all - Opinion Summaries

Holmes v. Merck & Co., Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a wrongful death action against a manufacturer and distributor of a vaccine, arising out of the death of plaintiffs' infant son, the district...

Robinson v. SSW, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a wrongful death action against a manufacturer of asbestos-containing boilers, claiming that the decedent's death from mesothelioma was caused by...

Chavez v. Glock, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit for strict liability and related torts brought by a police officer against manufacturers and retailers of his gun and holster, arising from...

Rosa v. TASER International, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit against the manufacturer of electronic control devices, commonly referred to as "tasers," alleging a duty to warn that repeated exposure to...

Casey v. Perini Corp.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an asbestos action filed against it by plaintiff and her late husband, summary judgment to defendant is affirmed where the trial court: 1) did not...

Vanhooser v. Superior Court (Hennessey Industries, Inc.)

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a case in which the petitioner's husband had been exposed to the defendant's asbestos-containing products as late as 1990, married the petitioner...

Dewey v. Volkswagen AG

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Product Liability
In a products liability suit concerning defective cars, an order certifying a class is reversed, where: 1) unnamed class members are not "parties"...

Banks v. International Renting and Leasing Corp.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit that included claims for strict liability, breach of warranty, and loss of consortium arising out of an accident involving a rented van in...

Barker v. Hennessey Industries, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a wrongful death complaint filed by the widow and surviving children of a worker who used the defendant's brake shoe arcing machines and brake drum...

Bettencourt v. Hennessey Industries, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit claiming that the use of the defendant's machines to grind asbestos-containing brake linings resulted in exposure to airborne asbestos...