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Product Liability - August, 2012

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• Fluor Loses Asbestos Coverage Bid In Suit Against Hartford
• Guidelines Sentencing Sought In Asbestos Demolition Scheme
• Pharmacy Can't Force Cardinal Health To Supply Painkillers
• Fla. Court Overturns Tobacco Cos.' Win In Engle Suit
• Calif. Agency Fines 14 Hospitals For Safety Breaches
• Miss. High Court Won't Rehear $15M Asbestos Verdict Reversal
• Product Liability Attys' Wallets Take A Hit From Alt Fees
• In-House Attys Name 3 Stellar Firms For Product Liability
• 4 Firms Feared Most By In-House Counsel
• General Mills Sued Over Nature Valley 'All Natural' Claims
• NFL, Riddell Say Players' Labor Pact Nixes Concussion Claims
• Janssen Loses La. Appeal Of $258M Risperdal Verdict
• Novartis Wins Bone Drug Injury Suit On Timeliness
• FDA Questions Efficacy Of Novartis Inhaled CF Treatment
• High Court Grants Review Of CAFA Dispute
• Wyeth Loses Bid To Toss 2 Fen-Phen Suits
• Judge Guts Medline Suit Seeking Surgical Mesh Coverage
• EPA Confirms Final Ban On Pesticide AZM
• NRC Finalizes Guidance On Post-Fukushima Safety Measures
• Defining The Mission Of The Complex Case
• Wyeth, Schwartz Ask 10th Circ. To Nix Suit Over Generic Reglan
• Judge Trims Securities MDL Claims Against Merck Execs
• Bristol-Myers Recalls Cancer Drug Due To Overfilled Vial
• National Union Must Defend BNSF In Crash Suits: Texas Court
• Wolters Kluwer Must Face Accutane Case In Pa. Court
• Hospital At Center Of Hep C Probe Raises Privacy Questions
• Delta Pays Passenger For In-Flight Spider Bite
• Pfizer Units Triumph In Latest Hormone Therapy Suit
• J&J To Pay States $181M Over Deceptive Risperdal Marketing
• FDA Sued To Force Implementation Of Food Safety Rules
• Hotel Liability In Disease Outbreak May Hinge On Water Plan
• Kraft, Others Hit With Asbestos Wrongful Death Suit
• Novartis Beats Zometa Injury Suit At 2nd Circ.
• Lloyd's Fights Gun Club Over Contamination Claims
• CDC Pins Salmonella On Mangoes As Stores Pull Stock
• Omnicare Skirts FCA Suit Over Anti-Psychotics Prescriptions
• EPA OKs Food Residue Tolerance For Controversial Pesticide
• Smart Electric Meters Probed After Reports Of Overheating
• GNC, USPLabs Hit With Suit Over DMAA Supplements' Safety
• 7th Circ. Revives Contract Claims In Train Derailment Suit
• China Will Review Duties On BPA From Japan, S. Korea, Others
• St. Paul Rejects Riddell's Concussion Suit Coverage Claims
• Pliva, Others Escape Generic Reglan Suit Due To Mensing
• MDL Plaintiffs Say GSK Won't Uphold Avandia Settlement
• Driverless-Car Safety Bill Clears Calif. Assembly
• Honda Says Class Action Over Peeled Paint Is Meritless
• EPA Increases Ammonia Limit In Processed Food
• CPSC Toughens Safety Guidelines For Children's Play Yards
• Minn. Arbitration Notice Ruling Gives Ammo To Policyholders
• Shale Gas Group Proposes New Water Sampling Practices
• Feds' Inaction On Energy Drinks Casts Shadow On NY Probe
• FDA Warns Hospira Over Issues At Costa Rican Plant
• FDA Advisers Back Broader Humira Approval
• UK Removes DMAA Weight-Loss Supplements From Market
• CPSC Wants Public To Weigh In On Ban Of Tiny Magnet Sets
• Chevron, Transocean Lose Bid To Modify Brazil Operating Ban
• 5th Circ. Won't Revive Insurer's Suit Over Helicopter Crash
• Sun Pharma Unit Back In Action 3 Years After Drug Seizures
• Sanofi's Genzyme Pulls 19 Lots Of Thymoglobulin Vials
• Novartis Dodges Fraud Claims In Farmers' Pesticide Suit
• NM High Court Reverses Allstate Win In Enviro Coverage Suit
• Schumer Cites Report In Push For Chemical Regulation Bill
• FDA Puts Idenix Hep C Drug On Hold Amid Bristol-Myers Woes
• Baxter Win Gives Drugmakers A Leg Up In NJ Warning Suits
• Waxman Demands FDA Close Tobacco Reg Loopholes
• Pfizer Failed To Warn Of Azithromycin Side Effects, Suit Claims
• Samsung Accused Of Selling Faulty Washing Machines
• Defective BP Gas Damaged Vehicles, Motorists Say
• Bristol-Myers Sued Over Heart Damage In Hep C Drug Trial
• Colony Must Cover Plumbing Co. Suits, 5th Circ. Says
• 8th Circ. Brings Back Ameren's $32M Dispute With Insurer
• Home Construction Cos. Settle Defect Fight With Insurers
• L-3 Beats Ex-Pilot's FCA Suit Over Plane Defects
• FDA To Study How Well Consumers Understand Pharma Ads
• Endo Claims No Liability In AMS Pelvic Mesh Implants MDL
• Nissan To Pay Repair Costs In Radiator Defect Settlement
• FSMA's Potential Impact, Part 3: Reinspection, Recall Fees
• Case Study: California V. Continental Insurance
• Calif. Liability Rule's Farewell May Spur More Settlements
• Patton Boggs Can't Duck Subpoena In Chevron's RICO Suit
• Texas Landowners Take Hit In Suit Against Range Resources
• AstraZeneca Reaches $26M Deal With SC In Seroquel Suit
• Chamber Backs Allergan's Appeal Of Controversial Decision
• Bristol Takes $1.8B Hit, Ditches Hepatitis C Drug After Death
• Insurer Sues To Dodge $2M Bill Over Faulty Gulf Rig Repairs
• Expert Report Sticks In P&G Denture Cream MDL
• EU Agency Demands Cancer Drug Recall Due To Sterility Risks
• FDA Wary Of Wider Use For Abbott's Humira
• What's Making Attorneys Flee Their Firms?
• Pfizer Can't Boot Doctors' Suicide Testimony From Chantix MDL
• Cigarette Warning Label Battle Likely Headed For High Court
• New Context For Application Of State-Of-The-Art Principle
• Calif. Assembly OKs Bill To Hasten Pipeline Maintenance
• Insurers Can't Duck Defending PVC Maker In Nevada's Suit
• Devil's In The Details For Tasmanian Tobacco Ban Proposal
• J&J's DePuy Recalls Joint Implants After FDA Warning Letter
• TVA Found Liable In 2008 Coal Ash Disaster
• UK Insurer Can't Arbitrate Ameren Reservoir Collapse Suit
• Suit Says PG&E Used Safety Fees To Pay Bonuses Before Blast
• Plaintiff's Atty Slams Cozen Bias Claim Against NYC Judge
• NJ Laws Apply In Claims Against Insurers In Liquidation: Court
• Pa. High Court Won't Bar Reglan Patients' Claims
• USDA, McDonald's Halt Meat Orders Over Abuse Video
• Dole Recalls Salad Over Possible Listeria Contamination
• Customers Call Foul On Vitamin Co.'s Cartilage-Healing Claims
• FDA Names Farm Connected To Salmonella Outbreak
• What You Need To Know About Chinese Product Liability Law
• Broad Prop 37 Reading Could Breed More Food-Labeling Suits
• Injured Little Leaguer Wins $14.5M In Defective Bat Suit
• Medtronic Fails To Beat Bone Device Claims On Preemption
• Device Co. Sues Over $6M Loss After Tainted Mouthwash Recall
• FDA Warns Generics Makers To Yank Defunct Applications
• Industry Groups Tell Senate They Won't Back TSCA Bill
• Judge Reverses Consolidation Of Bayer FCA Suits
• Lawmaker Challenges EPA Over Pesticide Linked To Bee Deaths
• FDA Says Mexican Supplement Now Linked To Death, Stroke
• Drug, Medical Device Tracking — Will Medications Be Next?
• Anti-Energy Drink Crusade Has No Wings, FDA Letter Hints
• LG Electronics, Sears Recall Dryers, Citing Fire Risk
• Crane Co. Ratchets Down $32M Asbestos Verdict
• LG Escapes Class Action Over Allegedly Defective LCD TVs
• Drug Cos. Cut Loose From Darvocet, Darvon MDL Suits
• Investor Targets Monster Over Marketing Practices
• Reynolds Asks 2nd Circ. To Quash $24M Tobacco Verdict
• Dole Escapes Banana Workers' Pesticide Suits In Del.
• NH High Court Overturns Class Cert. In Philip Morris Suit
• FDA Warns Medtronic Unit Over Handling Of User Complaints
• State Farm Off Hook For Injury Suits Against Pharmacy
• Synthes Bone Putty Recalled Over Fire Risk During Surgery
• Pollution Clause Exempts Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: 11th Circ.
• Lodgers Sue Marriott Over Bedbug Bites
• Pfizer Tells 1st Circ. Neurontin MDL Shows No Proof Of Harm
• A Criminal Act Severs The Chain Of Causation
• Calif. Court Reins In Workers' Comp Claims By Family Members
• Pump Co.'s Insurers Sanctioned For 'Disruptive Tactics'
• Chrysler Faces Class Action Over Dodge Wheel-Locking Defect
• Deadly Salmonella Outbreak Linked To Ind. Cantaloupe
• FDA Ends Ban Of Claris Lifesciences Products
• FDA Ties Post-Approval Device Studies To Public Health
• Bovis Exits Hospital Construction Defect Suit For $1M
• J&J Unit Settles 1st Metal Hip Implant Suit Slated For Trial
• Untested Hypotheses: Only As Strong As The Expert Witness
• GM Recalls 250K Midsize SUVs Over Fire Hazard
• Toyota Acceleration Evidence Pared To Keep Trial On Schedule
• Suit Pared In Contract Row Over Scotbilt Homes Insulation
• Warranty Claim Revived In Toyota Sliding Door Suit
• Offshore Regulators Assert Power To Punish Contractors
• Miners' Widows Press For MSHA Liability In Death Suit
• Medical Industry Fears Device ID Rule Would Drive Up Costs
• J&J Intermediary Drug Rule Case Won't Get 2nd Look
• Judge Rules For TIG In $23M Asbestos Reinsurance Battle
• NHTSA Probes Nissan Versas Over Airbag Issue
• Liberty Can't Kill $50M Coverage Suit Over Deepwater Deal
• Interior Completes Post-Deepwater Offshore Safety Regs
• FDA Pushes X-Rays For St. Jude Heart Device Recipients
• Ford, Exxon Win Puts A Lid On Asbestos Bystander Claims
• Chevron Faces Suit Over Aug. 6 Refinery Fire In Calif.
• Senators Want Tighter Rules On Livestock Antibiotics
• 10th Circ. Axes $5M Judgment In Ford Rollover Suit
• Cabot Settles Fracking Pollution Claims From Pa. Residents
• Transportation Cos. Can Contest Liability In Metro Crash Case
• Unveiled: A New Enforcement Method In GSK Settlement
• Stage Planner Rejects $7M Deal With Ind. Fair Collapse Victims
• Big Tobacco Wants Texas To Tax Smaller Competitors
• Oregon Groups Sue State Over Rule Allowing GMO Canola
• Toyota Told To Talk Mediation In Calif. Acceleration Cases
• Aussie Tobacco Ruling 1st Domino In Potential Global Cascade
• McDonald's, Others Dodge Cancer Warning Suits Over Chicken
• US Joins FCA Suit Over Off-Label Vein Treatments
• Dow Unit Seeks Insurer Docs In $35M Miner Coverage Suit
• Australian Supplier Yanks Chinese Cars Over Asbestos Fears
• Lawmakers Urge FDA To Overhaul Medical Device Database
• Class Cert. Sought In Covidien Surgical Stapler Suit
• Codeine Can Be Deadly For Some Children, FDA Warns
• Quigley Ch. 11 Plan Heads To Vote Despite Protests
• Lexington Can't Quell $11M Salt Mine Coverage Fight
• Pfizer Vaccine Decision In Federal Court Bars NJ Suit, Court Says
• J&J To Nix Some Cancer-Linked Agents From Beauty Products
• Bumbo Calls Back 4M Baby Seats Over Skull Fracture Risk
• A Damn Sham: When Opposition Motions Preclude Removal
• Omnicare Beats Contaminated-Drug FCA Suit
• Faulty Breast Implants Spark UK Cosmetic Surgery Probe
• Australian High Court Upholds Plain-Pack Tobacco Law
• BP Tells 5th Circ. Contract Doesn't Bar Transocean Coverage
• NHTSA Black Box Regs Will Make Mark In Courtroom
• US Officials Probe Jensen Farms Over Listeria Outbreak
• 11th Circ. Could Lend Wider Net To Fla. Pollution Exclusions
• Bayer Seeks Centralization Of NJ Mirena Litigation
• Evonik, Others Want Out Of FCA Defective Diaper, Tampon Suit
• Roche Worker Axed For Resisting Hasty Cancer Trials, Suit Says
• Insurer Tries To Sink Shipbuilder's FCA Coverage Claim
• Icahn Blasts Forest Labs' Nondisclosure Of FDA Letter
• Jones Day Hires Torts, Insurance Partner From Thorp Reed
• Foodborne 'Occurrences': Are You Covered?
• Drugmakers Freed From Generic Reglan Claims In Tenn. Suits
• Class Action Blames Texas Brine For La. Sinkhole
• Wash. Ruling May Expand Liability For Asbestos Injuries
• Excess Insurer Says NFL Not Covered For Head Injury Suits
• Flushmate Concealed Risk Of Exploding Toilets, Suit Claims
• Chevron Refinery Fire Sparks Chemical Safety Board Probe
• Liberty Ducks $13M Bad-Faith Punitive Damages Award
• Canada Agency Aims For Simpler Food Safety Oversight
• Insurer Says Conrail Not Covered In Workers' Pollutant Suit
• Ford, Dealer Can't Shake $9M Brake Failure Verdict
• O'Quinn Wants Beirne Maynard DQ'd From Coverage Row
• Attys' $5.9M Fee Bid Slashed In IPhone Antenna MDL Deal
• Calif. Refinery Fire Sparks Legal Onslaught Against Chevron
• Newly Aggressive CPSC Ups Ante With Proposed Magnet Ban
• Monster Targeted In State Probe Over Energy Drinks
• Mensing Can't Keep Bristol-Myers' Plavix Suits Federal
• Texas Attorney Can't Beat Suspension Over Settlement Fight
• Vioxx Appeal Imperils Merck MDL Deals, 5th Circ. Hears
• Senator Calls For Ban On Flavored Cigars
• Indian Harbor Fights Coverage Of $2.3M Landfill Judgment
• Injury Benefits Time-Barred In Flu Vaccine Suit: Fed Circ.
• New FDA Guidance Aims To Speed Medical Device Reviews
• Forest Labs To Alter Governance To Settle Derivative Suits
• Insurer Doesn't Have To Cover Plane Crash Suits, Ill. Court Says
• Sequester Could Gum Up FDA Drug, Device Reviews
• Breg Pain Pump Injury Case Revived In 6th Circ.
• CR Bard's Faulty Filters Pose Health Risks, Suit Says
• RG Steel, Lafarge Face Class Action Over Air Pollution
• Calif. Court Says Insureds Can Stack Policies For Max Coverage
• Volkswagen Pays $8M To Resolve Sunroof Class Action
• No Need To Change Regs To Suit Nanotech Drugs: FDA Official
• Chrysler Says Class Action Over Brakes Based On Hearsay
• GSK Hit With Thalidomide Birth Defect Suit
• Texas Southern Sues Architect Over Student Center Defects
• Electrolux Must Face Nationwide Suit Over Dryer Fire Risks
• NJ Court Keeps Some Claims Alive In Cordis Stent Case
• Forest Labs Reps Marketed Daliresp Off-Label, FDA Says
• Armstrong Teasdale Hires Longtime Mo. High Court Judge
• Conveyor Co. Sues Travelers, Others For Asbestos Coverage
• Judge Orders FDA To Launch Livestock Antibiotic Withdrawal
• Stryker Hit With 1st Metal Hip Implant Suit Since Recall
• Judge Potentially Limits Claims in Avandia MDL
• Unisys Owes $30M On Faulty Medicaid Pay System, Suit Says
• FDA Limits Use Of Stryker's Wingspan Anti-Stroke Stent
• GE Recalls 1.3M Dishwashers Due to Fire Hazard
• Gateway Can't Arbitrate Monitor Class Action, Judge Rules
• FTC's Burden Of Proof Too Heavy For Piggybacking
• CPSC Targets Another Co. Over Magnet Balls Risk
• Dole, Others Beat Banana Farmers' Chemical Exposure Suit
• FDA Admits It Has Yet To Fill In Big Gaps On Biosimilar Regs
• Once-Thriving Asbestos Claim Stamped Out By MDL Ruling
• Baker Hostetler Lures Litigation Pro From Winston & Strawn
• Hospital Accused Of Billing Medicare For Substandard Labs
• Patients Say GSK Lyme Disease Vaccine Caused Arthritis
• Temple-Inland, Int'l Paper Sued Over Polluted Miss. River
• Neurontin Ruling Would Kill Off-Label Use, 1st Circ. Hears
• Rockwell Gets Green Light To Seek Asbestos Coverage
• National Class Size No Proof Of State Class Size, 3rd Circ. Says
• Oil Co. Sues Over Faulty Saltwater Disposal Lines, Wells
• Roche Could Wield Fla. Law Ruling In Other Accutane Suits
• FAA Seeks Up To $163M In Safety Penalties Against AMR
• 5th Circ. Bolsters Excess Insurers' Late-Notice Claims
• Hartford Drops Coverage Fight Over $20M Fuel Gel Suit
• Insurer Says Developers On Their Own In Nev. Class Action
• Barr Uses Mensing To Escape Generic Accutane Case
• FCC Should Update Cellphone RF Exposure Standard: GAO
• RSUI Doesn't Have To Cover 2008 Manhattan Crane Collapse
• NYC Condo Board Hits Developers With $153M RICO Suit
• Real Estate Co. Ends Suit Over Manhattan Condo Defects
• Obama Signs Camp Lejeune Water Pollution Health Care Law
• Carnival Faces $400M Suit Over Costa Concordia Wreck Death
• Calif. DTSC: Safer Ingredients Make Safer Products
• Much Ado About The Crime Of Doing Nothing
• 2nd Circ. Lets Citigroup Off Hook For 9/11 Legal Fees
• Food Co. Recalls Lunch Kits, Snacks After Listeria Test
• Nissan Ducks Most Of Faulty E-Key Suit In 9th Circ.
• Valero Sues KBR Over $5M Sulfur Tank Explosion
• Manufacturer Can't Shake NuAire's Incubator Recall Case
• J&J Win Affirmed In 5th Circ. Mesh Warning Appeal
• Paul Floats Bill To Allow Dying Access To Unapproved Drugs
• J&J's Birth Control Warnings To Doctors Were Enough: Ruling
• US Sues PG&E, Quanta Services Over 2004 Forest Fire
• FDA Feedback: New Guidance For Device Applicants
• Getting Ahead Of China's 3 R's
• Google, HTC Beat Class Action Over Nexus One 3G Promises
• New Clinical Trial Reporting Bill Risks Spooking Investors
• High Court Could Upend Rare Post-Mensing Loss For Generics
• Aredia, Zometa MDL Judge Moves To Speed Up Cases
• 8th Circ. Reopens Suit Over Cymbalta Suicide Risks
• Surgical Robot Injury Suits Against Intuitive Won't Be Merged
• Lexington Wants No Part In $285M Pella Class Action
• Unilever Faces Hair Loss Class Action Over Suave Product
• Enbridge Oil Spill Prompts Demand For Far-Reaching Review
• Not Your Product? Not Your Duty To Warn
• Kenosha Beef Recalls Patties Over Risk Of Foreign Material
• J&J Settles Risperdal Marketing Claims From DOJ, States
• Ex-ConAgra Peanut Butter Plaintiffs Sue Law Firm For $12M
• Sanofi Win Marks Another Step In Drugmakers' Twombly March
• CPSC Republicans Attack Product Safety Database
• Diet Aid Co.'s Insurance Claim Not Time-Barred, 5th Circ. Told
• Louisiana-Pacific Can Seek Only $2M In Faulty Heater Case
• Class Says It Was Burned By Misleading Coppertone Ads
• US Gets Devices To Market Faster Than Europe, Study Shows
• Sens. Want Detailed Cost-Benefit Studies For New Regs
• Herbert Smith Raids Chadbourne To Staff New NY Office
• Sunoco, Others Face Toxic Tort Suit Over Benzene Exposure
• Merck Gets Claims Based On Puffery Trimmed From Vioxx Suit
• Diesel Exhaust Claims: Stalled Or Just Getting Started?
• Toyota Recalls Lexuses, Rav4s Over Crash Potential
• BP Urged To Be Fair To Fla. On Deepwater Claim Payments
• Transocean Insurers Launch New Suit Over BP Spill Claims
• ADM, Others Can't Dodge Corn Syrup False Ad Claims
• NJ Court Backs Toss Of NuvaRing Suit Against Organon
• Traub Lieberman Expands To LA With Insurance, PL Team
• DSM Sues Supplier Over Recall Due To Unlisted Milk Allergen
• Ford Says Dana's Faulty Frames Led To Windstar Recall
• FDA Finalizes Electronic Registration Rule For Devices
• Tobacco Cos.' Suit Over FDA Science Panel Picks Proceeds
• Aker Covered For Chevron Faulty Repair Costs, 5th Circ. Says
• Ford Minivan Owners Denied Class Cert. In Defect Dispute
• Duty To Train: Thwarted Again
• Matrixx Investors Get Class Cert. In Suit Over Zicam Effects
• Chevron, Transocean Told To Stop Drilling Amid Spill Probe