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Product Liability - June, 2013

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• Bartlett Tops Early List Of Top Products Rulings For 2013
• Lockheed Can't Nix Scientist Testimony In Sludge Suit
• Fla. Legislature Escapes County's Gun Law Challenge
• Chevron's Dismissal Bid In 'Hot Fuel' MDL Falls Short
• 2 Years In, Pa. Liability Reform Hits Plaintiffs First
• Texas High Court Takes Up Union Carbide Asbestos Case
• Ill. Court Wipes Out Part Of Honeywell's Asbestos Suit Win
• Defending Design Defect Claims? High Court Has Your Back
• Earthquake May Cause 'Failure' At Los Alamos, DOE IG Finds
• Miss. Can't Bounce Plavix Suit To State Court, Judge Says
• Painkiller Maker Settles With FDA Over Moldy Meds
• Woman Defends $28M Verdict In Knee Injury Row Rehearing
• Hollingsworth Snags Former Gardere Litigation Chief
• Prevent Pro Se Litigation From Becoming A Problem Per Se
• Merck Off The Hook In Fosamax Fracture Suit, Judge Rules
• Bartlett's Benefits Will Extend Beyond Generic-Drug Makers
• Senate Bill Aims To Reduce Antibiotic Use In Livestock
• 7th, 11th Circs. Rule ACA Covers Black Lung Claims
• Fan Shot In 49ers Parking Lot Sues Team, Owner
• Boeing Accused Of Shoddy Design In Indonesia Plane Crash
• 2nd Circ. Clears Union Carbide In Bhopal Pollution Case
• Stryker Can't Force Coverage Of $8M Knee Claims For Now
• FDA, Interpol Seize $41M In Illegal Drugs From Websites
• Wis. Appeals Court Says Target Destroyed Evidence
• 9th Circ. Says Montrose No Help For City's Condo Battle
• Boxer Rips EPA For Dragging Feet After Plant Explosions
• Novartis Beats Failure-To-Warn Suit Over Zometa, Jury Rules
• Zurich Must Cover Dealer In Faulty-Car Suit, 10th Circ. Says
• Bollinger Wants Feds Sanctioned In Coast Guard Boats Case
• 7th Circ. Revives Suit Blaming Paint For Worker's Death
• BP Letters, Ads Commit To Contesting Deepwater Payouts
• 9th Circ. Urged To Review Expert Testimony In Asbestos Case
• Scientific Findings Can't Yield False Ad Claims, 2nd Circ. Says
• Insurers Push NJ High Court For Toilet Products Mass Tort
• $1.6M Bail For Operator Charged In Philly Building Collapse
• J&J Met $5M CAFA Bar In Aspirin Suits, 8th Circ. Rules
• Condo Group Snags $5M Jury Award Over Building Defects
• Pfizer To Pay $964M In Quigley's Approved Ch. 11 Plan
• Monster Energy Caused Son's Death, Mother Claims
• Whirlpool Chem Leaks Eroded Real Estate Values, Suit Says
• Insurer Dodges ADT's $34M Alarm System Coverage Suit
• GM Sued Over Cadillac Airbag Failure In Fatal Fla. Crash
• Weight Loss Guru Denies Contempt Charge Ahead Of Trial
• FDA Must Issue Food Safety Rules By Nov., Judge Says
• Jail Time As A Result Of Joint CPSC-Customs Enforcement
• Chevron Wins Access To Email Info In Ecuador Pollution Row
• 2nd Circ. Frees Indian Harbor From Contaminated-Oil Costs
• Trade Pact Mustn't Threaten Tobacco Regs, Groups Tell USTR
• McAfee Escapes Fraud Suit Over Anti-Virus Software
• FDA Sues NJ Compounder Over Mold-Contaminated Products
• ConAgra Settles Probe Over Worker Ammonia Hazards
• 11th Circ. Affirms Teva's Win In Suit Over Generic Reglan
• FDA Bars Medtronic Catheter Imports Amid 'Serious' Miscues
• Contractor Liability In ConAgra Blast Upheld, But Capped
• Hikma Sues Eagle Over $3.5M Generic-Drug Rights Deal
• NYC Can't Duck EMT Negligence Suit In State High Court
• China Says $7B Smithfield Deal Won't Hurt US Food Safety
• FDA Approves Marketing For 2 New Lorillard Cigarettes
• Only AIG Subsidiary Belongs In Asbestos Suit, Judge Rules
• Philip Morris To Sue Thailand Over Cigarette Warning Labels
• What 'Advertising Injury' Means To 2nd Circ.
• What To Know About The Common Interest Privilege
• More BigLaw Layoffs Expected After Massive Weil Cuts
• Latest Flip-Flop On Faulty Work Morphs Coverage Battle
• Calif. Appeals Court Revives Dole Death Squad Suit
• Publisher To Refund $1.8M To Settle Deceptive Marketing Case
• Door Closes, Window Opens For Generic-Drug Injury Claims
• Shoddy Sanyo TV Suit Can't Go Forward As Class Action
• Lawyers React To High Court's Generic-Drug Liability Ruling
• Raytheon Beats Beryllium Class' Medical Monitoring Bid
• Arab Bank Asks High Court To Review Terror Aid Sanctions
• FDA May Step In After High Court Shields Generic-Drug Cos.
• Fla. Appeals Court Affirms $1M Award For Smoker's Family
• Pa. Beer Stein Class Action Doesn't Hold Water, Judge Says
• Continental Sinks Bad-Faith Claims In FCA Coverage Fight
• Possible Drug Suit Witness Can See Records Held By MLB
• Texas City Sues Fertilizer Plant Owner Over Deadly Blast
• FDA Restricts Cell Therapeutics Drug Trial Following Death
• WilmerHale's Insurer Sues Storage Co. Over Destroyed Docs
• Supreme Court Spurns Pfizer Asbestos Liability Fight
• Kitchen Sink Litigation Clogs The Judicial Pipeline
• High Court Overturns Landmark Generic-Drug Liability Ruling
• Secret Pursuit Of Asbestos Bankruptcy Claims Must End
• High Court Isn't Keen On Class Actions, Latest Term Shows
• BP Wants Outside Probe Of Deepwater Horizon Payouts
• Judge Frowns At Insurer's Bid To Dodge Wrinkle Gel Coverage
• EU Governments Back Tobacco Restrictions, With Caveats
• Plaintiffs Lawyers Still Hopeful After AmEx Ruling
• Judge Won't Revisit Dropping Ex-BP Exec's Obstruction Claim
• Pfizer Wins NJ Choice Of Law Ruling In HRT Mass Tort
• AIG Unit Fights Against Covering $19M Mine Collapse Deal
• Ford Fends Off Focus Suspension Defect Class Cert. Bid
• USDA OKs Label For Meat Made Without GMO Feed
• 4th Circ. Says Navy Families Can Pursue USS Cole Attack Suit
• Barbara's Bakery Pays $4M To Settle GMO Class Action
• Vital Can't Shed Redline Energy Drink Class Action
• 'Black Box Warning' Counters Levaquin Claims, Judge Says
• Wyo. Residents Blast EPA For Vacating Fracking Report
• Chevron Used Latham Ties To Turn $19B Suit Funder: Patton
• Smucker False Ad Plaintiff Can Recover Fees, Judge Rules
• 4 Steps For Smooth Class Action Settlement Administration
• EU Greenlights Deal For Faster US Drug Imports
• Nissan Dodges Smart Key Roll-Away Accusations
• Endo To Pay $54M In Vaginal Mesh Settlement
• NJ Ruling Helps Cos. Deflect Blame In Construction Suits
• Foley & Mansfield Bolsters Product Liability, Enviro Groups
• FDA Approves Plan B One-Step For Women Of All Ages
• Pa. Lawmaker Seeks To Toughen Demolition Standards
• Justices' AmEx Ruling Greenlights Class Action Waivers
• Surgical Centers File $15M Lawsuit Against Lap-Band Maker
• Attorneys React To High Court's Arbitration Ruling
• EU Lawmakers Push For Fluorinated Gas Ban In ACs, Fridges
• Jury Sinks Veteran's Kawasaki Jet Ski Defect Suit
• DOJ Sues Drugmaker Over Unapproved Misbranded Drugs
• What The High Court's AmEx Ruling Means For Corporations
• FDA Hits Drug Repackager With Mislabeling Suit
• Calif. Senate Panel Advances Prop 65 Reform Bill
• Senate Dems Escalate Budget Battle With $1T Spending Plan
• Stryker Awarded $4.6M For Artificial Knee Litigation Coverage
• Swiss Re Units, Berkshire Affiliate End Defense Coverage Row
• Senators Want Deeper Probe Of $7B Smithfield Sale
• Patton Boggs Slams Chevron Over Fraud Claims In $19B Fight
• ADM, Others Sued Over Alleged Corn Syrup Health Dangers
• Mich. Developer Says Enbridge Tar Sands Spill Fouled Project
• Avoiding Together-Time: Unilateral Product Inspections
• Supreme Court Says Concepcion Covers Antitrust Cases
• Advanced E-Discovery Strategy: Beyond Cost Control
• Appeals Court Asked To Toss $11M Award In Oil Rig Collapse
• Apple's $53M IPhone Warranty Settlement To Win Green Light
• US Renews Obstruction Bid Against Ex-BP Exec
• No Asbestos Indemnification For Bankrupt Co.: NJ High Court
• Consumers Want Sears Washer Defect Suit To Stay In 7th Circ.
• Ore. Court Nixes Cert. Denial In Marlboro Lights Suit
• Plan B Saga Exposes FDA To Drug-Approval Suits
• Starr Can Deny SGS Chemical Spill Coverage, 5th Circ. Says
• Toys R Us Customers Ask Calif. Court To Revive Gift Card Suit
• Kohler Asks Judge To Throw Out $9.6M Patent Verdict
• CSX Sues Waste Co. Over Train Derailment, Explosion
• Prius Owners Urge High Court To Reject Arbitration Appeal
• Hope Is Restored In Finally Modernizing TSCA
• Specialty Products Wants $1B Asbestos Appeal In 3rd Circ.
• Union Carbide Loses Bid To Reverse Calif. Asbestos Ruling
• Union Carbide Pushes 2nd Circ. To Kill Bhopal Suit
• Carnival Seeks $12M For Damage To 'Poop Cruise' Ship
• US Sues Honda Over Excessive Small-Engine Emissions
• 2nd Circ. Says Insurer Owes Olin $14M In Pollution Coverage
• Polsinelli Lures 10 Attys From Husch Blackwell
• Chrysler Bends To Feds' Demand For Recall Of 2.7M Jeeps
• GMO Labeling Bill Advances In NJ Legislature
• Merck, Bristol-Myers Sued Over Diabetes Drugs' Cancer Risks
• Merck Investors Cut Claims In Securities Fraud MDL
• Bankrupt Insurer Ducks Congoleum Asbestos Coverage
• NHTSA Probes Suzuki Vehicles Over Air Bag Warning Lights
• Arab Bank Owes $1.3M In Attys' Fees In Terror Funding Case
• Kellogg Sued Over Super Mario Snacks' Real Fruit Claims
• 2 Deaths Prompt FDA Probe Of Eli Lilly's Zyprexa Relprevv
• Keeping Tabs On 'Natural' Beauty And Food
• WR Grace Bankruptcy Plan Favors Company, 3rd Circ. Told
• Doctor Prevails In Trial Over 8-Month Erection
• Calif. High Court Takes On Asbestos Supplier Case
• Feds Seek Tougher Sentence For Ex-Massey Exec
• EPA Cuts Down Chemicals To Be Tested For Hormonal Effects
• Conn. High Court Slashes Coverage For Nursing Home Fire
• Attys Colluded On Rawlings Ad Action Deal, Plaintiff Says
• Fresenius Hit With Dialysis Treatment Class Action
• Digging Into SEC Mineral Disclosure Policies
• Soleus Demands $150M Over Fire-Prone Dehumidifiers
• Big, Small Or Broke, Manufacturers Get No Mercy From CPSC
• NJ Victories For Novartis To Curb Zometa Pile-On Suits
• Generic Drug Labeling Claims Not Preempted By Mensing
• Ala. High Court To Reconsider Landmark Generic-Drug Ruling
• 8th Circ. Shields Branded Cos. For Generic-Drug Harm
• Insurer-Picked Firm Shut Out From Faulty Construction Suit
• Novartis Can't Duck Elidel FCA Suit, But Kickback Claims Cut
• Judge Wants More Info On Toyota's $1.1B Acceleration Deal
• Nearly All Asbestos Claimants Back New Quigley Ch. 11 Plan
• Takeaways From Largest Drug Safety Settlement
• Fla. Appeals Court Upholds $20M Award For Smoker's Widow
• DLA Piper Hires Product Liability Expert From Duane Morris
• Calif. Case Gives FDA Chance To Tackle 'All-Natural' Labels
• 8th Circ. Bars Coverage For 2 Doe Run Enviro Damage Suits
• Fla. Smoker's Widow Can Be Added To Personal Injury Suit
• Senate Bill Would Mandate BPA Warnings On Food Packaging
• US, Ark. Sue Exxon Over Major Oil Spill From Pipeline
• Is TAR Right For Your Discovery Project?
• Suits Over 2 Stryker Hip Implants Combined Into Minn. MDL
• FDA Sued For Questioning Lupus Product's Label
• AGs Pressure Apple, Others For Smartphone Anti-Theft Fix
• Stryker Escapes FCA Whistleblower Suit Over Pain Pumps
• FDA Pushes For Increased Medical Device Cybersecurity
• Tropicana Loses Bid To Peel Claims From OJ False Ad Suit
• Now Open: Floodgates To Price Advertisement Cases
• Expert Wrongly Barred In Birth Defect Case, Del. Justices Told
• Limiting Food Liability Starts At Product's Birth, Attys Say
• DOJ's Compromise On Plan B Access Justified, Judge Says
• Cooper Asks To Nix Pepsi Challenge Of $308M Asbestos Deal
• New Cy Pres Scrutiny Complicates Food-Label Settlements
• Calif. Appeals Court Eyes Revival Of Dole Death Squad Suit
• UK Moves To Regulate E-Cigarettes As Medicine
• Baxter Gets FDA Warning Letter Over Mold, Hair
• Shipper Can't Escape $25M Oil Spill Cleanup Costs
• Fla. Appeals Court Slashes $20M Award To Smoker's Family
• Applebee's, IHOP Ask 3rd Circ. To Nix Drink Price Suit
• Pa. Judge Won't Seal Order Over Alleged Privilege Leak
• Class Arbitration Is Back In Arbitrators' Hands
• Brothers Int. Sold Expired Food, Whistleblower Says
• E-Discovery Sword May Not Be Sharp Enough
• NJ Proposes $130M Settlement In Passaic Pollution Suit
• Lorillard Ducks $81M Punitive Award In Mass. Smoking Suit
• 5th Circ. Tells Watson It Can't Review Fentanyl Jurisdiction
• NYC Urges Appeals Court To Reinstate Large-Soda Ban
• Diamond Offshore Pulled Back Into Asbestos Liability Fight
• Walgreens To Pay $80M To End Painkiller Sales Probe
• Philip Morris Urges Tossing Of $12M Award To Smoker's Son
• Takeda Diabetes Drug Caused Fatal Bladder Cancer, Suit Says
• FDA, Food Safety Groups Float Competing Timelines For Rules
• MDL Panel Combines Ford Hybrid Fuel-Efficiency Suits
• 4th Circ. Revives Negligence Suit Over W.Va. Miners' Deaths
• 6 Anheuser-Busch Watered-Down Beer Suits Grouped In MDL
• 6 New Suits Launched In Fatal Philly Building Collapse
• Pepperidge Farm Hit With False Ad Suit Over 'Natural' Goldfish
• Court Won't Back NCR's Bid To Split $1.5B Cleanup Bill
• Newest Addition To CPSC's Enforcement Toolbox
• Class Action Attys React To High Court's Arbitration Ruling
• EU Panel Didn't OK Dow Chemical, Monsanto GMO Maize
• High Court Ruling Pushes Cos. To Tighten Arbitration Deals
• 5 Tips For An Airtight Approach To ACA Sunshine Rule
• White House Drops Effort To Restrict OTC Morning-After Pills
• Honda Loses Bid To Nix Fraud Claims Over Power Windows
• DOL Tip-Pooling Loss May Spur More Agency Rule Challenges
• FDA Balks At Renal Cancer Drug From Aveo, Astellas
• Contractor Sues Over Miami-Dade College Garage Collapse
• Senators Want Nick To Leave Junk Foods Ads To Grown-Ups
• Sens. Want Quick Vote On Drug Compounder Oversight Bill
• Nevada Gov. Rejects Raw Milk Bill Over Safety Concerns
• $28M Knee Injury Trial Riddled With Errors, Marketer Says
• 7th Circ. Tosses Insurer's Win In Construction Injury Suit
• Judge Recommends Keeping Pa. Coal Mine Suit Alive
• 6th Circ. Erases Peabody Coal Worker's Black Lung Award
• Owens-Illinois Hit With $27.3M Jury Verdict In Asbestos Suit
• Malta Police Won't Indict Former EU Health Commissioner
• 2nd Circ. Upholds RSUI Win In Crane Collapse Coverage Suit
• Grand Jury Will Investigate Fatal Philly Building Collapse
• YPF Agrees To Pay $65M In NJ River Pollution Case
• Mercedes Gas Leak Class Suit Survives
• High Court Won't Revive $17.5M Exxon Asbestos Verdict
• Justices Defer To Arbitrator On Oxford Class Arbitration
• GSK Thalidomide Suit To Stay In Fed. Court: 3rd Circ.
• Flector FCA Suit Short On Evidence, Pfizer Unit Says
• LG Dodges Suit Over Defective Fridge Programming
• How To Fight For Coverage In Solar Panel Defect Claims
• Appeals Court Revives Homebuilder's Drywall Coverage Suit
• Philly Unveils New Demo Standards In Wake Of Collapse
• 8th Circ. Junks Calif. Homeowners' Challenge To Uponor Deal
• Ex-BP Engineer Loses Bid For Grand Jury Docs In Spill Case
• Claims Trimmed In Abbott Baby Formula Contamination Suit
• Kinder Morgan Fined Over Waste, Oil Leakage At 4 Well Sites
• Chrysler Recalls 434K Jeeps Over Air Bags, Transmissions
• Ahead Of Trade Talks, Sens. Rip EU Tobacco Rule Changes
• Exxon Wants Ark. Pipeline Rupture Class Action Tossed
• Monsanto Hit With Class Suits Over GMO Wheat Market Scare
• 10 Strategies For A Special Verdict Form
• Philly Machine Operator Faces Charges Over Building Collapse
• When In Doubt, Write Your Doctor A Letter
• Ski Act Doesn't Apply In Wrongful Death Suit: NJ High Court
• PG&E, Contractors To Pay $51M To End Calif. Wildfire Suits
• Bard Limits Plaintiffs' Expert Testimony In Vaginal Mesh MDL
• Donziger Must Reveal Bribery Evidence In $19B Chevron Fight
• Nautilus' Effort To Avoid Strongwell Defense Nixed By Judge
• Philly Building Collapse Liability To Hinge On Demo Plan
• Okla. High Court Strikes Down Major Tort Reform Law
• SoHo Hotel Owner Sues Insurer, Con Ed For Sandy Losses
• MDL Panel Won't Combine 'Toxic' Spray Foam Cases
• FDA Can't Regulate Lab Tests As Devices, Group Says
• 9/11 Victims Win Bid To Pursue Iran-Linked NYC Property
• FDA Panel Backs Looser Limits On GSK's Avandia
• Insurer Can't Investigate Merits Of Chinese Drywall Claims
• 3 Chadbourne Partners Join Hogan Lovells In NYC, Mexico
• West-Ward Pharma Drops False Ad Suit Against Rivals
• MDL Panel Combines 5-Hour Energy False Ad Suits In Calif.
• NHTSA's Drive For Automated Vehicle Safety
• Mediators, Expand Your Tool Kit In Complex Litigation
• Texas Court Urged To Toss $4M Fen-Phen Referral Fee Award
• Wal-Mart Says It Honored Gas Discounts In Fla. Class Action
• Judge Questions Class Similarity In Super Bowl Ticket Feud
• Chrysler May Regret Recall Refusal Down The Road
• Belt-Tightening Slips On GCs' Priority List
• 2nd Circ. Rejects Delay Of OTC Morning-After Pill
• Biosimilars Dodge State Roadblocks, But Big Hurdles Remain
• Abbott Can't Kick Investor Suit Over Depakote Marketing
• Pa. High Court Urged To Adopt Revised Tort Law
• Review Of GSK's Avandia Trial Flawed, FDA Official Says
• Ex-BP Engineer Blasts DOJ's Bid To Quash Subpoena
• Chinese Co.'s $7B Smithfield Buy Draws Senate Scrutiny
• IRS Withholding $125M Owed In Abbott Case, Va. AG Says
• RJ Reynolds Hit With $8.3M Judgment Over Eclipse Ads
• Conn. High Court Says CGLs Can Cover Construction Defects
• Monsanto Says Better Tests Show GMO Wheat 'Isolated'
• Chevron's Argentina Assets Unfrozen In $19B Amazon Fight
• Crouch's Efforts To Avoid GARA Don't Fly With 6th Circ.
• We Need Mediation In E-Discovery
• TGI Friday's Franchisee Sued Over Bait-And-Switch Booze
• Chrysler Refuses Feds' Request To Recall 2.7M Jeeps
• Public Health Workers Urge FDA Action On Antibiotics
• Construction Suit Time Limits OK'd In A First For Calif.
• Monsanto Faces Farmer's Negligence Suit Over Wheat Scare
• J&J Issues Global Recall Of Cilest Birth Control Pills
• Megabus Says Judge Unveiled Privileged Info In Crash Suit
• Liberty Mutual Freed From Excess Insurers' Asbestos Suit
• Fetal Viability Rule Doesn't Nix Paxil Suit, Pa. Court Told
• Insurer Wants Rival To Share Listeria Outbreak Coverage Costs
• FRCP Amendments Could Change Discovery As We Know It
• After FDA Review, GSK Could Earn Reprieve On Avandia
• High Court's Message In Recent Class Certification Vacatur
• Takeda, Eli Lilly Want Ark. Taxpayer's Actos Suit Nixed
• Successor Questions Loom Following NJ Senator's Passing
• Ontario Appeals Court OKs $50B Suit Against Tobacco Cos.
• Costco, Ore. Farm Targeted Over Hepatitis A Outbreak
• BMW Hit With Class Action Over Jammed Convertible Tops
• Carnival Sets Up CAFA Fight In 11th Circ. Over Wreck Suits
• Pollution Exclusion Applies To Carbon Monoxide: Minn. Court
• Monsanto To Work With USDA To Probe Modified Wheat
• General Mills Beats False Ad Suit Over Nature Valley Bars
• Ford Seeks Sanctions In $20M Insurance Conspiracy Suit
• High Court Vacates Class Cert. In Washer Suit, Citing Comcast
• NY High Court Limits Deception Claims In Valspar Appeal
• Rohm & Haas Spill Suit Needs 2nd Look, Appeals Court Says
• Justices Pass On 2nd Circ. Fosamax Jaw-Injury Ruling
• ArcelorMittal Must Stop Repairs After Explosion, Judge Rules
• Transocean Says BP Is On Its Own In $7.8B Deepwater Deal
• IOM Report — Worth Its Salt For Future Health Policy