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Component Part Seller Liability At Issue In Asbestos Case

By Sean Wajert on January 14, 2010
Posted in Articles, Toxic Tort

California’s high court is preparing to address a split among the state’s lower courts on what seems to be a straightforward issue of product liabilit…
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Summary Judgment in Remicade Case

By Sean Wajert on December 14, 2009
Posted in Articles, Drug and Device

Defendants were granted summary judgment in a case in which the parents of a young woman alleged her death was caused by the infusion treatment Remica…
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Absence of Causation Evidence Leads to Reversal of Accutane Verdict

By Sean Wajert on November 3, 2009
Posted in Articles

An appellate court in Florida last week overturned a verdict in favor of a plaintiff in the Accutane litigation. Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc. v. Mason, 2009 …
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Sophisticated User/Bulk Supplier Defenses Applied In Chemical Case

By Sean Wajert on September 17, 2009
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Toxic Tort

In a wrongful death suit brought by the family of a chemical plant employee, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia predic…
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FEMA Trailer MDL Decision on Preemption

By Sean Wajert on June 3, 2009
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Consumer Products, Toxic Tort

The federal court overseeing the MDL involving trailers issued by the U.S. government following Hurricane Katrina has dismissed some of the plaintiffs…
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Preemption Decision in Wake of Levine

By Sean Wajert on April 6, 2009
Posted in Articles, Drug and Device

Much attention has been focused on what aspects of the preemption doctrine were restricted by the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Wyeth v. Lev…
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9th Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment In Failure To Warn Case

By Sean Wajert on December 22, 2008
Posted in Articles, Drug and Device

The Ninth Circuit has affirmed that the trial court did not err in granting summary judgment for defendant Merck under California’s learned intermedia…
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Federal Court Grants Summary Judgment To Defense On Accutane Warnings

By Sean Wajert on November 18, 2008
Posted in Articles, Drug and Device

A federal district court has granted summary judgment to drugmaker defendants Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc. and Roche Laboratories Inc. in an Accutane failure…
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Food Allergies In Kids

By Sean Wajert on October 28, 2008
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products, Food and Beverage, Toxic Tort

According to some media outlets, food allergies in American children are on the rise, now affecting about 3 million kids. The media is citing a recent…
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