Readers may recall our post last fall about a decision by the Louisiana appeals court to reverse the grant of summary judgment against a plaintiff inj
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Court Rebuffs Forum Shopping – But Shoppers Get Bargain Anyway?
A federal court recently ordered the transfer of an action involving an allegedly defective pain pump from Minnesota to plaintiffs’ home state of Nort…
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JPML Denies MDL Status to Pain Pump Litigation- Again
For the second time, the JPML has declined to consolidate the federal product liability cases involving pain pumps. In re Ambulatory Pain Pump-Chondro…
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Summary Judgment for Drug Company in Pain Pump Case
A federal court has granted defendant summary judgment in a case which alleged that cartilage damage sustained by the plaintiff, a former high school …
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Summary Judgment Granted on Successor Liability Claim
The issue of successor liability is a recurring one in products liability, and the specter of mass tort liability should be an important aspect of due…
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Summary Judgment For Manufacturer in Pain Pump Litigation
In what appears to be the first substantive decision to come out of the multiple suits alleging that a pain pump medical device damages patients, a fe…
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