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Kaiser Cement and Gypsum Corporation v. Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvannia

Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Product Liability
In insurance coverage dispute arising out of payment of numerous asbestos claims, summary judgment for cross-complainant asbestos manufacturer is...

Collins v. Navistar

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Judgment for defendant truck manufacturer on plaintiffs' claim that the windshield of the truck he was driving was defective because its penetration...

Webb v. Special Electric Company

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) entered in favor of defendant in asbestos injury case is reversed and remanded, and the jury verdict is...

Maniscalco v. Brother International Corp.

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Summary judgment for defendant dismissing plaintiff's putative class action claim under the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act for concealing or failing to...

Garrett v. Howmedica Osteonics Corp.

Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Summary judgment for defendants in a products liability action involving an implanted prosthetic device, is reversed with directions, where: 1) the...

Bylsma v. Burger King Corporation

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In light of the Washington Supreme Court's answer to the certified question that the Washington Product Liability Act permits relief for emotional...

Fortman v. Forvaltningsbolaget Insulan

Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In negligence action brought by bystander for negligent infliction of emotional distress (NIED) damages arising out of the death of her brother that...

Williamson v. Mazda Motor of Am., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In plaintiffs' product liability action against Mazda Motor of America, alleging defective shoulder belt, trial court's grant of defendant's renewed...

Garrett v. Howmedica Osteonics Corp.

Product Liability, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's product liability action involving an implanted prosthetic device, trial court's grant of defendants' motion for a summary judgment is...

Ellis v. Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In plaintiffs' putative class action against a manufacturer of Trimboard, a composite building product designed and marketed for use as exterior trim...