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Ballard Spahr LLP
over 9 years ago
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Third Circuit Requires Affidavit of Merit in Products Liability Case Against Residential Homebuilder
by David A. Haworth, Carl G. Roberts, and Neal Walters In a case of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the dismissal of design defect claims against a residential homebuilder under New Jersey’s Product...
Barry Zalma
over 9 years ago
Public Policy
Public Policy Law Blog
Terrorists, not Designers, Were the Proximate Cause of Collapse of 7WTC
Subrogation is an important tool available to insurers who pay for destruction of property caused by a tortfeasor. By suing the responsible parties the insurer reduces the loss paid and aids insurers in making profit. The terrorist attack of September...
Keller and Heckman LLP
over 12 years ago
Litigation
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Free Download: Keller & Heckman Litigation Alert: Supreme Court Rules National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act Of 1986 Bars State-Law Design-Defect Claims Against Vaccine Manufacturers
On February 22, 2011, the United States Supreme Court held that the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (NCIVIA or Act) bars state-law design-defect claims against vaccine manufacturers. The Bruesewitz family sued Wyeth, then the parent company...
Tom Moylan
over 10 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
Connecticut Federal Jury Finds Warning Adequate In Prempro Wrongful Death Suit
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - (Mealey's) Wyeth is not liable for the breast cancer death of a woman who took the company's hormone therapy drugs Premarin and Prempro, a Connecticut federal jury said May 30, finding that the drugs' labeling contained...
Bryan Redding
over 11 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
U.S. Supreme Court: Locomotive Act Preempts State Law Asbestos Claims
WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The Locomotive Inspection Act (LIA) preempts state law design defect and failure-to-warn claims involving exposure to asbestos during repairs and maintenance, a divided U.S. Supreme Court held Feb. 29 ( Gloria Gail Kurns...
LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 10 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
Vaccine Design Defect, Warning Claims By Parents Are Preempted, 9th Circuit Says
SAN FRANCISCO - (Mealey's) The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 25 said design defect and failure-to-warn claims filed by the parents of a child who died after getting vaccinated are preempted by the federal vaccine law, but noted that...
Michael Lefkowitz
over 12 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
6th Circuit Reverses Preemption-Based Dismissal Of Diet Drug Negligence Claims
CINCINNATI - (Mealey's) Citing the Supreme Court's rejection of implied preemption of pharmaceutical product liability in Wyeth v. Diana Levine (No. 06-1249, U.S. Sup.; 2009 U.S. LEXIS 1774), the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 18...
Tom Moylan
over 9 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
Supreme Court Says State Law Design Defect Claim For Generic Drug Is Preempted
WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24 ruled that state law design defect claims that turn on the adequacy of a drug's warning are preempted by federal law ( Mutual Pharmaceutical Company, Inc. v. Karen...
Tom Moylan
over 10 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
Supreme Court Questions If New Hampshire Law Escapes Preemption Of Drug Claims
WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) Several U.S. Supreme Court justices on March 19 questioned whether New Hampshire law allows a design defect claim against a generic drug manufacturer that escapes preemption under the high court's two drug preemption...
Michael Lefkowitz
over 12 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
California Jury Rules For Defense In Benzene Wrongful Death Case
LOS ANGELES -- A California Superior Court jury on Feb. 10 returned a verdict for the defense in a suit alleging that exposure to solvents including benzene caused a Los Angeles-area worker's death of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), saying that...
Tom Moylan
over 10 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
U.S. High Court Allows Solicitor General To Argue For Drug Design Defect Preemption
WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. solicitor general will be allowed to argue March 19 that design defect claims involving generic drugs are preempted by federal law, the U.S. Supreme Court decided March 4 in granting the federal government's...
Tom Moylan
over 10 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
1st Circuit: $21 Million Design Defect Verdict For Generic Drug Injury Not Preempted
BOSTON - (Mealey's) A panel of the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 2 affirmed a $21 million generic drug injury verdict, finding that a 2011 Supreme Court ruling about generic drug injury claims does not preempt design defect claims ( Karen...
Tom Moylan
over 12 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
Pennsylvania Court Partly Reverses Preemption In Thimerosal Injury Case
HARRISBURG, Pa. - (Mealey's) The Pennsylvania Superior Court on Jan. 11 partly reversed preemption summary judgment in a thimerosal vaccine injury case, saying the trial court needs to conduct a case-by-case inquiry of the side effects of the vaccines...
LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 12 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
James C. Moore On Bacardi 151 Rum: An Inherently Dangerous Product?
By James C. Moore In Sclafani v. Brother Jimmy's BBQ, Inc., et al. , the New York Supreme Court addressed two fundamental questions: (i) is Bacardi 151 Rum defectively designed because it is highly flammable and (ii) is the removal of the safety...
William A. Ruskin
over 11 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
Challenging Plaintiff's Proof Of Reasonable Alternative Design
By William A. Ruskin In the majority of jurisdictions, to establish a claim for design defect in a product liability action, the plaintiff must present some proof of a "feasible alternative design" or "reasonable alternative design."...