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Sheehan v. N. Am. Mktg. Corp.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a product liability suit against a seller and a manufacturer of swimming pools, arising after plaintiff sustained serious injuries while attempting...

In re Tobacco Cases I

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising, Remedies, Sanctions
In People's action against defendant, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, seeking to enforce a consent decree entered on a master settlement agreement...

Pennsylvania Gen. Ins. Co. v. Am. Safety Indem. Co.

Construction, Contracts, Insurance Law
In a suit for equitable contribution for a portion of the defense and indemnity costs paid by the plaintiff-insurer in the underlying construction...

Hendrix v. Evenflo Co.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action alleging that plaintiff's son sustained traumatic brain injuries when a child restraint system manufactured by defendant malfunctioned...

Thach v. Tiger Corp.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Product Liability
In a negligence, products liability, and breach of warranty action against the Japanese manufacturer of a rice cooker which allegedly caused a fire at...

Mee Indus. v. Dow Chem. Co.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
In a malicious prosecution suit based on an underlying, allegedly meritless patent infringement action, partial judgment for plaintiff is affirmed...

Pequignot v. Solo Cup Co.

False Advertising, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a licensed patent attorney's qui tam action under 35 U.S.C. section 292 alleging that defendant had falsely marked its products with expired patent...

Tindle v. Pulte Home Corp.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's suit against the builder of his new home for sustaining serious injuries when his foot and leg sank into a hole concealed underneath...

El-Shifa Pharm. Indus. Co. v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law
In an action by the owners of a Sudanese pharmaceutical plant against the U.S. for unjustifiably destroying the plant, failing to compensate...

In re: Sherwin-Williams, Co.

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
A defendant's petition for a writ of mandamus requesting that a district judge be recused from presiding over four cases against manufacturers of...