Product Liability Archive » October, 2011

Product Liability - October, 2011

168 articles

• Ohio Drops Organic Dairy Product Labeling Rule
• Japan To Ease Limits On US Beef Imports
• BMW Peels Out Of Class Action Over Engine Defects
• Medical Device Preemption Case Rejected By High Court
• Obama Orders FDA Crackdown On Drug Shortages, Gouging
• Supreme Court Declines DuPont Water Contamination Suit
• High Court Vacates Generics Preemption Ruling
• Think Before You Delete: Spoliation And E-Discovery
• Town Shares Liability For 2005 Dam Break: NY Court
• Pfizer Failed To Warn Of Zoloft Birth Defect Risks: Suits
• Ex-Ky. Judge Disbarred Over $126M Fen-Phen Fees
• Salmonella Concerns Prompt Wegmans Pine Nuts Recall
• County Can't Pursue Own Avandia False Ad Claims: Judge
• Thousands Of Sports Cars Recalled Over Oil Leak Concerns
• Putting Teeth Into Falcon
• La. Must Deliver Deepwater Docs Or Face Fines: Judge
• KBR Waste-Burning Exposed British Soldier To Toxins: Suit
• Yaz MDL Plaintiffs Say FDA Should See Confidential Docs
• Yaz, Other Birth Control Drugs Boost Blood Clot Risk: FDA
• San Francisco's Cellphone Warning Law Put On Hold
• Sikorsky Settles With 7 Victims Of 2009 Chopper Crash
• Case Study: Merck V. Garza
• Developer Survives Axis Bombing Range Suit For Now
• Aqua Dots Maker To Pay $1.3M For Hiding Toy's Risks
• Insurer Sued Over Coverage For Defective Pipe Suits
• Medtronic Catheter Side Effects Are Cause For Concern: US
• You Cannot Sue For What They Cannot Do
• Soured Consumers Sue Smart Balance Over Milk Claims
• Military Contractor Owes Kevlar Supplier $13.5M: Suit
• Mazda Stuck With RX-8 Stalling Defect Action
• Travelers Denied Quick Win Over Benzene Exposure Cases
• GSK Hid Morning Sickness Drug's Birth Defect Risks: Suit
• Microban Persuades Court To Annul EU's Triclosan Ban
• 8th Circ. Won't Revive Minn. Prempro Suits
• Eli Lilly Settles Suit Over Generic Prozac Suicide Risk
• Novartis Unit Subpoenaed In HHS Fraud Investigation
• Japan Raises Beef With Tyson Meat Imports
• Fla. Plaintiffs Move Ahead With Chinese Drywall Suits
• 9th Circ. Revives Rio Tinto Human Rights Suit
• Body Armor Co. Settles Defective Vest Claims For $1M
• Eli Lilly Pulls 'Ineffective' Sepsis Drug Xigris
• A&P Gets OK For $1.3B Personal Injury Claims Process
• $700M Philip Morris Light Cigs Suit Ends In Mistrial
• Dunn, Insurers Reach Deal In $44M Construction Row
• FDA Raises Doubts Over Insufficient AtriCure Trial
• Md. High Court Says Landlords Liable For Lead Poisoning
• Biotronik Can't Seek $100M From J&J Over Stents: Judge
• Chantix No Riskier Than Nicotine Patch, Gum: Studies
• Challenges Lie Ahead For US Oil Spill Fund: GAO
• Prepare For Greater Pipeline Safety Scrutiny
• Allstate, Insurers Settle Arkema Asbestos Coverage Suit
• Wyeth Shareholders Seek Class Cert. In Pristiq Suit
• Actavis, Mylan Can Use Expert's Word In Heart Drug MDL
• Mo. Judge Trims 4 Bayer GM Rice Cases
• EPA Floats Health Testing Rules For 45 Chemicals
• Airline Should Pay $1M For 63 Unsafe Flights: FAA
• 11th Circ. Scraps Lockheed Workers' Toxic Injury Suit
• EU Strengthens Animal Feed Testing Rules
• Pros And Cons Of A CMS-FDA Parallel Review Program
• Report Calls For Major Shift In Nutritional Labels
• Pfizer Unit Off The Hook In Prempro Breast Cancer Case
• Judge Won't Move NJ Nutella Class Action To Calif.
• Homeowners Hit Madison-Kipp With Contamination Claims
• DuPont Resolves Feud Over 2004 Chemical Leak
• Eckert Snags Saul Ewing Product Liability, Defense Pro
• SF Puts Cellphone Radiation Law On Hold Amid Legal Fight
• CPSC To Require 3rd-Party Testing For All Toys
• Pfizer Pays $14.5M To End Whistleblowers' FCA Suit
• Philip Morris, RJR Score Another Engle Win In Fla.
• Calif. Law Should Apply In Fatal Toyota Wreck Case: Atty
• JPML Centralizes DuPont Herbicide Suits
• Novartis Stuck With Sanctions In Bone Drug MDL
• Culling Class Action Waivers Under Magnuson-Moss
• Railway Co. Settles With Crash Victim's Family For $36M
• FDA Deems CareFusion Ventilator Defect High-Risk
• Bill Would Require Cost Analysis Of Federal Agency Rules
• Lexus, Toyota Hit With Class Suit Over Ventilation Troubles
• TVA, Landowners Skip 2nd Trial Over Coal Ash Spill
• Moving Toward A 'Single Injunction Rule'?
• Disneyland Teeming With Toxic Lead, Enviro Group Says
• NY High Court Revives Bus Passengers' Seat Belt Claims
• 'Company Doe' Tries To Block Online Consumer Complaint
• GNC, Protein Bar Maker Settle False Labeling Action
• Judge Axes $5M In Attys' Fees From Toyota Headlight Suit
• FDA Warns GSK Over Manufacturing Violations In UK
• Alaska Sens. Press On In 'Frankenfish' Fight
• Severance In Multiplaintiff Pharmaceutical Cases
• Yamaha Rhino MDL Winds Down In Settlements
• Water Agency Snubs $30M Deal Over Cracked Reservoir
• Bausch & Lomb, Insurer Settle Infection Coverage Row
• JPML Won't Join Avalon Suit To Toyota Acceleration MDL
• Toys R Us Told To Pay $20M Over Pool Slide Death
• Supreme Court To Mull Shell's Liability For Rights Abuses
• Traffic Safety Watchdog Probes Mini Cooper Engine Fires
• Simplifying E-Waste Regulation
• Anadarko To Settle BP Deepwater Claims For $4B
• Henry Gordy Settles Toy Gun Defect Claims For $1M
• J&J Unit Bests Suit Over Levaquin Injuries
• Sens. Target FDA Regs To Speed Medical Device Review
• Amgen Asks 9th Circ. To Undo Shareholder Class Cert.
• Deepwater MDL Plaintiffs Denied Quick Wins
• Egan Avoids $3.5M Payout In US' Oil Spill Suit
• Considering Contingency Fees In Jury Deliberations
• NFL, Helmet Maker Sued Over Retirees' Head Injuries
• WL Homes Nailed With Suit Over Widespread Defects
• Judge Pares Solvay Drug Marketing Scheme Suit
• Construction Co. Wants Insurers On Hook For $11.5M Suit
• ConAgra GMO False Marketing Actions Joined In Calif.
• Quaker False Marketing Suit Over Trans Fat Survives
• Using A Contractual Consequential Damage Limitation
• Rise In Fake Imports Puts Auto Cos. At Risk Of Liability
• US Sanctions BP, Contractors Over Deepwater Spill
• Bayer, Merial Hit With $32B Class Suit Over Flea Meds
• Teva, Baxter Told To Pay $104M In Propofol Hepatitis Case
• 377K Pounds Of Beef Recalled Over E. Coli Risk
• 1st Circ. Won't Nix $30M Attys' Fee Award In VW, Audi MDL
• Sony Says Bravia Flat-Screen TVs Could Catch Fire
• Spotlight On The Scientific Evidence Reference Manual
• Food Industry Slams Bid To Limit Ads Targeting Kids
• Bellwether Case In Toyota Defect MDL Heads To Trial
• Meat Co. Settles With Feds, SD Over Enviro Concerns
• 3 Wyatt Tarrant Attys Jump To Dinsmore
• FDA Tweaks Cancer Drug Warnings Over Hypertension Risk
• San Diego Wildfire Insurance Suit Will Stay In Calif.
• Garlock Can't Access Past Asbestos Bankruptcies: Judge
• Tackling Childhood Obesity, Slimming 1st Amendment?
• Insurer Can't Dodge Damages In Moldy RV Suit: 1st Circ.
• Death Toll From Cantaloupe Listeria Outbreak Up To 21
• HHS Urges DC Circ. To Keep Ban On OxyContin Misbranders
• Boeing Settles Ex-Flight Attendant's Toxic Fumes Suit
• Ohio High Court Won't Review Fireman's Asbestos Suit
• DOT Fines American Welding $4M Over Unsafe Cargo Tanks
• Del Webb Insurers Seek Help For 900 Home Damage Claims
• The Downside Of Tort Reform
• Attorneys At Work: A Flexible Notion Of Plagiarism
• Miss. High Court Removes Judge In $322M Asbestos Case
• Doctors Urge NY To Study Fracking's Health Impact
• Insurer Must Pay Bankrupt Manufacturer's Asbestos Claims
• Snapshot: Pipeline Safety Rules
• VW Calls Back 168K Cars To Fix Fuel Leak Issue
• Beetle Owners Pester VW Over Alleged Fuse Box Defect
• Judge Won't Review Specialty Products Discovery Denial
• Wireless Group Again Blasts SF's Cellphone Dangers Law
• Co-Op Recalls 400 Tons Of Soy Over Salmonella Fears
• When Computer Keyboards Become Pesticides
• Philips To Pay $4M To Turn Off Faulty TV Class Action
• Exxon Ignored Pipeline Defects Before Mont. Spill: Suit
• GE, Firefighter's Family Settle In Chopper Crash MDL
• Jury Awards Man $48M For Extreme Reaction To Motrin
• Pfizer Sued By Drugmaker Over Yanked Feed Additive
• National Union Gets Silgan's $5.8M Coverage Suit Canned
• FDA Urged To Mandate Labels On Genetically Altered Food
• Mitsubishi Unit Settles Class Action Over Faulty TVs
• Mispackaged Birth Control Pills Caused Pregnancy: Suit
• Four Loko Ends FTC Claims With Alcohol Warning Label
• House Dems Press For Probe Into Listeria Outbreak
• Nalco, Cleanup Crews May Be Liable For Corexit Injuries
• FDA Pitches New Transparency, Social Media Plans
• Listeria Worries Prompt Lettuce Recall In 19 States
• Tucker Ellis Grabs 2 Jones Day Litigators In Cleveland
• Shareholder Suit Over J&J Recall, Kickback Woes Tossed
• Jury Lets Merck Off Hook In Fosamax Bellwether Suit
• Gerber, Others Failed To Warn Of Lead In Baby Food: Suit
• Kraft Recalls Velveeta Cups Over Wire Bristle Concerns
• High Court Won't Revive Mobile Radiation Class Action
• High Court Seeks SG's Take On $1B Plutonium Suit
• Hartford Can't Shake Montello Asbestos Coverage Suit
• Clash Of The Class Action Law Firms