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Pineda v. Ford Motor Co.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a products liability action brought against Ford by an automobile technician who was injured when the rear liftgate glass of a 2002 Ford Explorer...

Ramos v. Howard Indus., Inc.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a products liability action involving a transformer, denial of summary judgment for defendant-manufacturer is reversed where defendant met its...

Ellenburg v. Spartan Motors Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a product liability suit, order remanding action to state court is reversed where: 1) district court's remand order relied on procedural defect...

Ellenburg v. Spartan Motors Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a product liability action, order remanding an action to state court is reversed where: 1) district court's remanded order relied on procedural...

Ammerman v. Raymond Corp.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a products liability and negligence action, order denying defendant's motion to transfer the case pursuant to the doctrine of forum non conveniens...

In re M/V DG Harmony

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Transportation
In case involving liability for the explosion and resulting constructive total loss of the container ship the M/V DG Harmony, district court's finding...

Warner-Lambert Co. v. Kent

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a one-line, per curiam opinion, the judgment below is affirmed by an equally divided Court. In a case involving Michigan legislation which...

McCann v. Foster Wheeler

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In case where plaintiff, a 30-year California resident, had been exposed to asbestos during installation of a boiler in Oklahoma 50 years ago, which...

Vietnam Ass'n for Victims of Agent Orange v. Dow Chem. Co.

Class Actions, Government Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Product Liability
Dismissal of action brought by a purported class of Vietnamese nationals under the Alien Tort Statute for injuries allegedly sustained by their...

Isaacson v. Dow Chem. Co.

Civil Procedure, Government Contracts, Government Law, Military Law, Product Liability
In multidistrict litigation involving seven of sixteen cases where plaintiffs alleged violations of state law by chemical companies who contracted...