Products Liability BlawgYour state-of-the-art resource for products liability law(Untitled)- March 8, 2003 Federal-Mogul Proposes Settlement. Federal-Mogul Corp. proposes setting aside one-half of its stock to settle asbestos lawsuits. As reported by The Associated Press in The New York Times.http://radio.weblogs.com/0119806/2003/03/07.html#a35 (Untitled)- March 8, 2003 Agency Refuses to Require Product Registration. Today federal regulators refused a request from the Consumer Federation of America to require manufacturer's of children's products to include registration cards to be filled out by consumers and mailed back to the manufacturer. The CFA wanted manufacturers to keep the registration information for twenty years to use to notify consumers of potential dangers of the products. As reported by The Associated Press in The New York...http://radio.weblogs.com/0119806/2003/03/07.html#a34 (Untitled)- March 8, 2003 Victory for Gun Industry. Today, a California state court dismissed thirty-eight gun manufacturers, distributors, and trade associations from a lawsuit brought against them by major cities, including Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco. The municipalities' lawsuit, patterned after the one brought by State attorney generals against the tobacco industry, claimed the industry created a public nuisance by supplying guns to ineligible buyers, violated state business laws..http://radio.weblogs.com/0119806/2003/03/07.html#a33 (Untitled)- March 8, 2003 Toyota Settles Clean Air Suit. To settle a Clean Air Act lawsuit, Toyota has agreed to retrofit up to 3,000 diesel vehicles that it did not manufacture with modern antipollution devices. The government's lawsuit alleged that in documents certifying compliance with the Clean Air Act, Toyota failed to disclose limitations in a diagnostic system that warns drivers of fluid leaks that can cause pollution. However, the government does not want Toyota to do anything with the...http://radio.weblogs.com/0119806/2003/03/07.html#a32 (Untitled)- March 8, 2003 Compensation Fund for Smallpox Vaccinations. Although not yet a "products liability" issue, I am concerned enough (personally and professionally) about what is happening with smallpox vaccinations to put it on by weblog. As we all know, the United States government is in the process of immunizing healthcare workers and other emergency response personnel with the smallpox vaccination. I previously reported that initially only eight persons out of over 7,000...http://radio.weblogs.com/0119806/2003/03/07.html#a31 (Untitled)- March 7, 2003 A New Feature For My Blog. Starting today I will highlight recent opinions rendered by the United States Supreme Court and federal circuit courts of appeal in the area of products liability. State supreme court decisions to follow soon. See Recent Decisions to the left.http://radio.weblogs.com/0119806/2003/03/06.html#a30 (Untitled)- March 6, 2003 Congress Trying to Limit Asbestos Cases. On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony from lawyers, lawmakers, and victims regarding how to handle the more than 600,000 asbestos lawsuits and economic fallout that led to more than sixty bankruptcies since 2000 and a loss of approximately 60,000 jobs. Senator Don Nickles (R) of Oklahoma seeks legislation requiring claimants to meet certain criteria using American ...http://radio.weblogs.com/0119806/2003/03/05.html#a27 (Untitled)- March 6, 2003 New York County Bans Sale of Ephedra. The sale of all dietary supplements containing ephedra was banned on Wednesday in Suffolk County, New York under legislation considered to be the first of its kind. As reported by Associated Press on Findlaw.comhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0119806/2003/03/05.html#a26 (Untitled)- March 6, 2003 The Latest from Corpus. According to The Associated Press, internal documents and emails released by the plaintiff's lawyers show Bayer executives discussing the possible dangers of Baycol long before it pulled the controversial drug from the market in 2001 after being linked to dozens of deaths. Bayer's attorney, Phillip Beck, said the emails were taken out of context. Bayer claims that there are approximately 7,800 lawsuits pending from former Baycol users. ...http://radio.weblogs.com/0119806/2003/03/05.html#a25 (Untitled)- March 6, 2003 FDA Recommends Warning for Arthritis Drug. On Tuesday, an FDA advisory panel recommended that manufacturers of three biotech drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis warn patients about a possible link to incurable lymph cancer. As reported in The Chicago Tribune.http://radio.weblogs.com/0119806/2003/03/05.html#a24 |