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Bartlett v. Mutual Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a design defect suit against a drug manufacturer, the jury's award in favor of the plaintiff is affirmed against arguments that: 1) the district...

Casey v. Merck & Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In litigation involving product liability claims for injuries allegedly caused by a prescription drug manufactured by the defendant, the district...

Shields v. Hennessey Industries, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In consolidated actions alleging that the defendant's machine for shaping brake linings that were manufactured by others and that contained asbestos...

Davis v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Product Liability
In a suit alleging that an oil refinery worker was exposed to asbestos and asbestos-containing products, causing mesothelioma, summary judgment to the...

Stengel v. Medtronic Inc.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit for injuries sustained by one of the plaintiffs from his use of a pain pump manufactured by the defendant, the district court's dismissal of...

Garcia v. ConMed Corp.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Professional Malpractice
In a product liability action brought after the plaintiff suffered injuries during a tonsillectomy in which a doctor used an electrocautery device...

Kurns v. Railroad Friction Products Corp.

Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Transportation
In a design-defect and failure-to-warn suit by the estate of a man who had mesothelioma allegedly from his exposure to asbestos in locomotives and...

Wilson v. Hewlett-Packard Co.

Consumer Protection Law, Cyberspace Law, Product Liability
In a suit alleging that Hewlett-Packard (HP) concealed a design defect in its Pavilion Notebook computers that manifested after the expiration of the...

Howard v. Omni Hotels Management Corp.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a personal injury action after the plaintiff slipped in a bathtub at a hotel: 1) the district court's grant of summary judgment to the bathtub...

Maxton v. Western States Metals

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit alleging negligence and strict liability causes of action based on personal injuries as a result of working with metal products manufactured...