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In re: FEMA Trailer Formaldehyde Prods. Liab. Litig.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action based on allegedly injurious formaldehyde exposure in FEMA trailers following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the dismissal of the complaint...

Junk v. Terminix Int'l. Co.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action alleging that plaintiff's son's 's multiple medical conditions were caused by exposure to Dursban, an insecticide manufactured by Dow...

Clifford v. Crop Prod. Serv., Inc.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Agriculture, Contracts
In a corn farmer's negligence suit against a supplier of herbicides, district court's grant of defendant's motion for summary judgment is affirmed...

Malen v. MTD Prod., Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In plaintiffs' suit against a manufacturer and seller of a reconditioned riding lawn mower, claiming that the injury to his foot on the rotating blade...

Stewart v. Union Carbide Corp.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Product Liability, Remedies
In plaintiffs' suit for fraud, negligence, and strict products liability on failure to warn and design defect theories, claiming that exposure to...

In re: Medtronic, Inc., Sprint Fidelis Leads Prods. Liab. Litig.

Administrative Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In consolidated actions by patients with implanted Sprint Fidelis Leads, an implanted defibrillator component, asserting tort and breach of warranty...

Kokins v. Teleflex, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a product liability action involving a boating accident, judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) the district court committed no legal error...

Huitt v. S. California Gas Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Product Liability, Public Utilities, Remedies
In plaintiffs suit against a gas company for sustaining serious injuries when accumulated natural gas exploded while attempting to light a water...

Perez v. VAS S.p.A.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In plaintiff's strict products liability and negligence suit for sustaining injuries by a paper rewinding machine designed and manufactured by...

Coons v. Indus. Knife Co., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In plaintiff's suit under various state law product liability theories, for suffering a serious hand injury while changing an industrial paper-cutting...