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Kurns v. A.W. Chesterton Inc.

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Product Liability, Transportation
In plaintiffs' suit on behalf of a decedent, asserting a number of state law causes of action related to decedent's alleged exposure to asbestos...

Tamraz v. Lincoln Elec. Co.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In plaintiffs' suit against several manufacturers of welding supplies, claiming that the fumes from their products had caused his parkinsonism and...

Campbell v. Davol, Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In plaintiff's product liability suit against defendants claiming that a hernia patch that was surgically placed in her abdomen following breast...

Saller v. Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Product Liability
In plaintiffs' wrongful death suit based on theories of negligence, strict liability, false representation, and intentional failure to warn, based on...

Jackson v. Tanfoglio Giuseppe S.R.L.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a case arising from an individual's death after he was injured by the unexpected discharge of a pistol, an order granting an Italian company's Rule...

Wimbush v. Wyeth

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In plaintiff's suit against a diet pill manufacturer claiming strict liability and common law negligence, judgment of the district court is affirmed...

Rivera v. First Databank, Inc.

Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In plaintiffs' suit for negligence and breach of contract against a publisher of medication information, referred to as "monographs", claiming that...

Eli Lilly & Co. v. Gottstein

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law, Product Liability
In a nonparty's appeal from a permanent injunction entered by the district court prohibiting him from disseminating certain documents produced by Eli...

Robinson v. McNeil Consumer Healthcare

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Remedies, Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech
In plaintiff's products liability suit against defendant for developing a life threatening disease after taking doses of Children's Motrin, district...

Khoury v. Philips Med. Systems

Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a product liability action based on injuries sustained by plaintiff-doctor in using defendant's medical equipment, summary judgment for defendant...