hits Shoals Over Triability Issues
• Product Safety In The Time Of Recession
• Bill To Limit Product Liability For Sellers Reintroduced
• Q&A With Goodwin Procter's Ken Parsigian
• Seroquel Docs Implicate AstraZeneca Execs: Attys
• Exxon Owes At Least $3M But Can Wait To Pay: Judge
• Thompson Hine Atty Ousted From Asbestos Spat
• Court Pares Claims Over Magnetix Toy Maker Merger
• Delta-T Sues Manufacturer Over Faulty Parts, Delays
• Baby Care Cos. Face Action Over Unlisted Toxins
• Sens. Push To Bring Tobacco Under FDA Oversight
• DirecTV Customers Sue Over Contract Extensions
• Judge Blasts Plaintiffs' Lawyer In Guidant MDL
• Judge Bars Some Evidence From Comair Crash Case
• NC House Votes Down Contributory Negligence Rule
• High Court Won't Hear Railway Act Challenge
• FDA Inquiry Spurs Lawsuit Against Cheerios Maker
• Tweak To Food Act Would Extend Nutrition Labeling
• 3rd Parties Again Denied Class Cert. In Neurontin Suit
• Calif. Clarifies Class Burdens In Post-Prop 64 Suit
• Analysis Before Action Urged On Chinese Drywall
• Drywall Cases Could Hinge On Pollution Clause
• Pfizer To Pay $75M In Nigerian Meningitis Case
• Smithfield May Be Liable For Swine Flu: Suit
• Cartoon Camel Ad Violated Tobacco Deal: Pa. Court
• HP Yanks Notebook Batteries Due to Fire Hazard
• Mass. Approves Tough Calorie-Labeling Rules
• Skadden Snags O'Melveny Attys For Litigation Group
• Greenberg Lures Goldberg Kohn Litigation Vet
• FDA Warns Sanofi Over Taxotere Marketing Claims
• Expert Witness Can't Testify in Zyprexa MDL: Judge
• Insurer On Hook For SC Hotel's Legionella Defense
• Medtronic Execs Shake Off Shareholder's Claims
• Claims Against Glock Over 1999 Rampage Disarmed
• Ex-Navy Serviceman Wins $12.1M Asbestos Verdict
• DOJ Slipups In Grace, Stevens May Be Tip Of Iceberg
• Parents Target Lilly's Strattera In Negligence Suit
• New Bill Calls For EPA Probe Of Drugs In Waterways
• 8th Circ. Last Hope For Medtronic MDL Plaintiffs
• 2nd Class Cert. Upheld In Contamination Suits V. Dow
• Teflon MDL Shuts Down After Class Cert. Appeal Fails
• Vt. High Court Says Pets Not Family In Eyes Of Law
• Biomet Reaches Deals In 24 W.Va. Negligence Suits
• 'Each And Every Exposure' Theory — Enough
• EPA Revokes Carbofuran Uses Over Safety Concerns
• Plaintiffs Lose Bid For Judgment In Vioxx ERISA MDL
• Merck Seeks To Boot Fosamax Plaintiffs, Experts
• Small Business Says CPSIA Rules Burdensome
• Conn. Mulls Bill To Make Restaurants Post Calories
• US House Lawmakers Weigh Bill To Overturn Riegel
• Suit Against Chavez Says Citgo Aided Terrorists
• Volvo Loses Bid For Sanctions In Faulty Truck Suit
• Plaintiffs Add Damages Claims To Bayer Aspirin Suit
• Making The Most Of Rule Of Evidence 502
• WR Grace, Execs Acquitted In Criminal Asbestos Trial
• 8 Simple Rules For A Successful Direct Exam
• Big Dig Contractor Pleads Guilty In Tunnel Accident
• Calif. Vioxx Users Denied Class Status
• FDA Calls For Black Box Warnings On AndroGel, Testim
• Hamas Bomb Victims Added To Suit Against Arab Bank
• The UK Rejection Of US-Style Class Actions
• SC Wins Return Of Seroquel Suit To State Court
• Enhanced Recall Regulations Under CPSIA
• Testimony Tying Suicide, Pfizer Epilepsy Drug OK'd
• Plaintiffs Get Burned In McDonald's French Fry MDL
• Dell, HP, Apple Users Consolidate Claims V. Nvidia
• Are We Hiring A Justice Or Playing Politics?
• Riegel Preempts Conn. Defibrillator Suit: Court
• Federal Judge Laments Condition Of Class Action
• FDA Asks For $510M To Tighten Food, Drug Safety
• Hydroxycut Class Actions Filed In Mass., Ala.
• Paint Sprayer Cos. Not Liable For Burns: 6th Circ.
• 1st Circ. Revives Suit V. DaimlerChrysler
• Chemical Manufacturers, Users: Ready For GHS?
• CORRECTED: Jury Finds Ford Not Liable For Deadly Crash
• Biosite Inc. Recalls Cardiac Marker Test
• Preemption Pivotal To Medical Device Sector: Paper
• Chevron's NY Shareholders Leery Of Ecuador Outcome
• SC Hospital To Appeal Cert. Denial In Suit V. Grace
• Lilly Loses Bid To Force Discovery In Zyprexa MDL
• FDA Warns P&G Over Contamination Risk At Plant
• NJ, Synthes Settle Over Financial Disclosures
• Obama Taps CPSC Nominees, Seeks More Funding
• FDA Tells Baxter To Tone Down Tisseel Marketing
• 3rd Circ. Remands AstraZeneca Preemption Case
• Covington Hires Food And Drug Co-Chair From FDA
• Iowa High Court Backs Atty Fine Over Frivolous Action
• Fox Rothschild Lands Ulmer & Berne Class Action Pro
• SC To Weigh State Law's Use In Federal Class Suits
• Nonparties Can't Help Class In Sanofi Suit: Judge
• Conn.'s Deposition Requests Limited In Zyprexa MDL
• Rheinmetall Plays Jurisdiction Card In Apartheid MDL
• 5th Circ. Rejects Katrina Case Against Private Firms
• 1st Circ. Returns Kash N' Karry Action To Fla. Court
• A Warning About Failure To Warn
• The Significance Of Travelers V. Bailey
• Hydroxycut Linked To Liver Damage, 1 Death: FDA
• 5th Circ. Clears Engineers In $300M Texaco Suit
• CPSC Probes Ties Between Drywall, Health Issues
• Court Battle Fires Up In W.Va. Coal Waste Actions
• Insurers, Plaintiffs Bar Keep Keen Eye On Nano-Boom
• Grace Tries To Quash Libby Claimants' Depositions
• Girl Wins $18M In Damages After Ford Rollover
• Efficient Recall System Can Save Big Trouble: Experts
• Made In China: Managing Defective Product Risks
• Lyondell Must Offer Up Liability Insurance Info: Judge
• 7th Circ. Sends Product Liability Cases To Argentina
• The Intersection Of CPSIA And Wyeth