Product Liability Archive » September, 2010

Product Liability - September, 2010

197 articles

• Most GE Microwave Defect Claims Survive Bid To Nix
• Consumers Urge High Court To Uphold AT&T Ruling
• Consumers Sue Ben & Jerry's Over 'All Natural' Claim
• Q&A With Chadbourne's Mary Yelenick
• Novartis Settles Criminal, Qui Tam Cases For $422.5M
• J&J CEO Offers Mea Culpa Over Stealth Buybacks
• 3M, DuPont, Solutia Sink Water Contamination Suit
• Fisher-Price Recalls 11.2M Trikes, High Chairs, Toys
• Boeing, GE Get Cases Over 2007 Plane Crash Tossed
• Infant Deaths Prompt Warning On Sleep Positioners
• House Passes 9/11 Victims' Bill
• Senate Bill Aims To Expand Liability For Oil Spills
• Class Cert. Put On Hold In Acer False Marketing Suit
• MTBE Contamination Battle Spreads To Mo.
• What To Watch For In The New Calif. Product Rules
• FDA Rule Aims To Improve Reporting For Drug Trials
• Ex-Raytheon Workers Demand Medical Monitoring
• Special Master Appointed To Sort Out BP MDL Claims
• Dow Settles With Miners Over Exposure To Chemical
• FDA Chides Mouth Rinse Makers For Gum Health Claims
• Chrysler Can't Dodge $5M Verdict In Fatal Defect Suit
• EU Nations Question Genetically Modified Crop Plan
• State Farm's Fire Claim Suit Moves To State Court
• High Court To Hear Product Cases Against Foreign Cos.
• Plaintiffs Firm Wins Coverage For Fen-Phen Suits
• Botox Settlement Adds More Frown Lines To Industry
• Supreme Court To Hear Baycol Class Cert. Dispute
• How To Structure An Airtight Class Action Deal
• Dell, AIT Reach Truce In Suit Over Faulty PCs
• FTC Slaps Pom With False Health Claims Suit
• Scalia Extends Stay Of $270M Big Tobacco Judgment
• Guidant Seeks KO Of $700M Heart Device Fraud Suit
• CropLife Ecuador Exits Spat Over Toxic Fungicide
• Consumers Say Mercedes-Benz Made Defective Rims
• Vt., NH Object To Log Cabin's 'Natural' Maple Syrup
• Chinese Drywall Fund Trustee Fails To Nix Insurers' Suit
• Colavita Accused Of Massive Olive Oil Scam
• Amgen Recalls Anemia Drugs Due To Glass Flakes
• Abbott Hit With Class Action Over Bugs In Baby Formula
• 3rd Time Not The Charm For Cert. In Insulation Action
• Nintendo Sends Wii Safety Strap Case Packing
• Trudeau, FTC Spar In 7th Circ. Over $37.6M Penalty
• Calif. Sens. Push Bill To Ratchet Up Pipeline Safety
• Judge Tosses Suit Over Nissan's 'Bubbly' Dashboards
• Scottsdale Off Hook For Swimming Pool Defect Suits
• Getty Settles MTBE Claims In 27 Lawsuits
• Two Tracks, One Train? CMS And FDA Cooperation
• Senate Panel Clears 2 US Attys, 7 Judges
• Samsung Faces Class Action Over Busted Fridges
• P&G Faces Consumer Action Over Align Health Claims
• Senate Panel OKs Stiffer Food Safety Penalties
• US, EU Regulators Ban GSK's Avandia In Most Cases
• FDA OK'd Farm At Center Of Egg Outbreak: Exec
• Shareholders Sue Arena Over Weight Drug Cancer Risk
• Q&A With Dechert's Ezra Rosenberg
• Abbott Yanks Baby Formula Over Beetle Contamination
• Schumer Calls For Crackdown On Chinese Organics
• FDA Warns Irisys Over Production Process Issues
• 7 Tips For Deposing A Class Rep
• Stryker Tries To Limit Bone Device Marketing Charges
• J&J Faces Shareholder Action Over Drug Woes
• Deal In BMW Cracked Wheels Action Gets Initial OK
• Case Study: Ellen Smith And Inco
• St. Jude Insurer Remains On Hook For Silzone Claims
• DOJ Asks To Join Wyeth Rapamune Qui Tam Suit
• FDA Denies Greenlighting J&J 'Phantom' Recall
• Owens Corning Sues Subcontractors Over Windows
• Wal-Mart Shoppers Drop Suit Over 'Illegal' Switchblades
• Calif.'s Bold New Green Chemistry Regulations
• 7 Tips For Maximizing Your Time Before The JPML
• Classes Pile Up In Faulty Transmission Suits V. Ford
• House Proposal Would Give FDA Drug-Recall Power
• Amici Ask High Court To Reject Calif. Video Game Ban
• Aggregation Aggravation: Cappuccitti's Effect On CAFA
• Egg Plaintiffs Win Permission To Inspect Iowa Farms
• Toyota Settles Suit Over Calif. Crash Tied To Recall
• Snapple Tries To Quench Suit Over 'All Natural' Claims
• BMW Nears Deal In Action Over 'Cracking' Wheels
• Judge Quashes Beryllium Toxic Tort V. Alcoa, Others
• Whirlpool Can't Wash Hands Of Moldy Machine Claims
• $30M Settlement Approved In Avacor Class Action
• Shell Not Liable For Human Rights Abuses: 2nd Circ.
• Watson Wants Nev. Fentanyl Death Suit In Fed. Court
• Amgen Kickback Suits Consolidated On Appeal
• Bill Aims To Raise Rail Crash Liability Cap To $500M
• McGuireWoods Beats Client's Legal Malpractice Suit
• Foiling The FMLAA?
• Philip Morris Unable To Kick Smokers Out Of MDL
• Sony Loses Bid To Toss Suit Over Hi-Def TVs
• FDA's 510(k) Device Approval Process Effective: Study
• Senate Unlikely To Consider Food Safety Bill: Reid
• Novartis MDL Plaintiffs Seek To Lift Protective Order
• 8th Circ. Kills Suit Over Medtronic's Fidelis Disclosures
• AbTox Execs Seek New Trial Over Witness 'Perjury'
• WestMed Issues Class I Recall Of Resuscitators
• Wyeth Asks 6th Circ. To Rehear Preemption Case
• Who Rules The Roost? CWA Liability After Md. Ruling
• Forest Agrees To Drop $313M To Settle Qui Tam Claims
• FDA Panel Splits On Banning Abbott's Meridia
• 8th Circ. Revives Aurora Organic Milk MDL
• Drywall Co., Insurer Resolve Asbestos Coverage Spat
• Class Cert. Question Revived In Microsoft Vista Suit
• 9th Circ. Limits Electronic Search In MLB Steroid Case
• Egg Farm Knew Of Contamination For Years: Panel
• Dell Settles Class Action Over Defective Notebooks
• Chuck E. Cheese's Recalls 1.2M Children's Toys
• Crowell Snags Toxic Torts Pro From Liner Grode
• Acura Accused Of Securities Fraud Over Acurox
• Pfizer Off The Hook In Genotropin Kickback Suit
• BNSF Wins Remand Of $21M Train Crash Verdict
• DOT Pledges Higher Fines For Pipeline Safety
• Insurance Spat Over Bad Wendy's Lettuce Resolved
• POM Sues FTC Over Deceptive Advertising Standard
• Scalia Stays $270M Judgment In La. Smoking Suit
• Foreign Plaintiffs Allowed In Toyota Accelerator MDL
• Task Force Links Biphosphonates To Rare Bone Breaks
• Ignition Locks Class Action Against Ford Tossed
• Shook Hardy Adds Arnold & Porter Product Liability Vet
• FDA Blasts Bristol-Myers Over Puerto Rico Plant
• Alleged Al-Qaida Backers Escape 9/11 Suits
• Study Finds Food Industry Puts Politics Before Safety
• When Cloud Computing Meets E-Discovery Obligations
• Leahy Looks To Fast-Track New Food Safety Penalties
• Most Admired Attys: Wheeler Trigg's Malcolm Wheeler
• FDA Mulls Pulling Abbott Diet Drug
• Fed. Circ. Upholds No Injury Finding From Flu Vaccine
• Archer Daniels Sued Over 'Noxious' Iowa Plastics Plant
• Keeping Up With The Latest CPSC Developments
• Bayer Wins Toss Of Expert Testimony In Trasylol MDL
• 3rd-Party Payor Class Nixed In Lilly Zyprexa Appeal
• RR Worker's Asbestos Claims Preempted: 3rd Circ.
• NTSB Begins Probe Of Fatal Calif. Gas Pipeline Blast
• KBR Prevails In Suit Over Toxic Exposure In Iraq
• Class Action Over Stinky BMWs Tossed
• Most Admired Attys: Alston & Bird's Jane Thorpe
• Is Fracking The Next MTBE (Or Worse)?
• FDA Warns E-Cigarette Cos. Over Unapproved Products
• FTC Hits Light Bulb Co. With False Marketing Suit
• FDA Toughens Warnings On MRI Contrast Agents
• Kleen Energy Faces More Suits Over Fatal Plant Blast
• KBR Can't Squelch Burn Pit Litigation
• Most Admired Attys: Dechert's Diane Sullivan
• Exxon Refinery Sued Over Dust Cloud Release In La.
• Jury Awards Blinded Woman $21M Over Sulindac
• FDA Warns Unilever Over Green Tea Health Claims
• Fosamax Judge Weighs Tossing Of $8M Boles Verdict
• BMW Faces New Suit Over Secret Engine Fixes
• Saudi Bin Ladin Group Wants Out Of 9/11 MDL
• 6th Circ. Nixes $20.5M Verdict In Welding Fumes MDL
• Judge Finds Pfizer Manipulated Subsidiary's Ch. 11
• Families Claim GE Engine Caused Deadly 2008 Crash
• Most Admired Attys: Sills Cummis' Beth Rose
• $3.4M Torts Verdict Against Otis Upheld
• Skilled Healthcare Turns $671M Verdict Into $50M Deal
• 10th Circ. Reverses $1B Ruling Against Dow, Rockwell
• Most Admired Attys: Faegre & Benson's Joe Price
• Exxon Can't Escape $105M Verdict In MTBE Suit
• Clearwater Can't Kill Seaton, Stonewall Coverage Spat
• Corp. Counsel Name Product Liability Standout Firms
• Suit Over Diamond's Walnut Health Claims Survives
• Trans Fat Suit Against Kroger Dismissed
• Allergan Board Must Pay For $600M DOJ Deal, Suit Says
• Peanut Corp. Salmonella Settlements Approved
• Eli Lilly V. Gottstein: In Defense Of Protective Orders
• P&G Wins Dismissal Of Vicks Vitamin C Class Action
• Most Admired Attys: Shook Hardy's Harvey Kaplan
• Novartis MDL Plaintiffs Told Not To 'Abuse' Sealed Docs
• Ark. AG Probes Effectiveness Of Monsanto Soybeans
• New Pampers Not Linked To Diaper Rash: CPSC
• Kia Recalls 35K Cars Over Faulty Wiring
• Toshiba Recalls 40,000 Laptops Over Burn Hazard
• SC High Court Evaluates US Product Liability Trends
• Class Action Against Nissan Over Rollaway Cars Tossed
• In-House Counsel See Dip In Product Liability Spending
• Judge Shuts Down Actimmune Marketing MDL
• Ford Settles Rollover Case After $131M Verdict
• FDA Warns Of Mortality Risks From Wyeth Antibiotic
• Most Admired Attys: MoFo's James Huston
• WL Homes Suits Over Alleged Defects Get Green Light
• Are You Speaking The Same Language As The Jury?
• FDA Opens Criminal Probe Of Iowa Egg Farms
• J&J, Target, CVS Escape Toxic Bath Products Action
• LandCoast Still On Hook For Scaffolding Collapse
• Columbia Tries To Cap Coverage For Ambient Syringes
• Rig Fire Adds Fuel To Drilling Controversy
• Philip Morris' Appeal Of Smokers' Class Cert. Denied
• Study Says Meridia May Up Risk Of Heart Attack, Stroke
• Pa. Appeals Court Revives 14 Prempro Suits
• Dr. Reddy's Hit With Failure-To-Warn Suit Over Cipro
• FDA Warns Sun Over Oxycodone Quality Control Issues
• Most Admired Attys: Pepper Hamilton's Nina Gussack
• FDA Tells Baxter To Tone Down Aralast Claims
• Allergan Settles Botox Off-Label Claims For $600M
• GSK Paxil Suit Transferred From Minn. To NJ
• Google Responsible For Phone's 3G Glitches, Suit Says
• Expert Witness Says Cohn Lifland Owes Him $236K
• What To Know If A CEO Client Is Deposed