Product Liability Archive » May, 2011

Product Liability - May, 2011

228 articles

• Motorola Blames Air France For Crash In Suit Over MDL
• FDA Probes Yaz, Others Over Blood Clot Risks
• Caterpillar, Others Must Face Defect Suit: Calif. Court
• Gamers Sue Sony Over Hacking Of PlayStation Network
• WHO Says Cellphone Radiation May Cause Cancer
• NHTSA Opens Probe Into DRV Wheel Defects
• Insurer Escapes Faulty Lid Coverage In Fruit Cup Suit
• P&G Settles Diaper Rash Action
• High Court Won't Hear Novartis Appeal Of Zometa Suit
• Geogas Seeks €9M From Sunoco For Bad Gas
• Is Past Prologue To Climate Change Liability?
• HP Expands Laptop Battery Recall Again
• The Hidden Risks Of Being A Registered Agent
• Passenger Accuses Spirit Air Of Vermin Infestation
• US Asked To Weigh In On Cellphone Radiation Suit
• CenterPoint Can't Extinguish $15.5M Jury Verdict
• Brazilian Court Sides With Tobacco Cos. In $18B Suit
• Schiff Hardin Nabs 2 Greenberg Partners In Chicago
• Ford, Others Stamp Out $25M Asbestos Suit
• Q&A With Holland & Knight's Joe Varner
• Q&A With Holland & Knight's Colin Smith
• Probe Reveals Air France Plane Stalled Before Plummet
• Calif. Appeals Court Tosses Fiji Green Ad Suit
• US Regulators Probe Nissan Sedans, Jeep Wranglers
• Daiso Shakes Consumer Action Over Unsafe Toys
• Ben & Jerry's, Breyers False Ad Actions Stay Alive
• NJ Judge Trims Pet Flea Treatment Class Actions
• Attys' Collaboration Fight To Stay In Federal Court
• Mass. Jury Finds Marlboros Aren't Defective In Suit
• Judge Refuses To Toss Botox Marketing Class Action
• O'Quinn Can't Bar Fields Howell From Coverage Row
• Faegre & Benson Beats Exxon Valdez Malpractice Suit
• Belkin, Target Face Class Suit Over MP3 Transmitter
• OSHA Fines AMD $1.2M For Asbestos Exposure
• Equipment Failings Caused Mariner Rig Fire: Report
• Insurer QBE Wants Off Hook For Faulty Construction Row
• Ocean Spray, Others Sued Over Fungus-Tainted Juice
• Jury Sides With Novartis In Widow's Bone Drug Suit
• Staples Center Sued Over 2-Year-Old's Fatal Fall
• 3rd Circ. Nixes Chevron's Discovery Win In Ecuador Fight
• Medtronic's Infuse Tied To Male Infertility Risks
• Suit Targets FDA Over Livestock Antibiotic Use
• 34 Women Sue AstraZeneca Over Nexium Bone Risks
• FDA Issues Class 1 Recall Of Beckman Blood Analyzer
• FDA Warns Retailers Over Illegal Tobacco Marketing
• Q&A With Adams And Reese's Robert Boos
• Baby Product Co. Yanks Cribs Due To Strangulation Fears
• Oscar Mayer Misleads Consumers On Fat Content: Suit
• FTC Can't Shake Relacore Maker's Settlement Pact Suit
• Cannon, Sensus Settle Electrical Meter Warranty Suit
• NY Health Chief Issues State Ban On Bath Salts
• FDA Issues Warning About Thickening Agent
• JPML Sends Uponor Faulty Plumbing Suits To Minn.
• Jury Clears Cirrus Over Yankees Pitcher's Fatal Crash
• Q&A With Jones Day's Joe Finley
• Philips Recalls Infant, Neonatal CO2 Devices
• Responding To NIOSH's Nanomaterial Exposure Limits
• JPML Consolidates Depuy Hip Implant Suits in Texas
• Judicial Panel Consolidates Fosamax Femur Fracture Suits
• JPML Won't Separate La. Avandia Suit From MDL
• JPML Merges Cooling Tube Actions Against Porsche
• Class Wins Cert. On 4th Try In Home Insulation Suit
• Pa. Jury Slaps J&J Unit With $10M Motrin Verdict
• Safety Panel Advises Toyota To Decentralize Power
• Settlement Plan Axed In Palm Data Loss Class Action
• Supreme Court Rebuffs Texas Bus Crash Case
• Arch Loses Bid To Kill H20's Skin Product Mold Suit
• Opening The Door To Prior Litigation Evidence
• High Court Preemption Ruling Would Hit Branded Cos. Hard
• Contractor Sues AIG Unit Over Defense Of $44M Suit
• Shuttle Pilot Testifies For Defense In Lidle Crash Case
• Kraft Strikes $8.1M Settlement In Pollution Case
• Cisco Aided China In Falun Gong Persecution, Suit Says
• Honda Recalls Some 2012 Civics Over Fuel Line Defect
• Pfizer Resubmits Thousands Of Adverse Chantix Reports
• EU To Impose Ban On Cadmium In Jewelry, Plastics
• Chuck E. Cheese's Gambling Suit Heads To Calif. Court
• Insurer Wants No Part Of Four Loko Suits
• Novartis Seeks To Nix Expert Testimony In Bone Drug MDL
• Insurers Can Object To 'Neutral' Ch. 11 Plans
• MOEX To Pay BP $1.1B Over Deepwater Horizon Spill
• SC Farm Sues FDA For Damages Over Tomato Recall
• Hawker Wins Access To Relator Docs In Faulty Part Suit
• FBI Seeks Unabomber DNA Over 1982 Tylenol Deaths
• 7th Circ. Upholds Black Lung Benefits Act Amendment
• BNSF Sues Rail Parts Maker For $1M Over Derailing
• FDA Urged To Pull Eisai's High-Dose Aricept
• Reading Between The Lines: Pooshs V. Philip Morris
• Bill To Probe Sealed Product Liability Deals Advances
• Gillette Shakes Consumer's False Ad Action
• Remington Not Liable For Rifle Explosion: 5th Circ.
• Q&A With Morrison & Foerster's James Huston
• Melatonin Brownies Recalled As Sen. Seeks FDA Action
• FDA Pulls Avandia From US Pharmacies
• CVR Unit Settles $3.2M Suit Over Kan. Oil Spill
• Mexican States Fail To Add Claims To Deepwater MDL
• Travelers, Others Wrangle Over $3M Defense Costs
• Union Carbide Seeks Toss Of $322M Asbestos Verdict
• Kirkland Litigator To Serve As Counsel For Chicago
• Revise Pain-Med Dosing Tips For Children: FDA Panels
• Skadden Atty Named Special Master Of 9/11 Fund
• The Limits Of Federal Rule Of Evidence 408
• Neurontin Judge Won't Certify 3rd-Party Bipolar Class
• Insurer Ordered To Cover KB Home Chinese Drywall Suit
• Calif. Police Face Suit Over Firing Range Debris
• FDA Warns Shire About Vyvanse Marketing
• NJ Class Suit Targets Bayer Probiotics Products
• Judge Won't Pull Pin On Grenade Whistleblower Suit
• Circle K Agrees To Fight Teen Tobacco Sales
• Brazil Convicts US Pilots In Air Collision Case
• A Tale Of 2 Meats
• Schiff Nutrition Sued Over Dietary Supplement Claims
• Q&A With McDermott's Tony Upshaw
• Toyota Alleges MDL Abuse With Calif. State Claims
• $21M Welding Fumes Case Passed Up By High Court
• Ford Freestyles Probed Over Reports Of Sudden Lunges
• GAO Criticizes FDA Inspection Of Imported Seafood
• Nationwide Off Hook For Chinese Drywall Claims
• General Mills Earns Total Victory In Labeling Suit
• Dyncorp Seeks Immunity In Drug Crop Spraying Suit
• Chromium Action Survives Honeywell's Review Bid
• Q&A With King & Spalding's Ray Persons
• Philip Morris Wins Jury Verdict In $340M Smoker Suit
• Ga. High Court Favors Vaccine Makers In Defect Case
• Chuck E. Cheese's Seeks To Nix Illegal Games Suit
• Atty Unsatisfied With Sex Enhancement Drug Wins Round
• Hartford Sues Insurers Over Asbestos Suits Coverage
• Claiming Breach Of Warranty In Food Labeling Cases
• Toyota MDL Plaintiffs Can Claim Economic Loss: Judge
• NuAire Sues Wire Co. Over $1.8M Incubator Recall
• Kids' Marketing Guidelines Put Heat On Food Industry
• Pfizer Expects To Pay $772M To End Hormone Drug Suits
• Class Cert. Denied In 2 TVA Coal Ash Suits
• The Quest For 'Conflict Minerals' Accountability
• Bryan Cave Snags Ex-Mayer Brown Enviro Co-Leader
• BSH Gets Suit Over Moldy Washing Machines Tossed
• 1M Maclaren Strollers Recalled Over Amputations
• 2nd Circ. Partly Stays Injunction In $18B Chevron Suit
• 6th Circ. Shuts Door On BP Pipeline Contamination Row
• Kinetic Unit Warned Over Breast Implant Marketing
• 3rd Circ. GIT Ruling May Reduce Tort Claims, Attys Say
• Entenmann's Donuts Recalled Over Mold Risk
• Retired Plumber Wins $41M In Calif. Asbestos Case
• US Seeks $1B From J&J Over Risperdal Marketing
• What Do You Mean When You Say It's Green?
• Judge Keeps HP Hard Drive Suit In Federal Court
• Q&A With Morgan Lewis' David Luttinger
• No Proof Oreck Vacuum Kills 99% Of Germs, Suit Says
• Taco Bell Appeals E. Coli Insurance Suit To 9th Circ.
• 8th Circ. Won't Rehear KV Drug Recall Action
• Coffee Cos. Hit With Suit Over Carcinogen In Brew
• Nutella False Marketing Action To Remain In Calif.
• Judge Declines To Limit Related Annuity Suits
• Ford Asks 9th Circ. To Reverse $14M Rollover Award
• FDA Asked To Probe 3M's MRSA Clinical Test Conduct
• SPI Sues USDA Over Wildfire Testimony Restrictions
• Q&A With Sidley Austin's Thomas Hanrahan
• US Sues Spice Distributor Over Unsanitary Plants
• J&J Recalls HIV Drug Over Odor-Causing Chemical
• Formosa Plastics Escapes Defective Pipe FCA Suit
• J&J Unit Sets Funds Aside For Risperdal Settlement
• FDA Orders 21 Hip Reserve Makers To Study Defects
• How They Won It: Taking Big Tobacco To The Jury
• Boston Beer Gets $20.5M To Settle Recall Claims
• No Clear Alternative To Nevada Nuclear Dump: GAO
• Ecuadoreans Urge 2nd Circ. To Lift Chevron Injunction
• Lawmakers Demand Recall Of Formaldehyde Hair Products
• NY High Court Revives Restaurant Worker's Lye Case
• Q&A With DLA Piper's Shand Stephens
• Considering 'Comparative Fault' In Md.
• GSK Atty Acquitted On All Counts In Obstruction Case
• Forest Labs Subpoenaed Over Hypertension Meds
• Judge Won't Recuse Self In Chevron, Ecuador RICO Suit
• US Can't Prove Wellbutrin Statements False: GSK Atty
• Subcontractor Exits Exxon Suit Over Faulty Nozzles
• NHTSA Widens Probe Into Ford F-150 Fuel Tank
• Howrey Lessons: The Downside Of Contingent Fees
• HP Escapes Class Suit Over Nvidia Computer Chips
• Miss. Jury Awards Man $322M In Asbestos Case
• Dial Hit With Class Suit Over Antibacterial Soaps
• Ex-Employees Hit Union Pacific With Asbestos Suit
• Airline Ticket Agents Fined For Code-Share Violations
• Axis Seeks To Avoid Paying Developer's Defense Costs
• Texas AG Wins Hold On Sale Of Supplement
• Air Force Grounds Lockheed Jets Over Oxygen Concerns
• Petro Star Wins Remand Of $50M Refinery Fire Suit
• Rolls-Royce Off Hook For Fees In Ship Insurers' Row
• 5 Questions After AT&T V. Concepcion
• Consumer Group Wants FTC Probe Of Google Gov't Services
• Yaz Consumers Fail To Win Class Cert. In MDL Case
• Conn. AG, CVS Settle Expired Products Suit
• Ex-Smoker's Suit Not Time-Barred: Calif. High Court
• Doctors Were Chastised For Wellbutrin Claims: GSK Exec
• P&G Can't Escape Align False Ad Action
• US Seeks Stricter Regulations For Bus Cos.
• Does What Happens In Canada Stay In Canada?
• GM Recalls Chevy Cruze, Vans, Trucks
• Australian Apple Industry Seeks Regs Over NZ Imports
• Off-Label Use OK When Not Promoted, GSK Exec Says
• House Panel Approves Bills To Modify Consumer Watchdog
• FDA Gains More Power Over Potentially Unsafe Food
• Fla. Law Gives Driver Error More Weight In Auto Suits
• The False Ad Class Action Assault On Food Cos.
• 3rd Circ. Says Insurers Can Challenge GIT Ch. 11 Plan
• Fireplace Cos. Face Class Action Over Burn Hazards
• Ala. Advances Bill To Nix Weight Gain Litigation
• Judge Rejects Cobra Sex Supplement Class Cert. Bid
• Actelion Vows To Appeal Jury Verdict In Asahi Fight
• Rohm & Haas Dodges Ill. Cancer Cluster Suit
• FDA Recalls Grape Tomato Salad Over Salmonella Risk
• GSK Scripted Response For Wellbutrin Probe, Atty Says
• Blank Rome Snags Ex-Cozen Life Sciences Chair
• Ipex Settles Plumbing Class Actions In US, Canada
• US Regulators Clamp Down On Illegal STD Drugs
• Travelers Wants Off Hook For Popcorn Lung Suits
• BP Agrees To $85M Settlement In Alaska Spill Suit
• Insurers Want $20M For Allegedly Defective Power Pipes
• Jury Sides With Ford In $27M Defective Design Suit
• Case Study: Wolfe V. McNeil-PPC
• Honda Adds 833K Cars To Air Bag Recall
• Supplement Co. Says Chubb Must Cover 'Shape Up' Suit
• Counterclaims Can't Trigger CAFA Removal: 9th Circ.
• NHTSA Pulls 288K Honda SUVs Into Safety Probe
• China Sentences 14 In Melamine Milk Scandal
• Nelson Mullins Nabs EBG Product Liability Attys
• High Court Won't Rule On Airlines' Passenger Treatment
• Calif. Court Revives Girardi Keese Malpractice Suit
• Killing The Golden Goose