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McNeil v. Wyeth

Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Summary judgment for defendant, a pharmaceutical company, on failure-to-warn claims involving a drug for treating gastroesophageal reflux disease is...

BMW of N. Am. v. La Rotta

Transportation
Reversed.

Rentas v. DaimlerChrysler Corp.

Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Transportation
Dismissal of plaintiffs' complaint for breach of express and implied warranties against a car maker is reversed in part as to a claim for breach of...

Reinco, Inc. v. Thompson

Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Grant of a new trial, following a jury verdict in favor of the manufacturer of a hydroseeder, in a product liability case is vacated where the record...

Muth v. Ford Motor Co.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
A $9 million judgment against Ford Motor Company for injuries sustained by plaintiff while traveling in a Ford vehicle in Saudi Arabia is affirmed...

Nutraceutical Corp. v. Eschenbach

Administrative Law, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law
Summary judgment for plaintiffs, manufacturers and sellers of Ephedra, in a suit challenging an FDA regulation banning ephedrine alkaloid dietary...

Daffin v. Ford Motor Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Product Liability, Transportation
In a suit seeking damages for a defective throttle body assembly that caused the accelerator to stick, certification of a class of all 1999 or 2000...

Johnson Controls, Inc. v. Jay Indus., Inc.

Contracts, Remedies, Transportation
In a dispute arising over the price of packaging for parts that defendant supplied to plaintiff for use in constructing automobile seats, a judgment...

Gen. Motors Corp. v. Franchise Tax Bd.

Commercial Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law, Tax Law
In a companion case to Microsoft Corp. v. Franchise Tax Bd., __ Cal.4th ___ (Aug. 17, 2006, S133343), the court finds that under the Uniform Division...

Warren Tech., Inc. v. Carrier Corp.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendant in an action alleging misrepresentation and deceptive trade practices is affirmed where defendant was free to terminate...