all - Opinion Summaries

Ohntrup v. Makina Ve Kimya Endustrisi Kurumu

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Judgement Enforcement, Product Liability
In two appeals arising from the failure of defendant-Turkish arms manufacturer to pay a thirty-year-old judgment: 1) the district court's order...

In Re: Johns-Manville Corporation Common Law Settlement Counsel

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Product Liability
The district court erred in reversing the bankruptcy court's final judgment that had enforced settlement agreements and compelled the objecting...

Ganoe v. Metalclad Insulation Corp.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Summary judgment in favor of defendant Metalclad in a wrongful death action alleging that multiple corporate defendants were liable for exposing...

Reis v. Volvo Cars of North America

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action alleging defective design of a product, the trial court erred in giving a jury charge that a defendant who has or claims to have "special...

Hardin v. PDX, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action alleging that defendant PDX intentionally modified its software to allow defendant Safeway to distribute abbreviated drug monographs that...

Uriarte v. Scott Sales Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action alleging that the airborne toxins produced by sandblasting with silica sand supplied by defendants to plaintiff's employer caused...

Kesner v. Superior Court (Pneumo Abex LLC)

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Product Liability
In an action to recover damages against defendant for mesothelioma plaintiff contracted, allegedly due in part to his exposure, while present in his...

City of Pomona v. SQM North America Corporation

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Water Law
In an action alleging that defendant's importation of sodium nitrate for fertilizer was the source of the presence of perchlorate contamination in...

Barlow v. Colgate Palmolive Company

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
The district court's order that it lacked jurisdiction and remanding asbestos actions back to state court is affirmed, where Congress explicitly...

In re: Fosamax Products Liability Litigation (No. II)

Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action involving product liability claims against defendant drug manufacturers by plaintiffs who allegedly suffered bone fractures because they...