http://productliability.law360.com/ The Newswire for Legal Professionals Copyright 2010 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://productliability.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://productliability.law360.com/ http://productliability.law360.com/articles/156255 VWR International LLC, a lab supply company that had $3.7 billion in sales in 2008, has lost its bid to dismiss a case in which workers at United Parcel Service Inc. allege they were exposed to toxic fumes because VWR mislabeled packages. http://productliability.law360.com/articles/156255 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://productliability.law360.com/articles/156368 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has finalized a broad set of restrictions on marketing cigarettes and smokeless tobacco to teens and children in a move FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg acknowledged on Thursday could spark legal opposition. http://productliability.law360.com/articles/156368 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://productliability.law360.com/articles/156388 A jury in New Jersey state court found in favor of AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP on Thursday, handing down the first verdict to come out of more than 10,000 cases over claims that Seroquel causes diabetes. http://productliability.law360.com/articles/156388 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://productliability.law360.com/articles/156286 A former high school football player who was left paralyzed after an ill-fated tackle has lost an appeal to hold Schutt Sports Manufacturing Co., which made his football helmet, liable for his injuries. http://productliability.law360.com/articles/156286 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://productliability.law360.com/articles/156299 A federal judge has granted final approval to a $16.5 million class action settlement that will end a lawsuit accusing Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc. of falsely marketing menopause-treating drugs as if they had been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. http://productliability.law360.com/articles/156299 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://productliability.law360.com/articles/156264 Ruling that no jury could find Continental Tire North America Inc. liable for a 7-year-old Florida girl's auto accident death, a federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit accusing the tire maker of negligence. http://productliability.law360.com/articles/156264 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://productliability.law360.com/articles/156203 A federal appeals court has denied a bid by the family of a man who died after police stunned him with a Taser to revive strict liability claims against Taser International Inc. and wrongful death and negligence claims against Nevada police. http://productliability.law360.com/articles/156203 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://productliability.law360.com/articles/156341 A magistrate judge has tossed a lawsuit against Ford Motor Co. that alleged two people were injured in a rollover accident because their Ford Explorer was defective and unreasonably dangerous, citing the absence of technical expert testimony. http://productliability.law360.com/articles/156341 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://productliability.law360.com/articles/156252 Graco Children's Products Inc. has voluntarily recalled approximately 1.2 million high chairs in the United States, responding to reports of the Harmony High Chair tipping over unexpectedly and injuring children. http://productliability.law360.com/articles/156252 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://productliability.law360.com/articles/156095 Howrey LLP said Wednesday it has formed an advertising litigation task force to capitalize on an “onslaught” of cases involving allegations of unfair competition, consumer protection violations and other false advertising claims. http://productliability.law360.com/articles/156095 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://productliability.law360.com/articles/156096 A federal appeals court asked a New York state court on Wednesday to help determine if state law time-bars a lawsuit that alleged ephedra, a dietary supplement, caused a man's aneurysm and subsequent strokes. http://productliability.law360.com/articles/156096 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://productliability.law360.com/articles/155972 The former prosecutor in charge of the federal government's fight against criminal health care fraud has joined Arnold & Porter LLP in its Washington office. http://productliability.law360.com/articles/155972 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://productliability.law360.com/articles/155873 A federal judge has approved a $1.25 million settlement that ends allegations from the California attorney general that Pro's Choice Beauty Care Inc., Rite Aid Corp., Target Corp. and others sold “pollution-causing” hair products that exacerbate respiratory illness. http://productliability.law360.com/articles/155873 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://productliability.law360.com/articles/155953 A federal judge has slashed a jury's award of more than $100 million to BP Products North America Inc. workers injured in a gas leak at the oil giant's Texas City, Texas, plant to less than $400,000. http://productliability.law360.com/articles/155953 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://productliability.law360.com/articles/155869 A federal judge has rejected both I-Flow Corp.'s bid for summary judgment and its attack on experts claiming its infusion pump caused plaintiffs' shoulder conditions, setting the stage for a product liability trial in April over the device. http://productliability.law360.com/articles/155869 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://productliability.law360.com/articles/155925 Pharmaceutical giant Alpharma Inc. has agreed to fork over $42.5 million to resolve allegations that it paid health care providers to promote its morphine-based drug Kadian and misrepresented the medicine's safety. http://productliability.law360.com/articles/155925 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://productliability.law360.com/articles/155864 A California state court judge has approved a deal under which companies including Learjet Inc. and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. will reportedly pay millions of dollars to the widow and son of former Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker's assistant, one of four people killed in a 2008 Learjet crash. http://productliability.law360.com/articles/155864 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://productliability.law360.com/articles/155768 A federal judge has again denied Mercedes-Benz USA LLC’s efforts to decertify a class of vehicle owners alleging the automaker sold them expensive analog Tele Aid emergency contact systems that it knew would become obsolete in 2008, when cell phone companies switched from analog to digital technology. http://productliability.law360.com/articles/155768 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://productliability.law360.com/articles/155878 American Honda Motor Co. Inc. announced Tuesday that it will recall approximately 412,000 cars in the U.S. to modify their vehicle stability assist modulator, which can cause brake problems in affected vehicles. http://productliability.law360.com/articles/155878 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://productliability.law360.com/articles/155848 The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission approved a final rule Tuesday outlining how the agency interprets the new factors it will consider when setting fines for knowing violations of federal consumer protection laws. http://productliability.law360.com/articles/155848 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500