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MCCORVEY v. BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORP.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a strict product liability action, exclusion of an engineering expert's affidavit was proper where qualification and reliability were not...

CORREA v. CRUISERS, A DIVISION OF OF KCS INT'L, INC.

Contracts, Remedies, Product Liability
The limitations period in a breach of warranty action (against hidden defects in the sale of a motorboat) began when plaintiff refused defendants'...

CRAWFORD v. SEARS ROEBUCK & CO.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
A strict liability claim based on an alleged defect in a ladder must fail, where plaintiff failed to establish that defendant supplied the ladder in a...

DENSBERGER v. UNITED TECH. CORP.

Government Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Because the Connecticut Products Liability Act does not expressly prohibit post-sale liability for negligent failure to warn, the negligence-based...

MATTIS v. CARLON ELEC. PROD.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Evidence supported a jury verdict in a products liability case, where plaintiff established 1) defendant's cement was the cause of his lung injury,...

AM. TYPE CULTURE COLLECTION, INC. v. COLEMAN

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
A District of Columbia corporation, with its principal place of business in Maryland, did not have sufficient minimum contacts with Texas to justify...

STECYK v. BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON, INC.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation, Product Liability
In wrongful death actions arising out of a helicopter crash, a jury finding for designers, manufacturers, and testers, is affirmed where 1) component...

IN RE: DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORP.

Civil Procedure, Product Liability
A writ of mandamus was granted to recall remand orders in actions for injuries allegedly caused by asbestos in an auto makers' automobiles; all...

ROMO v. FORD MOTOR CO.

Injury & Tort Law, Remedies, Product Liability
In suit against a vehicle manufacturer for product liability and negligence, a new trial for punitive damages based on juror misconduct was not...

BRIDGESTONE CORP. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY (T&T TRUCK & CRANE SERV., INC.)

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Because a foreign tire manufacturer purposefully availed itself of the benefits of conducting activities in California, and obtained the benefits and...