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WANKIER v. CROWN EQUIP. CORP.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a design defect case, the plaintiff bears the burden of showing that a safer, feasible alternative design was available at the time the product was...

THOM v. BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO.

Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Warning contained in the package insert of a prescription drug manufactured by defendant was not adequate as a matter of law with regard to the risk...

SANTOS v. SUNRISE MED., INC.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
District court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant's motions for judgment as a matter of law pursuant to FRCP rule 50(b) or for a new...

CISAR v. HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Jury verdict in favor of defendant on negligence claim is affirmed. District court did not abuse its discretion in controlling cross examination of...

CONNELLY v. HYUNDAI MOTOR CO.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Defendant's appeal, of judgment entered in favor of plaintiff after a jury found defendant liable for negligently testing or designing an airbag which...

GRAHAM v. AM. CYANAMID CO.

Drugs & Biotech, Product Liability
Defendant's summary judgment is affirmed because plaintiffs have failed to establish their affirmative case by showing a causal relationship between...

ROMO v. FORD MOTOR CO.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Remedies
Where the extreme reprehensibility of defendant's actions and the undercompensation of plaintiffs' individual losses outweigh the punitive element...

CALHOUN v. YAMAHA MOTOR CORP., U.S.A.

Admiralty, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In this products liability claim under maritime law, where the jury rendered a defense verdict, the district court properly applied Federal Rule of...

FOX v. ETHICON ENDO-SURGICAL, INC.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a products liability action, the trial court's dismissal is reversed where, a bright line rule that imputes the simultaneous discovery of a...

CRUZ-VARGAS v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
The district court's grant of judgment as a matter of law in favor of defendants is affirmed where based on the evidence at trial, the jury was...