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HOLDEN FARMS, INC. v. HOG SLAT, INC.

Agriculture, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a case where plaintiffs are suing up the stream of commerce, breach of contract claim was properly dismissed because the one-year limitation for...

KB HOME v. THE SUP. CT. OF LOS ANGELES (CONSOL. INDUS. CORP.)

Product Liability
The economic loss rule does not bar petitioner from recovering tort damages for the cost of repairing and replacing defective furnaces, as determining...

UHIREN v. BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO., INC.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action arising out of the use of a prescription pain medication, grant of summary judgment to the defendant was affirmed where there was no...

CAIN v. GREEN TWEED & CO., INC.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Sanctions
The Superior Court erred 1) in ruling that an affidavit plaintiff filed in opposition to defendant's summary judgment motion was a sham and would not...

IN RE ASBESTOS LITIG.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Product Liability
Plaintiffs who were allegedly injured by asbestos exposure have adduced sufficient evidence to permit a jury to determine whether the defendant, the...

IN RE: FORD MOTOR CO.

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Plaintiff in a design defect action is not permitted direct-access discovery of defendant's computer systems without a factual finding of some...

US v. BAXTER INT'L, INC.

Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
The district court erred in dismissing for failure to state a claim the government's complaint in intervention. The complaint sought to recover for...

ST. PAUL MERCURY INS. CO. v. FRONTIER PAC. INS. CO.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Product Liability
In an action involving contribution claims among insurers, arising from the settlement of complaints filed after a fatal crane accident, the trial...

IN RE FORD MOTOR CO.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Product Liability
The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying a motion to dismiss, on forum non conveniens grounds, certain product liability suits for...

COLLINS v. AM. HOME PRODS. CORP.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Product liability claims against manufacturers of a childhood vaccine, pharmacies, and the physicians who prescribed it are remanded to the state...