Product Liability Archive » August, 2011

Product Liability - August, 2011

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• Ecuadoreans Can't Nix Chevron Suit Over $18B Verdict
• Baxter Sues Teva Over Propofol Indemnity Pact
• FDA Urged To Ban J&J, Allergan Breast Implants
• Merck, Others Can't Dodge Jury's Chromium Verdict
• Merck Sues Ky. AG For Using Private Firm In Vioxx Suit
• Tainted Avastin Caused Eye Infections: FDA
• US Slams PG&E Over Fatal Gas Pipe Blast
• Calif. Court Reverses Conoco Win In Toxin Death Suit
• Returning Courts To Their Owners
• Judge Removes Builder's Coverage Suit To Pa.
• Judge Preserves FCA Suit Against Kaman Over Bomb Parts
• RJ Reynolds Loses Bid For New Trial In $28M Suit
• Merck Gets Bellwether Suit Slashed In Fosamax MDL
• Del Monte Targets Oregon In 2nd Cantaloupe Import Suit
• US Should Create Fund For Research Injuries: Report
• Kashi 'All Natural' Claims Challenged In False Ad Suit
• Nutella False Advertising Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
• Judge Trims FCA Suit Against Bulletproof Vest Maker
• 1 In 5 Wells Contain Harmful Trace Element Levels: US
• SC Johnson — No Help For Advertisers
• Hydroxycut Marketing Action, Injury Suits Stay Alive
• Patton Boggs Asks DC Circ. To Revive Chevron Row
• Ducati Riders Settle Fuel Tank Class Action
• Ex-Players Sue NFL, Helmet Makers Over Head Injuries
• Cedars-Sinai Can't Shake Doc's $4.7M Retaliation Award
• Notable Case Developments In Food Insurance Law
• Group Seeks Faster Label Updates For Generics Makers
• 2011 Attorney Marketing: Where Do You Stand?
• Feds Balk At Honeywell Defense In Bulletproof Vest Suit
• BP Oil Spill MDL Plaintiffs Can Seek Punitive Damages
• High Court Shouldn't Revive Cellphone Emission Suit: US
• U-Haul Can't Nix Benzene Warning Suit
• Doc Says Tampa Firm Cut Him Out Of Genzyme Qui Tam
• Merck's $32M Damages Nixed In Vioxx Wrongful Death Suit
• Shuttered Drug Co. Recalls Surgical Antiseptics
• Overheating IPad Class Action Gets Shut Down Again
• Calpine Agrees To Shell Out $8M Over Geysers Fire
• Too Early To Mediate? Think Again
• Judge Lops Off Class In Ford Transmission Suit
• BP Dispersant Ingredients Linked To Cancer: Report
• FDA Restricts Mexican Papaya Imports Over Salmonella
• Apple Off The Hook In IPhone 'Glassgate' Class Suit
• BP MDL Judge Orders La. To Explain Discovery Refusals
• DOT May Kill Safety Exemptions For Old Pipelines
• 2nd Circ. Nixes ATV Transmission Defect Suit
• LG, Sears To Pay $23M To Settle Energy Star Suits
• The Importance Of Aqua Dots
• Class Cert. Granted In Boiron False Advertising Suit
• RJ Reynolds Must Pay Miss. $8M For Unreported Smokes
• Groupon Can't Escape Alcatraz Google Ads Action
• Rolls-Royce Chopper Crash Suit Belongs In Canada: Court
• Sick Las Vegas Hotel Guests Seek $337M In Damages
• Siding Maker Can't Shake Paint-Peeling Class Action
• Imperial Sugar Seeks $50M To Defend Refinery Blast Suits
• 2nd Circ. Mulls Reviving Chrysler Brake Defect Suit
• Grappling With Horizontal Exhaustion And Stacking
• High Doses Of Celexa May Cause Heart Disorder: FDA
• Hartz Loses 2nd Bid To Scratch Flea Treatment Action
• 5th Circ. Gives Stryker Knee Implant Action New Life
• $20B Deepwater Fund Touts Progress After First Year
• Panel Probes Public Release Of $35M Massey Settlement
• Yoplait Buyers Slam General Mills' Bid To Derail Class
• Atty Fees Reopened For Review In $300M Monsanto Deal
• Chemtura Settles Coal Tar Pitch Claims For $4.7M
• Ind. Faces 1st Class Action Over Fair Stage Collapse
• Enviros Seek FDA Action On Petition To Ban BPA
• The Product Malfunction Theory Lives On
• NBTY Unit Faces Class Action Over Joint Repair Claims
• Beckman Must Boost Lab Device Quality Practices: FDA
• Judge Needs Evidence To Keep Formosa In PVC Pipe Suit
• Crane, Elliott Must Pay $32M For Asbestos Exposure
• Concert Organizers Sued Over Ind. Stage Collapse
• Del Monte Fights FDA Limit On Cantaloupe Imports
• Ford Accused Of Excursion Defects After Fatal Rollover
• DynCorp Again Seeks Quick Win In Drug Crop Spraying Row
• Kmart, Sears Sue Corps, Insurer For Katrina Damage
• Hyundai Design Defect Caused Girl's Death: 5th Circ.
• Anco, First State Settle Asbestos Coverage Suit
• GNC Settles $1.5M Class Action Over Steroid Poppers
• 9th Circ. Chucks Bluetooth Deal Due To High Atty Fees
• JPML Sends Dial Soap False Marketing Suits To NH
• Calif. Court Allows Class Pursuit In Listerine Ad Suit
• 2nd Circ. Affirms $1.9M Award Against Diet Aid Co.
• Conn. High Court Limits Malfunction Theory Of Liability
• Overhauling The 510(k) Process
• HP, Hartford Snuff $3.4M Suit Over Printer Fire
• Ex-Lab Owner Admits To Selling Unapproved Stem Cells
• Lumbermens, Firm Settle Asbestos Suit Coverage Feud
• Judge OKs Medical Monitoring For DuPont Plaintiffs
• Ex-NFL Players Sue League Over Concussion Injuries
• Specialty Products Won't Give Up Asbestos Discovery Bid
• Liberty Mutual Doesn't Owe Defense Costs: 8th Circ.
• State Farm Off The Hook In Asbestos Coverage Dispute
• Jury Hands Win To Breg In 1st Pain Pump Trial
• Lights, Camera, Trial: Directing Your Trial Team
• Pepsi Excess Insurers Beat Contamination Claims
• Calif. Court Affirms $14M Verdict Against Philip Morris
• NHTSA Won't Probe Toyota Air Bag Failures
• $5M WR Grace Asbestos Settlement Gets Final Nod
• Motorola Sued Over Workers' Chemical Exposure
• Missed Warnings Caused Deepwater Deaths: Report
• GM Says Bankruptcy Bars Impala Warranty Suit
• 7th Circ. Nixes Class Cert. For Aqua Dots Consumers
• Amvac Beats EPA's Pesticide Ban
• Enviros Urge EPA To Create National Coal Ash Rule
• Nutrex, Supplement Co. Strike Deal In False Ad Suit
• Deconstructing EPA's Chemical Data Reporting Rule
• No MDL For Nutella Consumers In False Advertising Suits
• Tobacco Makers Sue FDA Over New Warning Labels
• P&G Denture Cream Suits To Stay Put In MDL
• How They Won It: Wolf, Gray Notch $750M For Rice Farmers
• 3rd Circ. Calls Conoco Asbestos Exposure 'Serious'
• Tobacco Co. Seeks High Court Look At Master Settlement
• High Court Asked To Rehear DuPont Contamination Suit
• Hitachi Avoids Sanctions In Defective TV Class Action
• Darvocet, Darvon Heart Risk Suits Consolidated
• LA Port Terminals To Pay $8.6M Over Diesel Pollution
• Deepwater Lessons Go Beyond The Gulf
• Bostic: Swinging For The Fences
• Deepwater Fund Admin Says Claims Don't Need Oversight
• Abbott Hit With 2 Suits Over Depakote Birth Defects
• USDA Sounds Alarm On Canadian Bacon Products
• NTSB Gas Blast Report Finds Flaws In PG&E Policy
• DynCorp Claims Drug Spraying Suit Preempted By US Law
• Judge Boots Investor Class Action Over Feraheme Risks
• FDA Unveils New Standards For Premarket Device Studies
• National Beef Recalls 60K Pounds Of Meat Over E. Coli
• McGowan Can't Shake Pollution Indemnity Ruling
• Dentists Win Class Cert. In Nobel Biocare Implant Suit
• IntelliGender Challenges $2.5M Gender Test Deal
• Judge Won't Revisit Order Narrowing Toyota MDL
• Atty Fights To Intervene In Suit Over $18B Chevron Deal
• GM Recalls 16,000 Chevys, Buicks Over Steering Defects
• American Home Settles Chinese Drywall Indemnity Row
• FDA Urged To Target Antibiotic-Resistant Salmonella
• Baby Sex Test Maker Settles False Ad Suit For $2.5M
• Class Trimmed In Fila Body-Toning False Ad Suit
• Case Study: Patch V. Hillerich & Bradsby
• US Says Chicago Officials Lied About Suburb Water Source
• Sedgwick Opens DC Office With 15-Atty Wallace Team
• Tubemaker Sued Over Faulty Fridge Parts For Samsung, LG
• Judge Tosses Class Action Over AT&T's U-Verse
• GE Settles With 2 Families In Chopper Crash Suit
• EPA Halts Sale Of Controversial DuPont Herbicide
• Cigna Must Pay For Construction Co.'s Lead Fumes Defense
• HP Fails To Shred Printer Defect Class Action
• Legal Implications Of New Cancer Causation Theories
• Vioxx Judge Reallocates $315M Counsel Award
• 8th Circ. Allows Interrogatories In AMCO Coverage Suit
• Campbell Puts Lid On Soup Label Action
• Ill. AG Calls For Ban On 'Napalm'-Like Fuel Gel
• Class Action Over Diet Drink Celsius Tossed
• Pfizer Can't Shake Investor Suit Over Off-Label Marketing
• Coconut Water Health Claims Have Holes, Buyer Says
• Q&A With Schiff Hardin's Jean Bertrand
• The Price Of Clean Drinking Water
• Gaspari To Settle Supplement Class Action For $1M
• J&J Cuts Deal With US Over Risperdal Marketing Fraud
• Philip Morris To Pay $12.8M In Wrongful Death Suit
• McGowan Seeks Reconsideration In Contamination Dispute
• Insurers Sue Shaw Over $107M Dispute With Solar Co.
• BMW's 7 Series Faces Probe Over Rolling Risk
• Insurers' Rescission Claim Survives In Heparin Suit
• Most Claims Stand In Securities Suit Over Vioxx Risks
• Zimmer Knee Implant Actions Merged Into MDL
• Dole, Shell Sued Over Chemical At Farms In Philippines
• Judge Trims Some Claims In Mercedes Consumer Action
• Chevron Dodges Patton Boggs' Interference Suit
• Canadian Class Certified In Suit Over Wyeth's Premarin
• US Probes Merck's Marketing Of 3 Drugs
• AT&T Boosts Voice Mail Security After News Corp. Scandal
• Tew Cardenas, Ex-Atty Turn Back Malpractice Suit
• Ford, VW Face Safety Probes Over Mustangs, Jettas
• Insurers Shake Some Claims In $5M Chinese Drywall Suit
• Kia Can't Shake Damages In $4.4M Faulty Airbag Suit
• Hogan Lovells Snags Ex-Medtronic Atty With FDA Chops
• 'Fair Share' Civil Liability — The New Law In Pa.
• EPA Finalizes Lead Testing Rules For Building Projects
• Cargill Sues Beef Packing Co. Over E-Coli Outbreak
• 2.2M Hondas Recalled In US, China Over Transmissions
• Cargill Hit With Suit Over Salmonella Infection
• Bath & Body Sold Faulty Air Fresheners, Customer Says
• Insurers Seek To Douse Calif. Wildfire Coverage Suit
• Canada Links Merck Drugs To Male Breast Cancer
• CPSIA Amended, Disaster Averted
• GNC, Others Targeted Over Weight-Loss Products
• EPA Urged To Require Disclosure Of Fracking Chemicals
• Concrete Testing Co. Indicted For Fake NYC Reports
• Chrysler Recalls 300K Minivans For 2nd Time
• DuPont Says It May Yank Controversial Herbicide
• Case Study: Lloyd V. General Motors
• CPSC Fines Black & Decker For Defective Weed Trimmer
• 3rd Circ. Revives Insurer's Plane Crash Coverage Suit
• Cargill Recalls 36M Pounds Of Turkey Over Salmonella
• Wellnx Strikes Deal In Diet Products Marketing Fraud MDL
• Prescription Confidentiality Law And The Privacy Debate
• High-Dose Diflucan May Cause Birth Defects: FDA
• Son Seeks Damages In Philip Morris Wrongful Death Suit
• Watchdog Attacks FDA Over Expert Conflicts Policy
• 10th Circ. Revives Prozac Murder-Suicide Suit
• Q&A With Fulbright & Jaworski's Jan Dodd
• Lloyd's Underwriter Can't Toss Beef Recall Coverage Suit
• Takeda Accused Of Hiding Diabetes Drug's Cancer Link
• No Class Cert. For Lexus Owners In Faulty Paint Suit
• Honeywell Recalls Thermostats Over Fire Risk
• 'Lazy' Brownies Are Not Supplements, FDA Warns
• TVA Has Claims Trimmed From Coal Ash Suits
• J&J Unit Seeks To Nix Listerine False Marketing MDL
• Contractors Not Liable In Army Chopper Crash: 9th Circ.
• Congress Clarifies Rules For Lead In Children's Toys
• FDA Reopens Comment On Gluten-Free Labeling Rule
• ATS Corporate Liability After Kiobel
• Q&A With Schiff Hardin's Eliot Jubelirer
• Pfizer Unit Wants $65M More For Asbestos Ch. 11
• Ford Recalls 1.1M Pickups Over Fuel Tank Fire Hazard
• Mass. Sues J&J Unit Over Risperdal Off-Label Marketing
• Upgrades Hurt Coast Guard's Deepwater Response: GAO
• Chevron Agrees To Test Uranium Mine On Navajo Land
• Liberty Mutual Escapes NY Asbestos Coverage Suit
• Epson Ink Waste Class Action Mostly Scrapped
• Manatt Insurance Group Snags Gilbert Founding Partner
• Insurers Can't Collect Coverage For Home Defect Suits
• Coke, Others Try To Can MDL Over Juice With Lead
• Is The Medical Device Review System Flawed?
• USDA Suspects Turkey As Source Of Salmonella Outbreak