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Product Liability - December, 2014

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• Greenwich Gets Counterclaims Pared In Gas Explosion Suit
• Safeway Hit With Wrongful Death Suit From Listeria Outbreak
• Judge Rejects Push For Egg Labeling Of Hen Treatment
• Texas Supreme Court's Appellate 'Merits Review' To Get Clarity
• Capeco Blast Co-Defendant Takes Coverage Row To Justices
• Texas Appeals Court Denies EP Energy's $21M Recovery
• Keurig Recalls 7M Coffee Makers Over Burn Risk
• Yarway Floats Ch. 11 Plan Featuring $325M Asbestos Trust
• Goodyear Not Barred From Aggregating Asbestos Claims
• Pa. En Banc Panel Boots $14.5M Asbestos Verdict
• China Clears Path For Syngenta's GMO Corn Imports
• GM Hit With Chevy Volt Steering Defect Claims
• Pa. Court Says Conrail Can Keep Suit Over Spill In NJ
• J&J Penalties Help US Atty's Office Pull In $2.3B In FY 2014
• Navistar Hit With $7.7M Asbestos Verdict In NY
• States Will Lead The Way On Chemical Regulations In 2015
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Miles & Stockbridge's Mike Brown
• 5 NJ Accutane Suits Survive Timeliness Challenge
• Stryker Can't Shake Suit Over Bone Medical Devices
• FDA Hints At Legal Action Against Powdered Caffeine Sales
• Pa. Damages Law Prevails In UK Helicopter Crash Suit
• Enviros Poised To Challenge EPA's New Coal Ash Rule
• BMW Recalls 140,000 More Cars With Takata Air Bags
• FDA Moves To Close Beer Labeling Loophole
• Century Wants Reinsurer's Costs Revisited In Asbestos Suit
• Parts Cos. Sued Over Shoddy Chrysler Clutches
• Pa. Court Upholds Post-Merger Asbestos Liability Cap
• Ford Roof Defect Suit Can't Get Past Pa. En Banc Panel
• Freedom President Objects To $3M AIG Settlement
• First Alert Snuffs Out Smoke Alarm Class Action
• Ill. Law Nixes Time Bar For Construction Asbestos Claims
• JPML Asked To Combine Suits Over Daiichi's Benicar In Ohio
• Amazon Fights Class Action On Dangerous Diet Drug Sales
• Nissan Dodges Class Cert. In Defective Transmission Row
• Judge Denies Class Cert. In Cymbalta Withdrawal Risks Suit
• Defense Contractor Dodges FCA Suit After Feds Take A Pass
• BP Deserves $18B Max Penalty For Deepwater Spill, US Says
• Product Liability In 2014: What Did And Didn't Happen?
• The State Of Technology-Assisted Review In 2014
• Law360 Names Law Firms Of The Year
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Centex Wins Again In Travelers' Choice-Of-Counsel Suit
• 5th Circ. Rejects Insurer's Call To Review Home Defect Ruling
• SG Says High Court Shouldn't Hear Teva Drug Label Case
• Teva, Pliva Ask High Court To Weigh Pa. Reglan Preemption
• Gerber Fends Off Baby Food Labeling Suit
• Judge Keeps Alive Part Of OC Water District's MTBE Suit
• NJ Court Tosses 2nd Plaintiff In Nissan Transmission Suit
• Navistar's Faulty-Engine MDL Centralized In Illinois
• High Court Pressed To Send Asbestos Suit To Fed. Court
• ACLU Urges Lift Of Gag Order In Coal Exec's Criminal Case
• EPA Will Treat Coal Ash As Solid Waste In Win For Industry
• 'Fragmented' Food Safety Regime Needs Work, GAO Says
• NJ Insureds Benefit From Broad Reading Of Physical Loss
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Greenberg Traurig's Ernest Greer
• Verdict Narrowed Against J-M In FCA Suit Over Shoddy Pipes
• Hellmann's Maker Drops False Ad Claims Over 'Just Mayo'
• 20 States Climb Aboard Syngenta GMO Corn Class Actions
• NFL Dodges Players' Painkiller Class Action
• Texas Court Won't Nix Jurisdiction In Pepsi Asbestos Suit
• Rohm & Haas Settles Ill. Cancer Cluster Toxic Tort In Pa.
• 6th Circ. Affirms Toss Of $326M Grand Ole Opry Flood Suit
• Ford Broadens Takata Air Bag Recall To Entire US
• Old GM Creditor Trust Says Defect Liability Lies With New GM
• DuPont Can't Test Individual Doses In Tainted Water MDL
• FDA Raps Sunovion Pharma For Bogus Benefit Claims
• Judge Tells Graco To Buckle Up For Faulty Car Seat Suit
• 8th Circ. Clarifies Coverage Trigger For Food Recall
• Nissan Gets Defective Infiniti Class Action Tentatively Trimmed
• $75M NCAA Concussion Settlement Rejected By Judge
• Lenovo Wins Cut Of 'Astronomical' Fee Bid In Defect Suit
• 3rd Circ. Greenlights Sanctions Bid In Veggie Contract Row
• AliphCom Unplugs False Ad Suit Over Jawbone UP Batteries
• Anheuser-Busch Suit Buoyed By Pom Ruling, 6th Circ. Told
• Kline And Specter Take On Philly's Plaintiff-Friendly Rep
• Pa. High Court Won't Touch AIG Titeflex Coverage Ruling
• Senate Confirms Rosekind As NHTSA Administrator
• 4 Freedom Industries Execs Indicted Over W.Va. Spill
• Class Seeks Forward Momentum In Ford Steering Defect Suit
• Whole Foods, Others Sued Over Fresh-Made Bread Claims
• Pumpco Escapes Fracking Spill Suit
• What Happens When Legal Aid Cuts Stimulate Pro Bono?
• NECC Prez Charged With Murder Over Meningitis Outbreak
• Blankenship Case Shows Perils Of Post-Crisis Assurances
• Product Liability In The Age Of Global Pandemics
• Ignition-Switch Claimants Attack GM's Bankruptcy Shield
• Canada, Mexico To Appeal WTO Ruling On US Meat Labels
• Snack Food Co. Misled Consumers On Chia Crisps, Suit Says
• New FDA Rule Will Enforce Electronic Drug Labeling
• DynCorp Hammers Ecuadorians' Surviving Chem-Spray Claims
• Judge Trims Nissan Defective Transmission Row
• Damages Model Dooms Class In Almond Milk Labeling Suit
• Ex-Employee Accuses Abbott Of Retaliation In FCA Suit
• Freedom Industries Exec Says Spill Exposure DQs Prosecutors
• Class Says Chrysler's Ram Recall Did More Harm Than Good
• 8th Circ. Asked To Nix Attys' Support Of Jones Day Sanctions
• More Athletes Ask To Be $75M NCAA Settlement Class Reps
• Tucker Ellis Can't Force Former Atty Into Arbitration
• Family Sues Wal-Mart Over Fatal Ohio Police Shooting
• Drugmakers Can't DQ Cohen Milstein In Chicago Opioid Suit
• 7th Circ. Explains Role Of Objectors In Class Settlement
• Pa. Coal Co. Asks High Court To Review Jurisdiction Ruling
• Halal Food Co. Pleads Not Guilty To Beef Export Fraud
• Arrowood Can't Get Reimbursed For Moldy Bed Suit Deal
• High Court Clears Air On Class Action Removal Disputes
• GM Ignition Switch Defect Death Toll Rises To 42
• Dart Cherokee Rejects CAFA Anti-Removal Presumption
• Polaris Sued Over Shoddy Motorcycle 'Saddlebags'
• Purdue's 'New' Oxycodone Pills Are Copycats, Acura Says
• Pa. Rental Firm Sees Appeal Quashed In $20M Coverage Case
• Forest Gets Some Relief In Lexapro Marketing MDL
• Class Unable To Show Philip Morris Could Sell Safer Cigarette
• Cash Settlement Proposed In BSH Moldy Washer Class Action
• Deepwater MDL Court Nixes Cameron's $3.4M Fee Bid Again
• High Court Won't Hear SQM Challenge In Groundwater Suit
• Sandy Hook Families Sue Rifle Maker For Wrongful Death
• High Court Nixes Ariz. Appeal Over Medicated Abortion Law
• Tracing Ohio's Evolution On The Component Parts Doctrine
• High Court Ruling Sets Low Bar For Class Action Removal
• 3 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Hiring Appellate Counsel
• Xarelto Safety Suits Sent To Louisiana By MDL Panel
• Sidley Picks Up 3 Class Action Partners From Loeb & Loeb
• NJ State Court Tosses Hundreds Of Accutane Suits
• JPML Again Won't Combine USPlabs Diet Supplement Suits
• NJ Gov. Wants Lower Fines In Bill Imposing Microbead Ban
• Va. Becomes First State To Sue Trinity Over Guardrails
• Syngenta GMO Corn Class Actions Combined In Kansas
• Chrysler Says Jeep Window Defect Class Lacks Standing
• NJOY Wants E-Cigarette False Ad Class Action Snuffed
• Offshore Drilling Blowout Rule Sent To White House
• Where Is The Pro Rata V. All Sums Debate Today?
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: King & Spalding's Ray Persons
• GM Must Contend With False Safety-Rating Sticker Suit
• FDA Warns Pfizer Geodon Drug Could Cause Deadly Rash
• Specialty Products Wins OK For $800M Asbestos Trust
• JPML Combines Whole Foods Yogurt Suits In Texas
• Pa. Urges 3rd Circ. To Uphold Fracking Trade Secret Rule
• Nissan Recalls More Cars After Takata Junkyard Incident
• Boiron Colluded On Deal Over Flu Remedies, 9th Circ. Told
• Visteon Wants Ind. Law To Apply In Cleanup Insurance Row
• E-Class Owners Say Daimler Can't Fault Them Over Gas Leaks
• Philip Morris Says $5.5M Smoker Death Verdict Can't Stand
• NJ Court's 'Direct Physical Loss' Ruling A Boon To Insureds
• What Lawyer-Novelists Learned From Being Lawyers
• FDA Concludes BPA Is Safe For Use In Food Packing
• 2nd Circ. Favors ADM, Cargill In $5M Corn Syrup Safety Suit
• Policyholders Should Note 3rd-Party Liability Pass In NY
• Fed. Law Unravels 'Made In USA' Labeling Suit, Macy's Says
• 11th Circ. Confirms Experts Must Prove Causation
• Residents Of Burned-Out Philly Apartment Win $4.75M Deal
• Insurer Prevails In Damaged Construction Materials Row
• CSPI Urges FDA To Ban Powdered Caffeine Sales
• JPML Refuses To Consolidate Cymbalta Cases
• Ex-NHL Players Say Head Injury Claims Aren't Time-Barred
• Gharda Tells Texas Justices $8M Fire Verdict Lacks Proof
• Vermont Defends GMO Label Law Under Congress Scrutiny
• Podhurst Orseck Adds Prosecutor To Take On Class Actions
• La. High Court Yanks Worker's $2.4M Judgment Against Exxon
• 'Judge Shopping' Gets Toyota Power Door Defect Case Moved
• North Dakota Sets New Safety Standards For Oil Transport
• Sens. Clear Obama's NHTSA Pick Amid Air Bag Recall Furor
• Injured Oil Rig Cleaners Sue Fieldwood Over Gulf Explosion
• ConAgra Discovery Dispute Heats Up With Sanctions Threat
• Enbridge Reaches $4M Kalamazoo Pipeline Spill Settlement
• Abbott Asks 7th Circ. To Affirm Toss Of Off-Label Use Suit
• Joint Health Beverage Co. Gets Claims Pared In False Ad Suit
• Calif. Egg Regs May Leave Farmers Scrambling
• VW, Audi Dodge Audi 5000 Unintended Acceleration Suit
• 10th Circ. Frees Travelers From KBR's $2M Pollution Defense
• Lumber Liquidators Hit With Defect Suit Over Bamboo Flooring
• Toxic Cleanup Workers' Claims Tossed In 9/11 MDL
• Drunken Drivers Can't Bring BAC Tester Claims, 3rd Circ. Says
• Oregon GMO Measure's Backers Sue Over Rejected Votes
• Manion Gaynor Heads South With La., Miss. Launches
• Exec Lied To Duck W.Va. Water Pollution Blame, Feds Say
• CR Bard Fights Consolidation Of Suits In Pelvic Mesh MDL
• Insurer Disavows Contractor Behind Fatal Philly Collapse
• Ebola Vaccine Makers Get Liability Immunity From HHS
• US Blasts BP's Bid To Cap CWA Penalties For Deepwater Spill
• FDA Menu Labeling Rules Have Long Reach
• Dole Beats 'All Natural' Fruit Labeling Class Action
• Takata Nabs Stay Of Fla. Faulty Air Bag Suit
• Maker's Mark 'Handmade' Claims Are False, Class Says
• 2014 FDA Year In Review: Food Edition
• Plaintiffs' Expert In CR Bard Pelvic Mesh MDL Disqualified
• OtisMed, Ex-CEO Cop To Distributing Device After FDA Denial
• GM Ignition Switch Defect Death Total Up To 38
• Nissan Settles Calif. Class Action Over Faulty Brakes
• CPSC's Recall Authority Put To Test In Magnet Trial
• REBUTTAL: Not Everyone Lost In Whirlpool
• Flooring Co. Mostly Ducks $400K NY Asbestos Verdict
• BP Fails To Win High Court Review Of Deepwater Settlement
• 3-D Printing Meets Strict Liability In The Auto Industry
• Big Tobacco's Directed Verdict Axed In Non-Engle Appeal
• Shell Rethinks $90M Waste Harm Deal After Secrecy Nixed
• Bayer's Flintstones Gummies Don't Boost Brains, Suit Says
• Remington Replacing Rifle Triggers To End Class Actions
• Honda Doubles Recall To 6M Vehicles Over Takata Air Bags
• Cincinnati Insurance Wants Out Of Cookie Co. False Ad Suit
• Supplement Seller's Religion Claims Against Texas AG Tossed
• Who Is Responsible For Clinical Trial Informed Consent?
• Takata Hit With Canadian Class Actions Over Air Bag Defect
• EU's State-Level GMO Ban Proposal Moving Into Place
• Hagens Berman May Face Sanctions In Pa. Thalidomide Cases
• Philly Building Collapse Plaintiffs Resist Judge's Recusal
• Whistleblower Says Trinity Can't Duck $175M FCA Verdict
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Shell's Donny Ching
• Compound Pharm Pleads Guilty To Shipping Tainted Steroids
• Comcast Faces Class Action Over Public Wi-Fi Network
• FDA Shuts Down Los Angeles Smoked Fish Factory
• Garlock's $125M Asbestos Liability Cap To Stay In Place
• Sens. Look To Block FDA Oversight Of Medical Apps
• FDA Tries To Tame Antitrust Wars Over Dangerous-Drug Sales
• Hartford Off Hook For $6.5M Organix False-Ad Deal
• Engle Progeny Plaintiffs Fight To Pursue Punitive Damages
• Chick-Fil-A Cherry Caused Heart Attack, New Suit Says
• Mott's Fends Off Class Cert. In Apple Juice False-Ad Row
• Energy Co. Tells Texas Justices Anti-SLAPP Law Unclear
• Chrysler, Ford Expand Recalls Of Takata Air Bags
• Expenses Back On Table In Reinsurance Row, 2nd Circ. Says
• NECC Ch. 11 Plan Sets Aside $135M For Outbreak Victims
• Looking At Supplementary Compensation For Nuclear Damage
• Big Defense Win In Whirlpool, But Everyone Still Loses
• Toyota Wins Tentative Contempt Ruling In Acceleration MDL
• Zimmer Prevails In 1st Durom Hip Implant Trial
• Travelers Drops Affiliated FM From Asbestos Coverage Suit
• Class Cert. Denied In Whirlpool Chemical Leak Suit
• Judge Trims Faulty Shingle Class Action Against Atlas
• Pa. High Court Won't Hear Asbestos Suits Transfer Appeal
• NHTSA Nominee Vows Enforcement Push After Year Of Recalls
• NFL Players, Families Look To Sack $800M Concussion Deal
• Takata Exec Won't Back Down From Refusal To Expand Recall
• Supporters Rally For Meat Labeling Regs As US Fights WTO
• 5th Circ. Won't Hear Trinity Appeal Of $175M FCA Verdict
• FDA Overhauls Drug Risk Disclosures For Pregnant Women
• Texas Court Revives Emotional Distress Claim Against Firm
• And Now A Word From The Panel: End Of An Era
• Beef Supplier Can't Chuck $9M Verdict In E. Coli Suit
• As Goes Md., So Goes The Nation On Steel Tubing
• Calif. Police Liable For Contracted Tow Drivers, Court Told
• Los Angeles Sues Maker Of Medical Pot Delivery App
• NHTSA's Graco Probe Looks To Atone For GM, Takata Recalls
• Cargill Yanks Beef From Canadian Walmarts After E. Coli Test
• US Tells DC Circ. To Snuff Out Tobacco Ad Phrasing Gripes
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rehear Cahill Gordon Asbestos Doc Case
• 1st Circ. Says Insurer Needn't Defend Yacht Co. In Defect Suit
• Consumer Advocate Adler Given 2nd Term As CPSC Commish
• Philip Morris Fights For New Trial After $27M Verdict
• Liberty Again Ducks $12.5M Bad-Faith Verdict After Remand
• Chefs Urge Congressional Action On 2 GMO Labeling Laws
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: McManis Faulkner's Mansoorian
• Responders Blame 2012 Derailment On Conrail Negligence
• Arab Bank Immune From Terror-Finance Suit, 2nd Circ. Hears
• Olive Oil Plaintiffs 'Totally Failed' In Bid Against Owners: Judge
• AIG Scores Victory In Frozen Pipes Coverage Litigation
• 8th Circ. Spares Pliva In Generic Failure-To-Update Suit
• Jamba Juice To Stop Labeling Smoothie Kits 'All Natural'
• 5th Circ. Urged Not To Revisit Defect Exclusion Dispute
• NFL Concussion Plaintiffs Improper As Class Reps: Group
• Takata Forms Panel To Monitor Air Bag Production
• White And Williams Lost Evidence From Philly Fire, Suit Says
• Caution: Flaws Of The Attorney-To-Secretary Ratio
• Must Calif. Dump Its Oil Spill Prevention Regime?
• FDA Boosts Warning On Biogen's MS Drug After Rare Death
• Ill. High School Assoc. Faces First Concussion Class Action
• Ford, Automakers Ask JPML To Move Air Bag Suits To Pa.
• News Orgs Want Gag Lifted In Ex-Massey CEO's Criminal Case
• Insurer Still On Hook For Window Defect Suits, 10th Circ. Says
• Suit Challenging Breyers' 'All Natural' Label Is Dropped
• BP Agrees MDL Penalty Phase Shouldn't Affect State Cases
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• GCs Add 35 Firms To List Of Most Arrogant
• High Court Passes On Iowa Grain Co.'s Pollution Appeal
• GE Says Insurer Can't Duck Defective Microwave Defense
• Cargill Will Pay $6.1M To Settle Truvia False Ad Suit
• High Court Won't Hear CERCLA Appeal In 9/11 Cleanup Row