Product Liability Archive » January, 2015

Product Liability - January, 2015

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• Popcorn Lung Verdict Reversed Over Immigration Info
• Shell Pays $90M To Escape Calif. Contamination Suit
• Honda Confirms Takata Air Bag Rupture In Fatal Texas Crash
• Class Allegations Nixed In Suit Over Pa. GenOn Power Plant
• Engle Trial Judge Won't Recuse Self Over Wife's Death
• Risperdal Judge Warns J&J Over Introducing FDA Docs
• Excess Insurer Beats $5.6M Condo Repair Claim In SC Court
• Avalon Faces 2 Tenant Suits For Burned-Down NJ Luxury Apts
• Medicis Can't Duck Acne Med Suit Under Intermediary Doctrine
• Abbott Labs Escapes Class Cert. Bid By Ensure Drinkers
• FDA Accused Of Helping J&J Cover Up Risperdal Data
• DC Circ. Affirms FTC Ruling In Pom Wonderful Ad Case
• It's A Harsh Winter For 'All Natural' Food Class Actions
• DuPont Wins Jury Verdict In FCA Suit Over Chemical Leaks
• RJ Reynolds Hit With $6M Verdict In Engle Trial
• GM Denies Calls To Extend Ignition Switch Fund Deadline
• Tobacco Cos. Deny Liability For Engle Plaintiff's Decisions
• Tylenol Liver-Damage MDL Bellwether Gets June Trial Date
• J&J Tried To Obscure Risperdal Risks, Ex-FDA Chief Says
• Parties In Takata Air Bag MDL Split On Venue
• AIG Units Must Defend Victaulic In 3 Product Liability Suits
• ATP's $1M Settlement Denied In Gulf Oil Discharge Suit
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: SMGQ Law's Emilia Quesada
• Attune False Labeling Suit Hinges On FDA
• Exide Faces New Waste Violations At LA Battery Plant
• Expert Testimony Falls Short In Fixodent MDL, Judge Says
• Key Questions When Selecting E-Discovery Vendors
• Big Tobacco 'Tortious' Conduct Evidence Out Of Trial For Now
• Cig Addiction Caused Engle Plaintiff's Illnesses, Jury Told
• Tobacco Laws Should Cover E-Cigs, Calif. Dept. Of Health Says
• BP Spill Payments Helped Local Economy, Expert Testifies
• Dems Push Bill To Create Single Food Safety Agency
• Policy Reformation OK'd In Wyndham Crash Coverage Row
• CVS To Pay $500K For Selling Warmed Meds In NJ
• 6th Circ. Yanks Payments To 2nd-Priority Dow Implant Victims
• Union Pacific Wins Toss Of Insurers' Suit Over Okla. Crash
• FDA Boosts Defibrillator Oversight After Device Failures
• Ex-FDA Chief Says J&J Knew Adolescent Risperdal Risks
• Product Liability Trials To Watch In 2015
• Ex-NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Departs Law Firm
• Hagens Berman Didn't Verify Thalidomide Claim, Court Told
• Freedom Exec Again Urges Court To Deny $3M AIG Settlement
• 10 Ways To Mitigate Risk From Consumer Class Actions
• Nissan SUVs Recalled Over Fire, Crash Hazards
• Effexor Plaintiffs Want To Drop 40% Of Suits From MDL
• Wis. Appeals Court Revives Asbestos Claims
• Corruption Charges Cost Silver Top NY Assembly Post
• Contract Claim Nixed In Chartis Suit Over Condo Coverage
• And Now A Word From The Panel: 2014 JPML Practice Trends
• BP Witness Says Marshes, Beaches Back To Pre-Spill Form
• Nordstrom Denied Quick Appeal In 'Made In USA' Suit
• Investment Firms Sue Merck Over Misleading Vioxx Claims
• Safeway Tries Again To Escape Class Action Over Recalls
• King & Spalding Fights Bid For GM Ignition Switch Notes
• Ford Rips Bid To Recuse All Pa. Justices In Asbestos Row
• Hyundai Takes Another Swipe At Santa Fe Defect Suit
• Congressman Revives Asbestos Trust Transparency Bill
• Pfizer Strikes $400M Deal To End Shareholder Suit
• DuPont Hiding Docs In Bad Drinking Water MDL, Class Says
• Big Tobacco Wants Judge Off Engle Trial After Wife's Death
• FDA Policy On Wellness Products Is Healthy For Industry
• Atty Blasts 'Baseless' DQ Bid In Enviro Settlement Fight
• Muscle Milk Nutrition Claims Are Lean On Facts, Class Says
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: DLA Piper's Raymond Williams
• Insurer Says Oil Well Co. Not Covered For $23M Blowout Suit
• Chiquita Says ATS Plaintiffs May Have Paid Colombian Witnesses
• Consumer Class Wins Cert. In Scotts False Ad Suit
• BP's Deepwater Response Was 'Extraordinary,' Witnesses Say
• KBR Seeks 10th Circ. Rehearing in $2M Pipeline Pollution Row
• GM Ignition Switch Deaths Climb To 50
• J&J Didn't Warn Of Risperdal Breast-Growth Risk, Jury Told
• Wal-Mart Gun Appeal Could Unleash Shareholder Fights
• FDA Taps Duke Research Expert To Head Drug, Tobacco Unit
• Expert In Zoloft MDL Was Properly Excluded, Judge Says
• High Court Denies River Shipper's Oil Pollution Act Case
• High Court Urged To Limit 'Risk-Contribution' Liability
• High Court Rejects Ex-BP Exec's Appeal In Obstruction Case
• Calif. Appeals Court Limits Negligence Claims
• Workers Say ConAgra Wrongly Avoided $160M Injury Verdict
• Justices Keep $24M Capeco Insurance Distribution Intact
• Exxon Gets Oil Pipeline Spill Penalty Trimmed To $1M
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Ballard Spahr's Peter Haviland
• Product Liability Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown
• Visteon's Bid For $8M Pollution Coverage Axed By 7th Circ.
• Garlock Claims Of Dirty Tactics To Renew Transparency Push
• Insurer Off Hook For Suits Claiming Supplement Is Like Meth
• J&J's Risperdal Caused Boy's Breast Growth, Philly Jury Told
• Feds Say BP, Anadarko Can Handle Max Deepwater Penalties
• Anchorage's Suit Over $302M Port Project Gets Green Light
• High Court Takes Up FSIA Case Over Austrian Train Injury
• 9th Circ. Flips Kimberly-Clark Unit's Pain Pump Win
• Generic Drug Cos. Face Failure-To-Warn Claims In Calif.
• McMillin's Construction Defect Coverage Suit Revived
• J&J Fraud Claims Fall Flat In Mesh MDL, Plaintiffs Attys Say
• Ill. Court's Duty-To-Defend Ruling Boosts Policyholders
• Philip Morris Cleared In $29M Engle Trial
• 5-Hour Energy Makers Can't Dump False Ad MDL
• Jury Hits Ryobi With $2.5M Death Verdict, Clears Home Depot
• Safety Group Fighting For GM's Pre-Bailout Treasury Emails
• Engle Plaintiff Seeks $29M As Philip Morris Case Goes To Jury
• Silver Arrest May Herald New Crackdown On Lawyer Pols
• Feds Highlight Economic Harm To Gulf In BP Penalty Trial
• A Data Security Checklist For Companies Hiring Law Firms
• Product Liability Group Of The Year: Lieff Cabraser
• Insurers Say Chemtura Can't Tap Predecessors' Policies
• NHTSA Adds Automatic Brakes To New Car Safety Program
• FTC Stays Tough On Health Software, Even As FDA Eases Up
• Philip Morris On Hook For $17M In Year's 1st Engle Verdict
• Wal-Mart Can't Duck False Ad Suit Over Heart Supplement
• Trade Groups Attack Wal-Mart Shareholder's Gun Sales Vote
• River Shipper Liable For $23M Oil Spill Cleanup, Judge Says
• Plaintiffs Pick Test Case In Zimmer Knee Implant MDL
• Judge Selects 6 Bellwether Contenders In Vaginal Sling MDL
• NY Assembly Speaker Charged Over $6M Law Firm Income
• IntenseX Falsely Touted As Sex-Enhancing Pill, Suit Says
• Salmonella Fears Prompt USDA To Propose New Poultry Rules
• BP Downplays Deepwater Spill's Effects, Say Gov't Witnesses
• 6th Circ. To Hear Chrysler Air Bag Defect Arguments
• Quinn Emanuel Pads Houston Expansion With Susman Hire
• Atty Avoids Sanctions Over Leaked Email In Derailment Suit
• 11th Circ. Won't Rehear Camp Lejeune Drinking Water Suit
• Cos. Say Rival Got Confidential Docs In Diabetes Drug MDL
• Product Liability Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis
• Jury's $2M Verdict In Bard Mesh Bellwether Stands
• Ford Fights Asbestos Row As Mechanic Seeks Justice Recusal
• Philly Xarelto Suits Combined Into Mass Tort Program
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Fish & Richardson's Brooks
• Exxon, DuPont To Pay $3M For Texas Superfund Cleanup
• High Court Snub To Teva Labeling Case Puts Focus On FDA
• Product Liability Group Of The Year: King & Spalding
• Garlock Says Attys Told Asbestos Clients To Hide Evidence
• La. Wins Remand Of Fresenius Suit In Dialysis Drug MDL
• BP Penalty Trial Witness Says Deepwater Caused Social Harm
• High Court Refuses To Hear KBR 'Burn Pit' Suit
• Actos Was Pa. Man's Biggest Bladder Cancer Risk, Expert Says
• Wrestlers Smack WWE With Suit Over Brain Injuries
• High Court Lets Teva Drug Labeling Suit Go Ahead
• Fla. Judge Keeps Philip Morris Suit On Jury Track
• Syngenta Suits Still Cropping Up After Chinese GMO Approval
• Ex-NHTSA Honchos Join Takata Air Bag Defect Panel
• Attys Spar Over Protections For Watchdog Employees In NJ
• J&J Unit Settles 111 Suits In ObTape Vaginal Sling MDL
• BP Deepwater Penalty Should Near $13.7B Max, Feds Say
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Appeal Over Ohio Landfill Cleanup
• Travelers Should Pay $9M In Asbestos Coverage Row: Judge
• Wis. High Court Case Will Impact Farm Insurance Policies
• Judge Doubts Jurisdiction In Mouthwash Suit
• BP Faces Final Reckoning In 3rd Deepwater Trial
• Aviation Co. Says Broker Can't Derail Negligence Suit
• Boston Scientific, Plaintiffs Spar On Mesh MDL Experts
• Texas Court Won't Rehear Hurt Workers' Appeal In Wyatt Suit
• 5th Circ. Won't Give Jailed Fen-Phen Atty New Hearing
• CPSC Pushes Window Blind Safety Regs After Toddler Deaths
• Expert Report In ACE's Defect Suit Falls Short, Judge Says
• NHTSA Snubs Nissan Request To Amend Electric Vehicle Rule
• FDA Unveils New Low-Risk Medical Device Guidance
• Prosecutors Aided 'Sham' Wildfire Probe, Sierra Pacific Says
• NHTSA Probes 'Unusual' Air Bag Issues In Nissan Rogues
• Nationwide Off The Hook In Faulty Chinese Drywall Coverage
• 5 Insights From Garden City Group GC Karen Shaer
• DOE Eyes 2016 For Nuclear Waste Plant Restart In $242M Plan
• Ex-BP Exec Wants Gov't Experts Axed From Obstruction Trial
• Product Liability Group Of The Year: Jones Day
• Wal-Mart Takes Aim At Shareholder Bid To Limit Gun Sales
• Colo. Jury Favors Goodyear In Heating Hose Class Action
• Novartis Should Win In Aredia Osteonecrosis Suit: Judge
• Calif. Supreme Court To Hear Solus Explosion Fines Row
• GM Atty-Client Privilege Ruling Boosts Embattled Cos.
• Pepsi Drinkers' Cancer-Warning Class Action In Jeopardy
• Philip Morris Aims To Undercut As Engle Plaintiff Rests Case
• False Marketing Claims Over Helmet Concussion Risk Tossed
• Credibility Of WTC Workers' Experts Disputed By Defense
• NantHealth Accused Of Axing Execs Over Product Red Flags
• Pa. Sen. Wants Drillers To Disclose Landowner Liability
• FDA Says Dozens Given Nonsterile Simulated Saline
• Firms Take $72M Bayer MDL Fee-Shifting Fight To High Court
• Expert Links Actos To Bladder Cancer In Philly Trial
• Deepwater Trial Judge Caps BP's Spill Fine At $13.7B
• Alaska Rep. Introduces Bills To Curb Genetically Modified Fish
• DOT Delays Release Of Stricter Oil Rail Transport Rules
• Jenner & Block Notes Stay Private In GM Ignition Switch MDL
• Hyundai Can't Squeeze Out Of Lemon Law Suit
• Whirlpool Case Is Instructive Of Rule 23(a) Requirements
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Mayer Brown's Lori Lightfoot
• Fukushima Case May Impact Global Nuclear Liability Law
• Wyeth, Alaven Dodge Generic Reglan Suit
• $358M Garlock Deal May Shrink Future Asbestos Trust Payouts
• Dow Urges Texas High Court To Ax $2.6M Asbestos Verdict
• Wal-Mart, Bidart Hit With Suit Over Contaminated Apples
• A Shift In Discoverability Of Litigation Hold Notices?
• Darwin Must Pay $8.7M To Cover Millennium False-Ad Suits
• Pharmacy Tells Texas Justices It's A Health Care Provider
• 23andMe Clients Can't Arbitrate False Ad Claims As Class
• Ind. Court Upholds $5M Liability Cap In Stage Collapse
• Actos Caused Consumer's Bladder Cancer, Philly Jury Hears
• Women Asked To Lie To Join Pelvic Mesh MDL, J&J Claims
• Insurers Lose Appeal Over Ill. Tool Toxic Tort Defense
• Conflicts DQ Atty In Fight Over Enviro Settlement, Court Told
• Chipotle Suspends Pork Sales Claiming Supplier Broke Policy
• EU Nations Gain Control Of GMO Cultivation
• WTC Developer Asks To Extend Its 9/11 Damages Recovery
• Porsche, Class Reps Join Forces Against Appeal Of $37M Deal
• 5 Important Drug And Medical Device Developments In 2014
• Calif. Poised To Take Another Look At Secondary Exposure
• Garlock Strikes $358M Accord With Future Asbestos Claimants
• First Mercury Says $69M Building Defect Row Not Covered
• Pfizer Dodges Asbestos Suit Over Ex-Unit's Product
• DuPont Says Texas Law Bars Chemical Leak Death Suits
• Utah Bill Would Give Dying Access To Experimental Drugs
• Bard Can't Delay Upcoming Mesh Trial Over Judge's Remarks
• Army Escapes Developer's $37M Contamination Suit
• Welch Labeling Suit 'Tailor-Made' For Class Cert., Court Told
• EPA Data Backs BMW False Fuel-Economy Claims, Judge Told
• Cold Medicine Co. Can't Escape False Ad Suit
• Girardi Keese Fights Off Ex-Clients' Class Cert. Revival Bid
• Stop Sending Me Emails, Judge Says To Deepwater Attys
• Bird Flu Scares Off China From US Poultry Products
• GM Ignition Switch Death Count Hits 45
• Montreal Maine Shells Out $200M To Train Crash Victims
• High Court Denies Due Process Appeal Over Miss. River Spill
• High Court Snubs $2.7B HSBC Iran Sanctions Case
• FDA Targets Calif. Apple Plant In Deadly Listeria Outbreak
• BMW Fights To Keep Battery Class Action In Fed. Court
• Exxon, Chevron Dodge Some Claims In Waste Disposal Suit
• FDA Forges Ahead On Reform Of Drug Ads' Risk Disclosures
• Squire Patton Boggs Adds 2 Partners To Paris Office
• FDA Sets A High Bar When Considering Food Additive Bans
• Honeywell Hit With Chemical Cleanup Suit Over Ohio Site
• Daimler Says End Of NHTSA Probe Moots E-Class Claims
• Judge Rejects Class Cert. Bid In ConAgra Labeling Row
• AIG Unit Beats Bad Faith Claim In Construction Defect Fight
• Pharmacies Face Greater Med Mal Risk In Texas Case
• Honda's NHTSA Admissions May Hurt More Than $70M Fines
• 5th Circ., In Narrow Vote, Denies Review Of BP Spill Liability
• Jury Nails Insurer For Millennium Lab's False-Ad Coverage
• Dodgers Urge Toss Of $15M Giants Fan Beating Verdict
• BP Can't Oust Admin For Deepwater Claims, 5th Circ. Told
• Jones Day Seeks Oral Args Over Sanctions In Abbott Row
• Reorganized Developer Hits Fla. Law Firm With Contempt Suit
• Pa. Rep. Again Aims To Raise Municipal Tort Liability Cap
• Maligned Speech-Supplement Producer Settles With FTC
• Asbestos Claimants Denied Class Cert In Malpractice Suit
• Md. Firm Wants Malpractice Claims Over Asbestos Loss Nixed
• MDL Strategies: Choosing A Transferee Court
• Law Schools Are (Finally) Teaching 'The Biz' Of Lawyering
• Hyundai Wins Reversal Of $14M Faulty Air Bag Verdict
• Apple Ducks Class Action Over Defective Laptops
• Feds Blast Calif. Regulator Over Sloppy Pipeline Oversight
• Injured Workers Ask For En Banc Rehearing Of Wyatt Appeal
• Plaintiffs Can Introduce New Expert In Zoloft MDL, Judge Says
• 3 Freedom Industries Execs Plead Not Guilty Over Chem Spill
• 4th Circ. Affirms Nestle Win In Baby Product Fluoride Suit
• Trial Opens In First Engle Case Of The Year
• Zurich Denied Quick Appeal In Eisai Coverage Fight
• BP Asks 5th Circ. To Allow Clawbacks From $9.2B Settlement
• Ala. Can't Duck BP's $100M Offset Claims In Deepwater Suit
• Allergan Can't Tighten Time Frame For Cancer Risk Claims
• Walgreen Escapes False Ad Suit Over Homeopathic Ear Meds
• Gilead Wins Dismissal Of Defective Drug Fraud Suit
• Dozens Of Sealed Massey Coal Court Docs Released
• Tenn. Utility Plant Is Polluting Groundwater, State Says
• FTC Sues Children's Supplement Maker For False Claims
• Honda Fined $70M For Failing To Report Deaths To NHTSA
• EPA Coal Ash Rules May Hasten Power Plant Closures
• Calif. Fixes Timing Problem For Post-Trial Motions
• Yamaha Motor-Corrosion Suit Dead In The Water, Judge Rules
• Fla. Appeals Court Stands By Denial Of Philip Morris Bid
• EFH Judge Says Bar Date Will Be Set For Asbestos Claims
• J&J Unit Dodges Final Claims In Ortho Evra MDL
• Vitamin Shoppe Supplement Not Organic, Suit Says
• Mount Sinai Docs Don't Have To Testify In WTC Dust Trials
• Tooth, Plastic Found In Japan McDonald's Fries, Nuggets
• Bard Fights To Delay Mesh Trial After Judge Urges Settling
• P&G Can't Flush Hygienic Wipes False Ad Claims
• Honda Ducks Air Bag Suit As Design Defect Claims Get Nixed
• Philip Morris Can't Shake Widow's Conspiracy Claim
• High Court Asked To Take On Chiquita War Crime Case
• Philip Morris Can't Stub Out $4.9M Verdict In 2nd Circ.
• Insurer Owes Visteon $8M For Factory Cleanup, 7th Circ. Told
• Ford Slams Bid For Emails In Acceleration Defect Row
• 3rd Circ. Urged To OK Limits On Doctors' Use Of Fracking Info
• US Seizes $18M From NECC Owners Charged In Outbreak
• Olive Oil Importer Can't Escape Class Action Over Quality
• BMW Can't Shake Class, State Claims In Water Damage Suit
• Secrets To In-House Cost Control
• Shell Pays $83.5M To Settle 2008 Nigeria Oil Spill Claims
• Ammonia Release Not Pollution Under Insurance, Co. Says
• Upstate NY Class Certified Over Coke Co.'s Contamination
• Scotts Denies 'Scare Tactics' In Toxic Bird Food Suit
• US Says Shipper's Oil Pollution Act Challenge 'Not Warranted'
• Robins Kaplan Heavyweight Opens Up New Firm In Minn.
• Honest Tea Can't Shake Antioxidant Labeling Class Action
• SG Urges High Court to Deny KBR War Zone Injury Cases
• Insurers Say Apt. Complex Not Covered For $26M Damages
• Centex Insurers' Atty Choice Suit Is Premature, Judge Says
• Ex-Halal Co. Manager Pleads Guilty To Beef Exports Fraud
• Teck Metals Can't Dodge River Pollution Injury Suit
• Austrian Railway Again Asks High Court To Hear Injury Case
• Former Massey CEO's Criminal Trial Pushed Back To April
• 7 Takeaways From Pa. High Court's Tort Revamp
• McDonald's Japan Woes Deepen With Vinyl-Tainted Nugget
• 2nd Circ. Axes En Banc Bid In $570M Travelers Asbestos Loss
• Anheuser-Busch Settles Claims It Hid Kirin Beer's US Origin
• Alcoa Accused Of Hiding PCBs In New Jersey Property Sale
• Electrolux Hit With Class Suit Over Washing Machine Mold
• Miss. AG Wins Remand Of Fresenius Suit In Dialysis Drug MDL
• NRDC Tells 9th Circ. EPA Ignores Flea Collar Chemical Risks
• Pa. AG Defends Ruling Snubbing Tobacco Settlement Cut
• Irish Beef Allowed Back In US After 16-Year Mad Cow Ban
• Construction Co. Can't Revive Malpractice Suit In 9th Circ.
• Insurer Seeks To Avoid Covering Whiskey False Ad Suit
• FDA Warns Novacap About 'Serious' Flaws At Chinese Facility
• Class Says Macy's 'Made In USA' False Labeling Suit Has Legs
• Judge Trims Property Owners' Pipeline Contamination Suit
• Dismissal Of GM MDL Claims Slammed As 'Unprecedented'
• What's Past Is Prologue For CPSC In 2015
• 12 Building Blocks Of A Digital Law Library
• NFL Concussion Deal's Early OK Not Reviewable: 3rd Circ.
• Rolls-Royce Gets Chopper Crash Claims Severed At 5th Circ.
• Shipyard Must Face $78M FCA Suit Over Flawed Hulls
• Seeping Manure Isn't 'Liquid Gold,' Wis. High Court Says
• DC Circ. Affirms Honeywell Win In Asbestos Death Suit
• Product Liability Cases To Watch In 2015
• Philly Judge Nixes Recusal Bid In Building Collapse Suit
• Attys Accused Of Not Repaying $5.9M Loans For Drug Torts
• Apple Hit With False Ad Suit Over iPhone Storage Capacity
• Product Liability Legislation And Regulation To Watch In 2015
• Blade Co. Will Pay US $2.6M For Not Reporting Defect
• Jones Day Atty's Sanctions Should Be Upheld, 8th Circ. Told
• AIG Unit Can't Nix Port Authority's Atty Fee Win In NY Court
• Move Over Caveat Emptor, Meet Caveat Venditor
• 2015: Judiciary, Lawyers And Law Schools At The Precipice