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Young v. Bryco Arms

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In consolidated cases seeking to recover from gun manufacturers and dealers for crimes involving illegal firearms used by minors or young adults who...

City of Chicago v. Beretta U.S.A. Corp.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit to recover from handgun manufacturers, distributors and dealers for the costs which those public entities have incurred as a result of...

Cadlo v. Metalclad Insulation Corp.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In case where jury found for plaintiff in his asbestos-related personal injury action against defendants, and plaintiff died two days later, trial...

Galvin v. Eli Lilly & Co.

Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In suit alleging plaintiff suffered injuries resulting from her exposure to Diethylstilbesterol manufactured by defendant, summary judgment for...

Borg-Warner Corp. v. Flores

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
A person's exposure to "some" respirable fibers is not sufficient to show that a product containing asbestos was a substantial factor in causing...

State of N.Y. v. Philip Morris Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In settlement of litigation brought by state, territorial, and DC governments against tobacco manufacturers for wrongful marketing and advertising of...

Asbestos Settlement Trust v. City of New York

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Product Liability
In appeal involving asbestos property damage claims by appellee city that the claims administrator of the Asbestos Settlement Trust allowed but the...

In Re: Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether Prod. Liab. Litig.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Product Liability, Water Law
In suits originally filed by California and New Hampshire in their respective state courts against corporations that manufactured, refined, marketed,...

In Re: Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether Prod. Liab. Litig.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Product Liability, Water Law
In suits originally filed by California and New Hampshire in their respective state courts against corporations that manufactured, refined, marketed,...

Sobczak v. Gen. Motors Corp.

Contracts, Product Liability
Directed verdict on various counts and a jury verdict on one count in favor of the defendant in a products liability action arising out of injuries...