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Chlopek v. Fed. Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a product liability action against the maker of a medical cooling device, judgment for defendant is affirmed over plaintiffs' assertions that...

Gen. Refractories Co. v. First State Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Product Liability
In a dispute over coverage arising from asbestos-related claims, dismissal of plaintiff's declaratory judgment breach of contract action against...

Gonzalez v. Autoliv ASP, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In case involving claim for strict products liability arising out of injury to plaintiff's eye from allegedly defective airbag, summary judgment for...

Intri-Plex Techs., Inc. v. Crest Group

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Product Liability
In a suit brought by a manufacturer of certain computer disk drive components against defendant-cleaning equipment manufacturer arising from defective...

In re Groundwater Cases

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Public Utilities, Water Law
On remand from the California Supreme Court, dismissal of plaintiffs' damages claims against two groups of water purveyor defendants -- one group...

Peterson v. John Crane, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In suit alleging deceased husband's asbestosis and lung cancer were asbestos-related, judgment for defendant is affirmed over claims of plaintiff-wife...

Winters v. Fru-Con Inc.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit against the company that installed a piece of equipment that injured plaintiff on his job, judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) the...

Shuck v. CNH Am., LLC

Agriculture, Evidence, Product Liability
In an action against a combine manufacturer arising from a fire in a combine's engine compartment that caused extensive damage to the combine and...

In re: Hanford Nuclear Reservation Litig.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Evidence, Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law, Product Liability
In an action brought by residents claiming that emissions from a plutonium-production facility operated by defendants caused various cancers and other...

Kuhn v. Sulzer Orthopedics, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Professional Malpractice
Following entry of an order enjoining plaintiffs from obtaining certain discovery from defendant and from prosecuting certain claims in a state court...