Product Liability Archive » October, 2012

Product Liability - October, 2012

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• Garlock Wants Asbestos Claimants Barred From Injury Case
• Mid-Continent Freed From Covering $1M Salt Mine Suit
• DR Horton Suit Against Travelers Over $40M Judgment Trimmed
• FDA Should Use Foreign Oversight For Food Imports, GAO Says
• NFL Concussion Suits Don't Hinge On Labor Pacts, Players Say
• Illinois AG Sues ExxonMobil Over Oil Burst At Refinery
• Chevron Rips Ecuadorean Bid To Seek $19B Award In Argentina
• Bellwether Toyota Acceleration Trial To Proceed Jan. 2
• Calif. Civic Center Builder Must Face Subcontractor's Suit
• Auto Parts Co. Escapes Chrysler Defect Indemnity Suit
• Chemical Cos. Deny Responsibility For Benzene Exposure
• Suspension Of Novartis Flu Vaccines Lifted In 2 Countries
• Pharmacy Recalls All Drugs Amid Meningitis Outbreak Probe
• Predictions Regarding Predictive Coding
• US Fidelity Can't Shake Suit Over Asbestos Defense Costs
• FDA Toughens Mango Inspections Following Outbreak
• Welk Resorts Beats Mold Class Action
• Barnes & Thornburg Adds Jones Day, K&L Gates Attys
• Jury Can Set Punitive Damages In PG&E Pipeline Blast: Judge
• NFL Player Reveals Whistleblower Email In Suspension Row
• Diet Supplement Maker SEI Dodges DMAA Class Action
• Sugar Growers Seek To Toss Corn Syrup Cos.' False Ad Claims
• Muslim Woman's Vitamin Label Claims Preempted, Judge Says
• Caterpillar Hit With Class Action Over Bus Engine Failures
• Travelers Units Can't Beat $6M Condo Damage Contribution Suit
• Suit Says $200M Iberdrola Wind Farm Hurts Home Prices, Health
• Tobacco Cos. Fight DC Circ. Rehearing Of Warning Label Suit
• Novartis Inks $20M Deal To End Texas Medicaid Fraud Suit
• BP Doubts It Will Reach Deepwater Deal Ahead Of Trial
• CPSC Spanking Brings Hope For Consumer Products Industry
• 2 In Federal Zoloft MDL Want Case Kicked Back To Calif.
• Builder Hit With $8M Award Says Insurers Snubbed $1M Offer
• CAFA Provides Wide Removal Power, NAM Tells High Court
• BP Balks At La.'s Bid For Separate Deepwater Trial
• Caldera Fails To Escape J&J Pelvic Mesh MDL Claims
• House Bill Aims To Bar BP From Deepwater Tax Benefit
• NJ Judge Won't Reconsider Tossing Shareholder's Vioxx Suit
• Supplement Maker Escapes Fraud Suit Over Creatine Product
• P&G Wants Free From Philly Denture Adhesive Suit
• New Zealand Warns Of Zimmer Hip Implants' Early Failure
• 'Not For Children's Use' May No Longer Be Sufficient
• Weinberg Can't Shift Doc Burden In $19B Chevron Verdict Row
• Smucker Says Trans Fat Suit Aims To Get Around US Regs
• Meningitis Outbreak Exposes Oversight Failures, Markey Says
• NFL, Riddell Face New Claims Over Ex-Players' Head Injuries
• Canada Pulls Novartis Flu Vaccines Over Safety Concerns
• HP Escapes 'Crazy Cursor' Class Action
• Ignorance Is Not Bliss: 'Sham Affidavit' In 9th Circ.
• Ex-Sen., DLA Piper Pull Out Of PG&E Explosion Mediation
• FDA Finds Sanitation Lapses At Pharmacy Linked To Outbreak
• Novartis Given Reprieve In Elidel FCA Suit
• Super Bowl, Mardi Gras Will Delay BP Deepwater Trial
• Cincinnati Fights Coverage of W.Va. AG's 'Pill Mill' Suit
• Evanston Seeks To Escape Coverage Of Fungal Dye Suits
• BMW 7-Series Defects Cause Cars To Roll Away, Suit Says
• Lawmakers Ask FDA For Tighter Oversight On Energy Drinks
• In Support Of Learned Intermediary Doctrine
• Feds Probe Sticky Throttles In Fords As BMW Recalls 7-Series
• $105M Syngenta Herbicide Pollution Settlement OK'd By Judge
• Texas High Court Won't Examine Vacated $11M Asbestos Verdict
• Merck Can't Shield Testimony Docs In NuvaRing MDL
• Mercedes-Benz Sued Over Defective Engines
• Court's Rebuke Of CPSC Lends Weight To Database Gripes
• As Demand For Recall Policies Surges, Coverage Obstacles Lurk
• Northeast Utilities' Faulty Power Tubing Claims Survive
• Pfizer Won't Face Retrial In Premarin Breast Cancer Suit
• Sherwin-Williams, PPG To Stop Advertising Paint As VOC-Free
• GPS Regs Would Curb NY Overpass Smashes, Sen. Says
• Louisiana Wants Separate Trial On $1B In Deepwater Claims
• Westport Must Cover Hotel In Legionnaires' Suit, 11th Circ. Says
• Health Experts Admissable In Fixodent Suit, Plaintiff Says
• Boehringer Pays $95M To Settle FCA Suit Over Drug Marketing
• Branded Drug Cos. Not Liable For Generics, 5th Circ. Rules
• Steadfast's Steel Plant Explosion Coverage Suit Tossed
• Chevron's Subpoenas Stand In $19B Ecuador Judgment Row
• Medtronic Manipulated Bone Device Studies, Report Says
• Lexington Calls $35M Piping Coverage Suit Untimely
• Monster Beverage Says Its Energy Drinks Are Safe
• Troubleshooting Calif.'s Deposition Rule Overhaul
• NFL's Vilma Wants Tagliabue Off Bounty Suspension Appeal
• Resistance May Be Pharmacy's Best Bet In Meningitis Probe
• Cordoaria Ordered To Cough Up Docs In $50M Drilling Rig Suit
• Kroger, Food Auditor Sued Over Deadly Tainted Cantaloupe
• NJ Courts Mull Centralized Stryker Hip Implant Litigation
• DuPont Faces Wrongful Death, Injury Claims Over C8 Exposure
• DLA Piper Urged To Quit Mediator Role In PG&E Pipeline Case
• QVC Wins $2M For Space Heaters That Caused Fires
• Moon Marine Didn't Disclose Salmonella Tuna Recall: Insurer
• Insurer Asks Supreme Court To Stop 'End Run' Around CAFA
• Generic Pharmaceutical Liability: Challenges And Changes
• NRC To Study Cancer Risks Tied To Nuclear Sites
• FDA Warns Alere Over Weak Response To Manufacturing Errors
• International Paper Pollution Suits Too Vague, Judge Says
• Chinese Bank Faces $1B Suit Over Israel Terrorist Attack
• Roche Faces Potential Fine In EU Safety Probe
• Italy's Cellphone Cancer Ruling Supplies Spark To US Suits
• Wyeth Says 3rd Circ. Appeal Stays Philly Fen-Phen Trial
• House Expands Probe Into Deadly Meningitis Outbreak
• San Francisco Wants Rehearing On Cellphone Warning Law
• Redline Energy Drink Spurs Nausea, Chest Pain, Suit Says
• How They Won It: Greenberg Sticks It To Chinese Drywall Co.
• Jury Says Riddell Isn't Liable For High Schooler's Paralysis
• How To Get The Most Out Of Your Statistical Sampler
• Pa. Court Revives Asbestos Claims Against Honeywell, Others
• Lyondell MTBE Claimants Object To $450M Settlement Plan
• Blasting Critics, BP Urges Approval Of $7.8B Deepwater Deal
• Abbott, Other Stent Makers Seek Toss Of Off-Label FCA Suit
• Del. High Court Junks Sanctions Against Asbestos Atty
• FDA Reports Tie 5 Deaths To Monster Energy Drinks
• Guidant Pushes US To Prove FCA Claims Aren't Resolved
• Meningitis Probe Could Cause Drug Shortages, FDA Says
• Demilec, Masco Liable For Toxic Insulation, Homeowners Say
• WTC Workers Lose Bid To Re-Enter 9/11 Cleanup Suit
• 5th Circ. Says ACE Off The Hook In Energy Vessel Injury Suit
• New DuPont Herbicide MDL Deal Allows Individual Claims
• Judge Urged To OK $22M Hot Fuel Deal With Shell, Others
• Liability Claims In Pa. Prevacid Suit Pared, Punitives Allowed
• Another Case Highlights Ambiguity Of Pharma Liability
• Legal Industry Trends: Lawyer Salaries And Job Growth
• Legislature May Be Ohio Builders' Best Bet In Coverage Row
• FDA Panel Recommends Approval Of Genzyme's Kynamro
• Parents Sue Monster Beverage Over Daughter's Death
• NFL Head Steps Aside In Saints Bounty Suspensions Appeal
• Sanctioned Counsel Pursued Chevron Properly, 6th Circ. Told
• Banana Boat Sunscreen Recalled After Some Users Catch Fire
• 3rd Circ. Again Tells Pa. Courts To Apply New Tort Treatise
• Scottsdale Should Cover Faulty Pool Woes, 2nd Circ. Hears
• European Regulators Reject Vivus Obesity Drug Used In US
• Omnicare Whistleblower Can't Revive Tainted Drugs Claims
• OTC Drug Distributor Sues Contract Manufacturer Over Recalls
• Macias May Mean More Liability For Wash. Manufacturers
• A View From Inside The Litigation Finance Market
• Insurers See Ways Around Calif.'s Landmark Stacking Ruling
• Calif. Air District To Ramp Up Oversight After Chevron Fire
• Denso Tells Panel It Can't Be Sued In Texas Toyota Parts Row
• Meningitis Suits Stand To Benefit From FDA Criminal Probe
• Kinder Morgan Unit Fined Over Oil Spill At NJ Facility
• US Slams Jailed Supplement Maker's Bid To Duck $450M Fine
• Pa. Judge To Rethink Delay In Wyeth Fen-Phen Trial
• The Cure For Calif.'s Food Suit Binge
• Pfizer Settles 1st Trial In Chantix Suicide MDL
• 5th Circ. Rules DR Horton Not Liable For Faulty AC Units
• Halliburton Says Deepwater Deal Taints Liability Fight
• Chevron Trial Over $19B Ecuador Verdict Set For October 2013
• Walter Energy Sues National Union For Slurry Spill Coverage
• Bath And Body Works Beats Faulty Air Freshener Suit
• Fla. Court Restores $2M Verdict In Philip Morris Cancer Suit
• Shaw Gets Wash. Law To Apply To $107M Faulty Pipe Suit
• NTSB Unveils Final Rules On Appeal Process For Pilots
• $5M Union Pacific Derailment Suit Not Timely, Judge Rules
• NFL Challenges Players' Bid To Sack 'Bountygate' Bans
• 2nd Circ. Backs Bag Handler's $48M Win Over AA, Tractor Co.
• San Fran, Others Oppose DLA Piper Appointment In PG&E Case
• Asbestos Victims Urge 2nd Circ. To Overturn $510M Loss
• Pa. Lawmaker Floats Plan For Drilling Safety Panel
• Franck's, FDA Seek To Drop Compounding Oversight Case
• Meningitis Victim's Widow Targets Drug Compounder
• Kelley Drye OK'd To Rep Ciba, Ex-Workers In Injury Row
• Storm Of Problems In Insurer Bad Faith Liability
• Alternative Burdens May Come With Alternative Causes
• Walgreen Says Insurer Owes It $3M For Avastin Defense
• Pfizer Fails To Delay Chantix Trial Despite New Study
• Dodging Product Liability Laws By Calling A Shirt A Service
• Continental Needn't Cover Boat Co. In Carbon Monoxide Suit
• Give FDA More Data On Antibiotics In Livestock, Rep. Says
• Gun Liability Claims Trimmed In Calif. Mass Shooting Suit
• FDA Questions Safety Of Genzyme's Kynamro
• Pharmacy Linked To Meningitis Outbreak Faces $15M Suit
• JPML Won't Centralize Gerber Baby Formula Suits
• 7th Circ. Lets Abbott Combine, Transfer Depakote Cases
• Ex-Purdue Execs Ask DC Circ. To Revisit HHS Ban Case
• Sen. Boxer Presses FDA To Boost Oversight Of Seafood Labeling
• House Dems Press BP For Response To New Gulf Oil Sheen
• Australian Watchdog Targets HP Over Product Repair Policy
• Continental Dodges Montello Asbestos Coverage Suit
• Ford Recalls 155K Fiestas Over Side Air Bag Danger
• George Mitchell, DLA Piper To Mediate PG&E Explosion Talks
• WR Grace Cuts $2M Deal To End Asbestos Insurance Battle
• Expansion Of Personal Jurisdiction Over Foreign Suppliers
• Texas Food Distributor Recalls Mislabeled Beef, Pork
• Nissan Wins Jury Trial In Suit Linking Crash To Defect
• Ear Candler Loses Cert. Bid In Suit Over FDA Warning Letters
• Soldier's Parents Take KBR Electrocution Case To 3rd Circ.
• Faulty Samsung TVs Burn Out Prematurely, Suit Claims
• 2 More Drugs May Be Linked To Meningitis Outbreak, FDA Says
• Piping Maker Strikes $20M Deal To End Faulty Fitting MDL
• Forest Targets Docs' Testimony In Lexapro, Celexa Suicide MDL
• Philip Morris, Others Balk At Government-Proposed Fraud Ads
• Post-Meningitis Outbreak: Questioning FDA's Oversight
• BMW Urges Dismissal Of Mini Cooper Steering Class Action
• GNC Dodges False Ad Suit Over Workout Stimulant
• Clean Air Act Blocks Damage Claims In Pa. Power Plant Suit
• Meningitis Plaintiffs Face Uphill Battle If Pharmacy Fails
• NYC Soda Ban Not So Sweet, Industry Groups Say In Suit
• Feds, Transocean Challenge BP Spill Witnesses' Silence
• House Meningitis Probe Sets Sights On State Pharmacy Board
• 'Faulty' Jail Construction Warrants No Coverage, Insurer Says
• PG&E Customers Should Pay $277M For Pipeline Work: CPUC
• Pfizer Asks 11th Circ. To Block CEO's Chantix MDL Testimony
• Pa. High Court To Hear Asbestos Expert Evidence Challenge
• Mont. Sens. Urge EPA Action On Asbestos Cleanup Standards
• NHTSA Investigates Unexpected Braking In Honda Pilots
• Protect Yourself From Biased, Deceptive Mediators: Part 2
• HP Unplugs Class Action Over Underpowered Computers
• Toyota Forum-Shopping Brake Defect Suit, Hybrid Owners Say
• Deepwater Judge Won't Bump Settlement Opt-Out Deadline
• Cable Maker Knocks Alcoa's 'Delay' Of $18M Explosion Case
• Meningitis Outbreak Spurs Push For Compounder Crackdown
• Lehman Art House Owner Files $49M Suit Over Botched Repairs
• New EPA Report Again Ties Wyo. Water Pollution To Fracking
• CPSC Propels 3rd-Party Testing Cost Proposals Forward
• BP, Transocean Could Be Liable For Recent Gulf Oil Sheen
• Afghan Contract Fraud Puts Troops At Risk Of Bomb Exposure
• Walgreen Fights Shipping Center's DEA Suspension At DC Circ.
• Deli Meat Co. Says Insurer Must Cover $33M Recall Judgment
• GSK To Make Trial Data Available To Researchers
• Wyeth Loses Bid For Stay In Philly Fen-Phen Trial
• Drawing The Line On What Is 'Scientific Knowledge'
• Latham & Watkins Snags 3 Goodwin Procter Litigators
• Ex-Aircraft Repair Co. Owner Charged With Using Shoddy Parts
• 9th Circ. Targets Claims That Nidek Misused Lasik Beams
• Massive Recall Opens Up Toyota To Economic, Warranty Claims
• Meningitis Outbreak Exposes FDA's Oversight Failures
• Bausch & Lomb, Akorn Warned Over Unapproved Eye Drugs
• AAIPharma Gets Claims Slashed From Darvocet MDL
• ThyssenKrupp Seeks Asbestos Defense Coverage From Insurers
• Enbridge Says Post-Spill Pipeline Rebuild Suit Lacks Proof
• Exxon Knew Of Pipeline Trouble Before Oil Spill, Suit Says
• A Dispatch From The Front Lines Of E-Discovery
• Toyota Recalls 7M Vehicles Over Fire Hazard
• High Court Leaves Liability Jurisdiction Foggy For Foreign Cos.
• Merck Ordered To Turn Over Docs In Vioxx MDL
• 10th Circ. Returns AT&T Radiation Suit To NM Court
• FDA Asks DC Circ. To Rehear Tobacco Warning Label Suit
• Hill Seeks Probes, More Oversight After Drug-Caused Meningitis
• Coke, Pepsi Plan To Put Calorie Data On Drink Machines
• Justices Won't Hear Chevron's $19B Ecuador Judgment Appeal
• Pfizer Inks $164M Settlement In Celebrex Securities Suit
• Sanofi, Merck JV Recalls Faulty Typhoid Vaccine, UK Says
• Popcorn Lung Claims Could Be Explosive
• Judge Certifies Just Calif. Class In Kaz Heating Pad Suit
• BASF Gets $32M Verdict In Lung Disease Case Vacated
• Contaminated Cheese Led To Premature Birth, Suit Says
• Air Equipment Co. Sues Insurer Over Asbestos Defense Switch
• HMO Asks 1st Circ. To Uphold $142M Neurontin Verdict
• Novartis Defeats Aredia-Zometa Suit Over Jaw Damage
• Alaska Village Urges 9th Circ. To Rehear Climate Change Suit
• NHTSA Probes Honda Pilot, Odyssey Roll-Away Incidents
• Liberty Wants Off Hook In New Four Loko Death Suits
• Transocean Can't Duck Merger Suit Over Safety Record
• Protect Yourself From Biased, Deceptive Mediators: Part 1
• Deadly Outbreak Puts Compounded Drugs In FDA's Crosshairs
• Teva, Impax To Pull Generic Wellbutrin After FDA Finding
• Gulf States Fight For Share Of Potential Deepwater Deal
• J&J Resolves 5 Risperdal Off-Label Marketing Cases
• Pa. PUC, Utility Reach Settlement Over Deadly Gas Explosion
• NM Court Sides With Shell In Polluted Neighborhood's Appeal
• Northrop, Others Duck Product Claims In Asbestos MDL
• Honda Can't Seek Arbitration In Defect Suit, Judge Rules
• FDA, Interpol Shut Down 18K Illegal Pharmacy Sites
• Spotlight On Steve Gold's Toxic Tort Causation Paper
• Apotex Says FDA Botched Plant Evaluation In Drug Approvals
• FDA Device Center Must Take Bigger Risks, Director Says
• HHS Report Gives A Leg Up To Supplement-Wary Lawmakers
• Ampco Sues To Keep 'Hostile' Insurer From Asbestos Claims
• Roetzel Adds 6 Finance Pros To Chicago Office
• NH Urges Court Not To Block Access To Hep C Outbreak Docs
• Mo. Court Voids $1.5M Verdict In Tobacco Death Suit
• Wildfire Victims Seek Share Of $69M Award From Insurers
• Travelers Urges 2nd Circ. To Uphold $510M Asbestos Win
• Soldiers Suing CIA Over Secret Chemical Tests Win Class Cert.
• Int'l Paper, Waste Management Accused Of Fouling River
• XL Foods Faces Suit After Beef Recalled Over E. Coli Risk
• Sanofi Dismissal Affirmed In Generic Ambien Liability Suit
• Court Nixes Bid For Workers' Comp Insurer To Cover Death Suit
• Panel Sends Biomet Hip Implant MDL To Indiana
• Parker Hannifin Sues Insurers To Cover 47 Asbestos Suits
• Ford Defeats NJ Lemon Law Claim In Corrosion Suit
• New Ammunition Supports Removal Before Service
• Another Wave Of Silicosis Claims May Be On The Horizon
• General Mills Targeted Over GMOs In Nature Valley Snacks
• FDCA Preempts Suit Over Medtronic Pacemaker Death: Judge
• 9th Circ. Finds Insurer Responsible For 2009 Plane Crash
• Abbott Labs To Pay $700M In Depakote Criminal Case
• Toyota Wants Experts Excluded From Acceleration MDL
• NHTSA Looking Into Struts Behind Honda, Toyota, Ford Recalls
• Claims From Areas Unsoiled By Oil Axed From Deepwater MDL
• FDA Finds Violations At Dr. Pepper Snapple Bottling Plant
• Costco Salmon Implicated In Salmonella Outbreak
• Zimmer Gets FDA Warning Letter Over Implant Manufacturing
• FDA Wants Employee Email Spying Suit Dismissed
• Liberty Targets Drug Provider Over 'Pill Mill' Suit Coverage
• Medtronic Preemption Case Turned Away By Supreme Court
• Brazil Court Eases Drilling Ban On Transocean, Not Chevron
• Justices Likely Split On Alien Tort Law's Application Abroad
• Jaguar Takes Aim At Nationwide Class In Land Rover MDL
• Honda Recalls 600K Vehicles Over Power Steering Defect
• EU Adopts Stricter Regs For Food Flavoring, Additives
• NY Judge Trims $19M Jury Award In Carpenter's Asbestos Suit
• US Right Forum For Peru Oil Pollution Suit, High Court Hears
• Mass. Asbestos Appeal To Be Significant
• High Court Refuses To Hear Insurer's Bankruptcy Arbitration Bid
• Insurer Lexington Beats Toxic Discharge Coverage Suit