Product Liability Archive » April, 2010

Product Liability - April, 2010

173 articles

• Jury Slams CertainTeed With $200M Asbestos Award
• La. Appeals Court Orders Big Tobacco To Pay $241.5M
• Honda Recalls 167K Acuras In US Over Fire Risk
• FDA Dropped Ball On Heparin Probe: GOP Lawmakers
• Wyeth, Schwarz Escape Reglan Failure-To-Warn Suit
• Property Owners Target BP, Others Over Oil Spill
• Powerful, Persuasive PowerPoint Presentations
• Altria Fails To Nix FDA Tobacco Committee Members
• J&J Unit Settles Off-Label Marketing Claims For $81M
• House Urged To Revisit Rules For Lead In Kids' Toys
• $3M Verdict Upheld In Chevron Suit Over Faulty Bolts
• Lasik Patients Oppose TLC Vision Ch. 11 Plan
• Grassley Pushes For Post-Market Drug Safety Measures
• Coke Gets 'Original Formula' Marketing Suit Tossed
• Ford, Navistar Trounce Negligence Claim In Engine Suit
• Rule 1:38 And Presumption Of Public Access To Records
• Best Buy '3-Way' Speakers Actually Only 2-Way: Suit
• BP Loses Bid To Nix Testimony In $81M Fire Suit
• Allstate Challenges Wyeth Win In Ativan Coverage Suit
• Drop-Side Cribs Trigger 2 Major CPSC Recalls
• 3M Wins Bid To Toss Faulty Respirator Suit
• More Plaintiffs Tossed From ReNu Lens Solution MDL
• Legislators Seek To Soup Up NHTSA Amid Car Recalls
• CPSC Counsel Offers Advice For CPSIA Rollout
• La. Homeowners Get Paid In 2nd Chinese Drywall Ruling
• Altria, Reynolds, Liggett Hit With $20M Verdict In Fla.
• Toyota Recalls 50,000 SUVs Over Stability Issue
• Boston Scientific Stent Fraud Class Action Tossed
• Case Study: Hogan V. Gray Gable
• Abbott, Lilly, Others Hid Miscarriage Drug's Risks: Suit
• Wal-Mart Adopts Cadmium Testing Standards For Toys
• Vioxx Ruling A Boost For Securities Suits: Attys
• Liberty Owes For Dated Asbestos Claims: Insurers
• Navy Seaman's $5.6M Asbestos Award Overturned
• Cadmium In The Crosshairs
• Coke Hit With Suit Over Mich. Groundwater Pollution
• Porsche Recalls Panameras Over Faulty Seat Belts
• House Panel Probes Fatal Gulf Of Mexico Oil Rig Blast
• 280K Defibrillators At Risk For Malfunction, FDA Warns
• High Court Nixes Class Arbitration In Stolt-Nielsen Case
• Guidant's $296M Plea Deal In Defibrillator Case Rejected
• Pollution Exclusion Won't Help Hartford In Doe Run Suit
• Customs, CPSC Team Up On Import Safety
• Building Defect Coverage Suit Should Continue: Judge
• AstraZeneca Set To Seal $520M Deal In Seroquel Case
• FDA Unveils New Analysis Rules For Medical Devices
• Widow Wants Toyota Rollover Case Reopened
• 2nd Circ. Revives Bike Injury Suit Against Trek
• Ex-Toyota Counsel's Attys Withdraw Over 'Breakdown'
• Suit Accusing Amgen Of Kickbacks Gets The Boot
• Clients Say Fen-Phen Lawyer Overcharged $29M
• Challenging The Admissibility Of Regulatory Findings
• Much Litigation Expected After Oil Rig Explosion
• New CPSC 3rd-Party Toy Safety Testers Include Mattel
• FDA Takes Action To Reduce Infusion Pump Risks
• Ford To Initiate Recall Over Faulty Seat Recliners
• Toyota Acceleration MDL Revs Up
• Upping The Ante On Energy Efficiency Standards
• Dems Ask Tobacco Cos. To Cough Up Marketing Docs
• Medtronic Recall Earns FDA's Most Serious Rating
• Jury Orders RJ Reynolds To Pay $46.3M To Fla. Widow
• Samsung Beats HDTV Class Action In 3rd Circ.
• Ford Defeats Fidelity In Duty-To-Defend Suit
• Lexington Must Cover Gas Well Damage: Judge
• E-Discovery Challenges Presented By Voice Mail
• Pfizer Responds To FDA Over Geodon Clinical Trial
• CPSC Aims To Define 'Children's Product'
• Consumer Seeks Class Cert. In Yoplait Yogurt Suit
• Senator Wants To Snuff Out Candylike Tobacco
• Congressional Testimony: What To Do (And Not Do)
• Salt Report Spurs FDA To Form Attack Plan
• Waxman Wants To Strip Lead Paint Loophole
• Steris Offers Device Rebates To Settle FDA Claims
• Howmedica Faulty Hip Implant Suit Preempted: Judge
• US Seeks Damages From PG&E Over 2004 Fire
• GE Gets Some Defective Stove Claims Tossed
• Potential New Life For Nationwide Class Actions?
• Air France Ocean Crash Cases Land In California
• No Fiduciary Duty In Wal-Mart Seller Contract: Judge
• Safety Fears Spark Toyota Recall Of Minivans, SUVs
• Congoleum, Chartis Reach $40M Coverage Deal
• Wal-Mart Loses Bid To Toss Faulty Tire Death Suit
• Toyota Pays DOT $16.4M Penalty Over Recall Delays
• Toyota Tossed From Contract Suit Over SUV Options
• Class Cert. Sought In Canal Breach Suit Against US
• High Court Remands Class Action, Citing Shady Grove
• MDL Panel Won't Centralize Pain Pump Suits
• House Panel Probes Cadmium Concerns At Retailers
• High Court Seeks SG's View On Act Of State Doctrine
• Wal-Mart, J&J Toxic Baby Products Suit Stays Alive
• Secondary Payor Liability In Settling Medicare Claims
• Congressmen Pressure Toyota Over Research
• Fla. Tomato Safety Bill On Way To Governor's Desk
• Novartis, Astellas, GSK Ads Misbranded Drugs: FDA
• Chiquita Faces Another Colombian Terror Funding Suit
• Suzuki Settles Motorcycle Frame Defect Suit For $5M
• CAFA And Vanishing Jurisdiction
• Senate Unveils Chemical Regulation Overhaul
• Ranbaxy's US Branch Recalls Antibiotics Over Color
• Mazda Recalls 90K Cars In Japan, China
• CDC Heavyweight To Join FDA's Tobacco Unit
• Viagra Study Documents Can't Be Released: Judge
• The Emerging Landscape Of Global Warming Liability
• NYC Fights Judge's Denial Of $575M WTC Settlement
• Toyota Yanks Lexus SUV Model Over Safety Worries
• CPSC To Toughen Up Safety Enforcement In 2011
• Ashland Ducks More Suits In MTBE MDL
• NY Bill Would Ban Trans Fats Statewide
• Case Over GE's Omniscan Survives Dismissal Bid
• Top Product Liability Rulings For 1st Quarter
• The Economic Impact Of New MMSEA Regulations
• Claims Over WL Homes Defects Get Green Light
• LA Residents Sue Over Toxins From Exxon Facility
• Bayer Updates Blood Clot Risk Info For Yasmin Label
• Tort Claimants Lose Challenge To GM Asset Sale
• FDA Proposes Rules For Listing Side Effects In Ads
• Thompson Hine Adds Epstein Enviro, Product Safety Pro
• Nationwide, GVH To Arbitrate Asbestos Coverage Spat
• House Ignites Probe Of Flame-Retardant Chemicals
• Changes To Divisibility, Arranger Liability In CERCLA
• $110M E-Ferol Settlement Gets Final Approval
• Gray Insurance Off Hook In Coverage Spat Over Boiler
• Suit Over Samsung Printer Error Messages Tossed
• Blank Rome Picks Up Lyondell In-House Counsel
• Indirect Deception: Eroding Fraud-On-Market Theory
• Calif. Central District Gets Toyota Acceleration MDL
• $19M Awarded To Mothers Of Disabled In Texaco Case
• Blair Loses MDL Bid In Flammable Robe Suits
• Insurers Want Help Defending 'Popcorn Lung' Suits
• Applebee's Devours Suit Over Nutrition Info
• Congress To Study Smokeless Tobacco Use In MLB
• EPA Finds Excess PCBs At Hazardous Waste Site
• Class Action Over Denny's Salt Content Dismissed
• Another Weapon In The Midsize Firm Arsenal
• Radiation Therapy Devices Face FDA Scrutiny
• FDA Warns Edwards Over Heart Device Reporting
• FDA Concerns Lead Lawmaker To Seek Triclosan Ban
• Chinese Drywall Co. Taishan Ordered To Pay $2.6M
• US Oftalmi Recalls Eye, Nose Drops Over Sterility
• FDA Cracks Down On Spas' Lipodissolve Claims
• FDA Inspects Just 24% Of Food Facilities Yearly: Study
• Mobile Marketing And The TCPA
• Daubert Should Come Before Class Cert.: 7th Circ.
• FDA Warns Gilead, Biogen Over Drug Ads
• Plaintiffs Seek Class Status In Nvidia GPU Suit
• Lycoming Engines Hit With $89M Verdict Over Crash
• National Union Released From Katrina MDL
• Oakfabco Got Asbestos Liability In Boiler Buy: Court
• FLS Miljo And Component Makers' Right To Indemnity
• Health Care Reform Means New Disclosure Rules
• Ind. Guardsmen Take Battle Against KBR To Texas
• AstraZeneca Win In Seroquel Bellwether Affirmed
• Guidant Pleads Guilty In Defibrillator Safety Case
• C&D Condom False Marketing Action Chucked
• Sperm Bank Not Liable For 'Defective' Semen: 3rd Circ.
• $30.3M Award V. Asbestos Corp., Borg-Warner Upheld
• Gas Cos. Ask 10th Circ. To Shield Docs In Hot Fuel MDL
• DOT Proposes Fining Toyota $16.4M Over Hiding Defect
• Toy Train Maker Loses Appeal In Lead Coverage Suit
• DuPont, Motorola Still On Hook In Flight 447 Crash Suit
• Pa. Supreme Court Blocks Appeal In Prempro Case
• Smart Balance Wants Margarine Labeling Suit Tossed
• Are Coal Ash Management Controls On The Horizon?
• Mid-Continent Sues To Duck Chinese Drywall Coverage
• La. Allowed To Pursue Vioxx Refund From Merck
• Lilly, Sandoz Can't End Generic Prozac Suicide Case
• Rising Star: O'Melveny & Myers' Matt Shors
• FDA Rolls Out Pediatric Info Rule For Device Makers
• IACHR To Hear First US Environmental Racism Case
• Groups Pressure USDA To Restore Canadian Beef Ban
• Rising Star: Covington's Paul Schmidt
• Lilly Settles La. AG Zyprexa Claims For $20M
• Alternative Fee And Billing Arrangements: A Primer