Product Liability Archive » February, 2012

Product Liability - February, 2012

236 articles

• Engineer, Architect Want Manhattan Condo Defects Suit Axed
• FDA's Graphic-Image Tobacco Labels Found Unconstitutional
• Ex-Massey Security Chief Gets 3 Years In Prison
• Consumer Groups Say Aneurysm Fixer Needs More FDA Tests
• DynCorp Subcontractor Sues Steel Co. Over Afghan Well Piping
• Texas Court Voids $1.7M Award For Wis. Plane Crash Suit
• Brazil Can't Take Down Chevron's Operations Following Spill
• High Court Says Railroad Law Bars State Asbestos Claims
• 9th Circ. Won't Rehear Apple IBook Defect Class Action
• Rethinking Bifurcated Discovery After Wal-Mart
• High Court Mulls Alien Tort Liability In Shell Nigerian Case
• Deepwater Litigants Still Gearing Up For Trial
• Statins Carry Small Risk Of Diabetes, FDA Warns
• Merck Failed To Probe Diabetes Drugs For Risks: FDA
• Orbit One Seeks $10M Over Allegedly Defective GPS Parts
• Retired NFL Lineman Is Latest To Sue Over Concussions
• Arbitrator Upholds Chevron's Challenge Of $18.2B Ecuador Case
• Minimizing Tort Liability With The Right Terms
• Toyota's Arbitration Bid Sputters Out In Acceleration MDL
• Caesars Snuffs Action Over Secondhand Smoke Death
• FDA Warnings Don't Always Start Limitations Clock: NJ Court
• FDA Rejects Preterm Birth Drug From Watson, Columbia
• Glenmark Recalls Birth Control Over Faulty Packaging
• Shareholders Win Cert. In Suit Over Matrixx Cold Medicine
• Insurer Wants Mont. To Repay $16M For Asbestos Suits
• Ex-Massey Security Chief Can't Shake Conviction
• Monsanto Fails To Nix Class In Radioactive Releases Suit
• Adequacy Challenges: Standing Strong
• Nissan Recalls 79K Cars Over Gas Leak Defect
• Judge Won't Step Away From Chevron RICO Suit
• Hypertension Drug's Labeling Problems Prompt GSK Recall
• Worthington Recalls 30M Gas Cylinders For Fire Hazard
• General Mills Scores $2M From Supplier Of Recalled Beef
• Monsanto Agent Orange Suits End In Medical Monitoring Deal
• Consumer Groups Urge US To Defend Meat Origin Labels
• Warner Chilcott Subpoenaed Over Marketing, Off-Label Use
• A Lack Of Comprehensive Guidance In CMS User Guide
• Deepwater Trial Delayed As Settlement Talks Heat Up
• FDA Negligence Claim Preserved In Tomato Recall Suit
• House Bill Aims To Rein In State Drug, Device Inspections
• Late NFL Player's Family Sues League Over His Suicide
• Ex-Coke Unit Suffers Setback In Asbestos Coverage Row
• Texas Drug Fraud Law Preempted In J&J Suit: 5th Circ.
• Exxon Mobil Sues Hundreds Of Insurers Over Asbestos Coverage
• Enviros Sue US To Force Action On Agent Orange Element Ban
• Faulty Vials Prompt Blood Pressure Med Recall
• Allegheny Wants Lloyd's To Pick Up Tab For Pollution Suits
• Modernization May Have To Wait
• The Pitfalls Of Paperless Discovery
• Halliburton Appeal Too Late After High Court Ruling: Investors
• BP, Anadarko On Hook For Gulf Oil Spill Pollution: Judge
• 6th Circ. Snuffs Out Tobacco Settlement Antitrust Case
• Fla. Court Overturns Engle Verdict Against Philip Morris
• Pfizer Unit Scores More Time In Ch. 11 For Asbestos Dealings
• Nuclear Materials Caused Woman's Breast Cancer: Suit
• Separate Asbestos-Related Cancer Suits OK: Pa. Court
• A Few Lessons On Managing Product Recalls
• Colony Need Not Defend Insured's Predecessor: 5th Circ.
• FDA Agrees To Give BPA Info To Enviros
• Manufacturer, Insurers Denied Quick Wins In Asbestos Row
• Toxic Fly Ash Used In Golf Course Prompts $2B Suit
• Toyota Can't Narrow Shareholder Suit Over Defects
• 2nd Massey Boss Charged In Fatal Mine Explosion
• 8 States Probe Abbott's Marketing Of Anti-Seizure Drug
• Deepwater Rig Worker Settles Injury Claims Against BP, Others
• Mont. Landowners' Suit Over Exxon Spill Sent To State Court
• Forest's COPD Drug May Have Added Heart Risks: FDA
• Mylan Settles Defamation Suits Against Pittsburgh Paper
• Teva To Pay $270M In Propofol Hepatitis Suits
• Boeing Escapes Supreme Court Review Of Chopper Crash Case
• High Court Nixes Nursing Home Death Arbitration Ruling
• Toyobo Clears Warranty Claims In $8M Body Armor Suit
• Money Talks: Exposing Bias Using Expert Witness Fees
• BP Settles With Deepwater Drill Fluid Provider Over Spill
• Settlement OK'd In Apple IPhone 4 Antenna MDL
• New Kaye Scholer Product Heads Aim To Expand Group's Reach
• Carnival Tacks Costs Onto $16.7M Win In Rolls-Royce Suit
• Novartis Must Note Blood Pressure Drug Risks On EU Labels
• J&J Unit Recalls Infants' Tylenol Over Dosing Device
• Amgen Employees Press 9th Circ. To Revive ERISA Action
• MOEX Hammers Out $90M Deal Over Deepwater Spill
• Contractor Can Be Sued In La. Under Iraqi Law: 5th Circ.
• Bristol-Myers Subpoenaed By DOJ For Abilify Info
• Insurers End Feud Over Faulty Building Suit Coverage
• Arbitrators Tell Ecuador To Stop $18B Chevron Judgment
• DOT Floats Automaker Guidelines To Cut Distracted Driving
• Philly Courts Revamp Mass Tort, Asbestos Programs
• FDA Defends Graphic Cigarette Warning Labels To DC Circ.
• In Promotional Labeling, Size Matters
• Law School, Meet Litigation PR ...
• Toys R Us Can't Nix $18M Award Over Pool Slide Death
• Philip Morris, RJ Reynolds Win Verdict In First Federal Engle Trial
• Texas Judge Ordered Off $50M Valero Contract Suit
• KBR Asks NY Court To Wipe Out $200M Faulty Bolts Award
• New Bill Would Give FDA Greater Development, Review Tools
• Patton Boggs Seeks $22M Over Tossed Chevron Injunction
• Judge Bars Mention Of BP Oil Spill Probe During Trial
• 9th Circ. Shuts Down Consumers' HP Laptop Defect Action
• US, China Sign 5-Year Pact To Boost Agriculture
• Shionogi Scuttled Deal By Destroying Fenoglide Pills: Suit
• McGlinchey Lures Frilot Product Defense Duo
• PG&E Puts Up $1.7B For Pipeline Safety After Explosion
• WTC Panel To Back Cancer Coverage For 9/11 Victims: CDC
• Genzyme Recalls Leukemia Meds Over Factory Concerns
• Exxon Valdez Judge Won't Rule On $92M Damages Demand
• Daubert At Class Certification: Is Less More?
• 2 Defendants Exit Broadway Trapdoor Injury Suit
• BP's Deepwater Well Site Leader Needn't Testify For Now
• Judge Trims LG Smartphone Defect Class Action
• Probe Into FDA Monitoring Of Whistleblower Emails Expands
• Ky. Court Shuts Down Class Cert. In Vioxx Fraud Action
• DC Metro Settles Most Cases Over Crash Deaths
• Chemical Co. Denied Quick Appeal In Asbestos Coverage Row
• Building Momentum Against An Expanded Duty To Warn
• Consumers Want 9th Circ. To Rehear Honda Braking Suit
• Rolls-Royce, Crystal Settle Mermaid Propulsion System Row
• Lawmakers Press FDA To Get Tough On Drug Trial Reporting
• Counterfeit Avastin Found In US, Roche Says
• Cell Therapeutics Settles Investor Lawsuit For $19M
• Tobacco Cos. Can't Challenge Advisory Panel Picks: FDA
• Polaris Seeks To Upend Offroad Vehicle Defect Action
• $41M Punitive Award In Engle Case Too High: Fla. Court
• AlloDerm Insurer Sues Over Coverage For Alleged Injuries
• 31 Groups Call On US To Settle Guatemala STD Case
• The Buzz On Electric Vehicle Safety
• Insurer Wants Out Of J&J Supplier's Bug Infestation Suit
• Monsanto Liable For Farmer's Illness: French Court
• Weatherford Escapes Deepwater Horizon Spill Claims
• White House Holds Product Safety Budget Steady
• Dental Device Maker Halts Operations Amid FDA Warnings
• Judge OKs 3 New Bellwethers In NuvaRing MDL
• Drug Industry Balks At Obama's Budget Proposals
• As Deepwater Trial Draws Near, Evidentiary Battles Intensify
• Weil Gotshal Grabs Dechert Litigation Duo For NY Office
• Asus Hit With Class Action Over Tablet's Alleged Defect
• Vets Seek Class Cert. Over Alleged Chemical Experiments
• OneBeacon Exits NextG Suit Over Wildfire Probe For Now
• Taking A Bite Out Of Denied Food-Recall Claims
• Uponor Insurer Seeks To Avoid $63M Mold Death Coverage
• Shook Hardy Wields Largest Product Liability Group
• BMW Fined $3M For 2010 Defect Reporting Delays
• Mylan Escapes 6 Cases In Darvocet, Darvon MDL
• Ex-Navy Vet's $10M Asbestos Award Upheld
• Beazer East, Koppers To Face Wood Plant Pollution Claims
• US Sues Dallas Drug Compounder Over 3 Colchicine Deaths
• Suzuki Recalls Motorcycles Over Brake Light Flaw
• Patient Wants High Court To Take Up Genzyme Negligence Suit
• Sens. Press OMB For Delayed Medical Device Rule
• FDA's Stepwise Approach To Demonstrating Biosimilarity
• Honda Sued Over Power Window Defect
• Law360 Ranks Largest Product Liability Practice Groups
• Skin Cream Co. Gussied Up Anti-Wrinkle Claims: Suit
• Nissan Recalls 39,000 Versas In U.S., Canada
• Inside The 2nd Circ. Stance In Naranjo And Figueiredo
• Revised Removal Statutes — Possibilities, Pitfalls: Part 2
• BP Gets Prior Accidents Excluded From Deepwater Trial
• Volvo Recalls Trucks Over Low-Temp Spontaneous Braking
• JPML Flushes Plumbing Suit Centralization Bid
• CPSC Proposes New Safety Standards For Infant Swings
• Chrysler Hung Drivers With Leaky Sunroofs Out To Dry: Suit
• Death Row Prisoners Can't Challenge Drug Imports: FDA
• Ex-Citigroup Exec Hits Abbott With Humira Cancer Suit
• The Body Of Evidence For Retailer Liability
• Production Company, Others Fined For Deadly Stage Collapse
• No Quick Win For Ex-KV Pharma CEO On Criminal Costs
• How They Won It: Ropes & Gray Rescues Stryker Biotech
• Mine Safety Regulator Centralizes Oversight Functions
• BP, Others Get Emails Excluded From Deepwater Trial
• FDA Panel Votes Against Amgen's Xgeva For Prostate Cancer
• Spark Plug Defect Suits Merged In Ohio Over Ford Protests
• Popular Acid Reflux Drugs Can Trigger Infections: FDA
• Bill To Require FDA To Limit Arsenic, Lead In Juice
• GMO Salmon Needs More FDA Testing, Consumer Groups Say
• Coconut Water Maker Reaches $10M Deal Over Mislabeling
• FDA Faces Renewed Battle Over Plan B Age Restrictions
• EU Watchdog To Inspect Airbus A380 Fleet Worldwide
• Immunity For Potentially Toxic Trailers
• 11th Circ. Won't Hear Venue Question In Denture MDL
• Seafood Importer Must Pay $1M Over Fishy Labeling Practices
• BP Can't Keep Settlement Info Out Of Oil Spill Trial
• Bayer, Merial Flea Product Class Actions Merged In Ohio
• MDL Panel Sends Surgical Mesh Battles To W.Va.
• Purging Slavery From Calif.'s Supply Chain
• Skating Rink Co. Sues Goldman, Others Over Construction
• BMW Smoothes Out Fight Over Mini Cooper Windshield Cracks
• Energy Drink Consumer Denied Class Cert. In False Ad Suit
• Loss Adjuster Can't Snuff Out Whirlpool's Fire Defense Suit
• Deepwater Legal Fee Order Still Discourages Settlements: Atty
• Ford Owners' Class Bid Sputters Out Again In Van Defect MDL
• Toyota Scion Has Defective Door Handles: Class Action
• Ark. Court Favors Tractor Cos. In Rollover Suit Appeal
• Greenberg Adds Reed Smith Atty To Health Products Group
• Ill. Court Wipes Out Honeywell Asbestos Rulings
• 4th Circ. Won't Double Insurer's Lead Poison Liability
• Mead Johnson Can't Add Claims In Enfamil Coverage Row
• Jury Orders Liberty To Pay $13M For Defective Window Deals
• Paralyzed Woman Settles Cybex Injury Suit For $26M
• Mercedes-Benz Faces Action Alleging Hand Lacerations
• Injury Is Not Enough In Class Action Certification
• Dodgers Want Beaten Fan's Bankruptcy Claim Tossed
• Costco Says Wash. Law Applies In Cheese Coverage Suit
• WTC Operator, AMR Agree To Let 9/11 Suit Move Forward
• Chevron Won't Apologize To Slash $18B Ecuador Judgment
• Toyota Again Loses Bid To Time Bar Acceleration Suit
• Exxon Triumphs In Defective Equipment Suit Over Md. Leak
• Pharmacia Should Replace Schools' Toxic Light Ballasts: Suit
• Ex-Toyota Atty Must Pay $2.6M In Leak Case: 9th Circ.
• 5th Circ. Upholds Choice Of Law In Chopper Crash Suit
• Impax, Teva Put Generic-Wellbutrin MDL To Bed
• Senate Bill Would Streamline FDA's New Device Reviews
• Caterpillar Sheds 2 Engine Defect Suits With Settlement
• A Little 'Guidance': All You Need For Preemption?
• Revised Removal Statutes — Possibilities, Pitfalls: Part 1
• Hecla Hid Mine Violations, Inflated Stock Price: Suit
• EU Seeks Deeper Study Of Faulty Breast Implants
• McDonald's Drops 'Pink Slime' Additive In Burgers
• Grassley Grills FDA Over Whistleblower Treatment
• HP Recalls Fax Machines Over Fire Risk
• NY Luxury Condo Owners Settle Claims Against Developer
• Halliburton Cleared On Deepwater Data Destruction Claims
• Ex-Reed Smith Life Sciences Pro Jumps To Hogan Lovells
• Bill Targets 'Loophole' In FDA Device Approval Process
• A Red Light For Federal Class Certification In Calif.
• TheraMax Cold And Flu Can't Treat Either Ailment: Suit
• Suppliers Not Liable For Welder's Disease: Calif. Court
• France Opens Probe Into Capsized Costa Concordia
• Witness Must Testify In Medtronic Off-Label Suit: Judge
• Plastic Surgeons In Italy Sue Over Faulty Breast Implants
• Halliburton Can't Bar Cement Evidence In Deepwater MDL
• Alabama Can't Join Deepwater MDL Appeal: 5th Circ.
• Sinochem Settles Shipping Co.'s $51M Explosion Suit
• 5th Circ. Allows State Claims In Stryker Implant Suit
• FDA Aims To Boost Inspections Of Foreign Drugmakers
• R.J. Reynolds Seeks Permanent Ban On Graphic FDA Labels
• Pfizer Recalls Birth Control Pills After Packaging Mix-Up
• Mitigating Risk In Mass Nano Torts