Product Liability Archive » December, 2010

Product Liability - December, 2010

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• Whistleblowers Key To Big Pharma PL Deals In 2010
• Product Liability Regulation To Watch In 2011
• Experts In Hot Seat In 2010 Product Liability Rulings
• Product Liability Cases To Watch In 2011
• Considering New Expert Disclosure Requirements
• Toyota Settled Calif. Crash Suit For $10M: Judge
• Genentech Fights FDA's Downgrade Of Avastin
• GM To Recall 110,000 Vehicles Over Air Bags, Axles
• EPA To Monitor Chromium-6 In Drinking Water
• 6th Circ. Reopens Helmet Labeling Suit
• Kia Off Hook In Suit Over Fatal Fla. Crash
• 7th Circ. Reverses Insurers' Win In Home Defect Case
• New Whistleblower Protection Bill Dies In Senate
• Pfizer Yanks More Lipitor After Odor Problems
• NHTSA Begins Engineering Analysis Of Ford Windstars
• FDA Announces Recall Of Abbott Diabetic Test Strips
• Gulf Spill Attys Want Changes To BP Fund Release Form
• Ex-Atty Asks 6th Circ. To Revive $5M Malpractice Policy
• Judge Tosses Suit Over Topps Meat Recall
• Class Granted Cert. In Dell False Advertising Suit
• Defeating Joinder In Medical Device And Drug Cases
• Obama Inks $250B Short-Term Funding Bill
• House Sends Tweaked Food Safety Bill To Obama
• Toyota To Pay $32.4M Over Defect Report Delays
• Texas High Court Nixes $17M Award Over Bus Crash
• FDA Seeks En Banc Review Of E-Cigarette Ruling
• Senate Sends Short-Term Spending Bill To House
• Wyeth Beats W.Va. Fraud Suit Over Hormone Drugs
• DuPont To Pay $3.3M Over Chemical Health Risks
• BP Says 2009 Spill Didn't Violate Probation
• US Aims To Protect Scientists From Politics
• Calif. Pet Retailers Agree To New Warning Label
• Maine May Be Next To Ban BPA In Child Drink Containers
• Bill Seeks Overhaul Of Global Drug Safety Rules
• Dow Corning Gets Breast Implant Win In 6th Circ.
• House Backs Strict Lead Levels For Water Pipes
• Senate Approves Food Safety Bill Again
• Issa Seeks FDA Probe Into Maker Of Recalled Rolaids
• Gas Station Owners Sue BP, Transocean Over Spill
• Homeowners Insurers Dodge Chinese Drywall Claims
• Professors Urge High Court To Crush '98 Tobacco Deal
• FDA Finds Quality Breaches At J&J Drug Plant
• Defining 'Children's Product' ... Sort Of
• Sens. Approve Lower Lead Limit In Water Pipes
• Senate Scraps $1.1T Spending Bill
• Mass. Jury Nails Lorillard With $200M Award
• Fen-Phen Atty Deserved Policy Rescission: Insurer
• 3rd Circ. Says Pet Food Refund Cap Still Needs Work
• Cabot To Pay $4.1M To End Gas Contamination Suit
• BP Spill Workers Sue Over Cancer Risk
• In Calif., Clarifying The Sophisticated User Defense
• Feds Defend 10-Year Sentence For InterMune Exec
• Elan, Eisai To Pay $214M Over Zonegran Marketing
• Respirator Makers Dodge Worker's Asbestos Claims
• FDA Moves To Pull Breast Cancer Approval For Avastin
• Honda To Recall 1.3M Fits Over Headlights
• DuPont Settles NJ Tainted Water Suit For $8.3M
• Judge OKs $4M Deal To End Lowe's Dryer Vent Suits
• Pfizer Wins OK For $75M Deal In Shareholder Suits
• 10th Circ. Affirms Win For Mazda In Gear Shift Suit
• US Bars Drop-Side Cribs After Deaths, Recalls
• FDA Warns Of Hidden Ingredients In Supplements
• Dannon To Pay $21M Over False Yogurt Claims
• Court Dismisses Alaska's Lost Taxes Claim Against BP
• Feds Reverse Course, Intervene In Guidant FCA Suit
• Chrysler, VW Recall Vehicles Over Safety Issues
• Senate Unveils $1.1T Omnibus Spending Bill
• BP, Others Liable For All Costs In Gulf Spill, US Says
• Recovering Defense Costs With Rule 68 ... Maybe
• Fla. Court Affirms $28.3M RJ Reynolds Verdict
• FDA Warns Airgas Over Poor Records, Contamination
• Drywall Installers May Face Strict Liability In Fla.
• No Double Jeopardy In Atty Fraud Suit: 5th Circ.
• Lorillard Hit With $71M Verdict In Free Smokes Case
• 6th Circ. Tosses Supplement Tycoon's 25-Year Stint
• Matrixx To Pay $15.5M In Zicam MDL
• Purdue Execs Can't Shake Ban From Federal Funds
• Vitamin Maker To Pay FDA $2M Over Health Claims
• BASF Fails To Shake Farmers' Fungicide Suit
• Toyota Recalls 110,000 Siennas Over Switch Brackets
• Squeezing Coverage For False Labeling Claims
• Obama Signs School Lunch Reform Law
• Travelers Says Reinsurer Owes $8.5M For Asbestos Pact
• Toyota Can't Shake Tundra Rollover Damages Claim
• Dow, Terminix Not Liable For Birth Defects: 8th Circ.
• Dyncorp Denied Sanctions In Drug Crop Destruction Suit
• High Court Won't Consider Medical Device Case
• Miss. Court Tosses $2M Welding Rod Injury Award
• Senate Expands Whistleblower Protections
• Plane Crash MDL Judge Sends 5 Cases To State Court
• Burn Pit MDL Stayed Pending Abu Ghraib Appeals
• Apple, AT&T Face IPad Bait-And-Switch Class Action
• Supreme Court To Rule On Generics Labeling Laws
• MMSEA And Product Liability Claims
• Blue Cross, Others Booted In Pfizer Neurontin MDL
• Hotels Brace For Next Bite From Bedbug Suits
• Westport Must Cover Hotel's Negligence Suit Defense
• Pfizer Used Corruption Info To Pressure Official: Cable
• Pfizer Pulls Hypertension Drug Thelin From Market
• Cappuccitti V. DirecTV Re-Revisited
• Winery Accused Of Falsely Marketing Elderberry Juice
• Feds Subpoena Medtronic Over Neurostimulator Sales
• J&J Unit Recalls 13M Packages Of Rolaids
• Senate Republicans Block 9/11 Health Bill
• Paralyzed Woman Awarded $66M In Cybex Injury Case
• Former Exec Says Rolls-Royce Hid Plant Problems
• Obama Labor, Enviro Enforcement Push May Face Peril
• A Fresh Look At Warranties
• Northrop Grumman Ends False Claim Probe For $5M
• Rolls-Royce Defect Coverage Suit Dismissed In US
• Innotex's Defective Ink Cartridge Suit Sustained
• J&J Hit With $1.8M Verdict In Levaquin MDL
• LG Chem Trims Claims In Faulty Door Resin Fight
• 6 Cases Move Forward In Novartis MDL Over Bone Drugs
• NTSB Blames Contractor, US For Fatal Chopper Crash
• Altria Settles Chewing Tobacco Death Suit For $5M
• Medicare Stent Scam Cost $3.8M, Senate Report Says
• 9th Circ. Says Monorail Insurer Can Sue Consultant
• DC Circ. Says FDA Must Treat E-Cigarettes As Tobacco
• 9th Circ. Nixes En Banc Bid In Humana Marketing Suit
• Fluor Can't Shake Liability Claims In FEMA Trailer MDL
• The End Of Class Actions? Not Likely
• Pfizer Proposes $75M Fund To Settle Shareholder Suits
• 9th Circ. Revives Occidental Petroleum Pollution Suit
• Pfizer Wins Verdict In Suit Over Prempro-Cancer Link
• Enterprise Class Action Deal OK'd Over Gripes
• Continental To Fight 'Absurd' Verdict Over Fatal Crash
• 7th Circ. Refuses To Back Down In Sears Dryer Case
• 'Database Of Doom'? New CPSC Database To Go Live
• Supreme Court Takes Up Climate Change Nuisance Suit
• High Court May Overhaul Class Standards In Wal-Mart
• McNeil Asks High Court To Review Drug Failure To Warn
• Judge Won't Let Contractors Ditch FEMA Trailer MDL
• Philip Morris Asks High Court To Review $270M Award
• Judge Deals Setback To $8M HoneyBaked Insurance Suit
• School Lunch Bill Heads To Obama's Desk
• Court Affirms Reversal Of $20M Award Against DuPont
• Great American Settles $14M Suit Over School Fire
• Congress Turns Down Volume On TV Commercials
• The Best Part Of Waking Up
• Stryker Loses Bid To Toss Pain Pump Suits
• Pentair Sues Insurer For Interest On $30M Judgment
• RJ Reynolds Agrees To Meet With AGs On Marketing
• Insurer Fights ReNu Defense Coverage In 2nd Circ.
• J&J Recalls Mylanta To Revise Alcohol Labeling
• Whistleblower Protection In The New Food Safety Bill
• Qantas Eyes Legal Action Over Failed A380 Engine
• NBA Team Sues Exercise Ball Cos. Over $4M Injury
• McDermott Hooks Veteran Trial Atty From Yoss
• High Court Urged To Take On Contingency Fees Suit
• Perdue Hit With Fraud Suit Over 'Humane' Labels
• Class Claims CertainTeed Shills Shoddy House Siding
• Sony Triumphs In Defective HDTV Action
• Plaintiffs Exit Bayer MDL But Still Face Discovery
• Senate Panel OKs New Limits On Lead In Drinking Water
• Contemplating Class Action Waivers