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Guinn v. AstraZeneca Pharms. LLP

Drugs & Biotech, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action claiming that plaintiff's use of defendant's prescription drug Seroquel caused her to develop diabetes, summary judgment for defendant is...

ACE Am. Ins. Co. v. RC2 Corp., Inc.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Product Liability
In a toy manufacturer's suit against its insurer seeking declaratory relief and damages, district court's conclusion that the insurer had a duty to...

Deseado Int'l., Ltd. v. US

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Government Law, International Trade
Court of International Trade's affirmance of Department of Commerce's refusal to consider plaintiff's contention that a 1986 antidumping duty order...

Prime Time Int'l. Co. v. Vilsack

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law
In an action by a manufacturer of small cigars challenging its assessments as a manufacturer of tobacco products under the Fair and Equitable Tobacco...

Daniel v. Coleman Co.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a wrongful death action against the manufacturer of a propane heater, judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) there was no post-sale duty to...

In re Ephedra Prods. Litig.

Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a personal injury action alleging injuries resulting from the ingestion of the drug ephedra, the Second Circuit certified the following questions...

Primiano v. Cook

Drugs & Biotech, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action against the manufacturer of an artificial elbow, summary judgment for defendant is reversed where the exclusion of plaintiff's expert's...

In re: Baycol Prods. Litig.

Drugs & Biotech, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a failure-to-warn case involving the prescription drug Baycol, a cholesterol-reducing medication, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where:...

Niagara Mohawk Power Assn. v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc.

Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action to recover costs pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), summary judgment for...

Mason v. Smithkine Beecham Corp.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiffs' lawsuit against the manufacturer of the drug Paxil, an antidepressant, claiming that the company was negligent for not warning that...