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product liability

Consumers Personal Injury 

Just For Men

November 8, 2019November 12, 2019 BRIEF
Brief8, product liability

One hundred thirty-five men sued Combe Inc. in federal court, claiming its Just For Men hair dye caused permanent depigmentation and scarring on their scalps.

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Appeals Government Technology 

Boeing Wins One

November 1, 2019November 4, 2019 BRIEF
Aviation, Boeing, Brief7, crash, Marines, military, Ninth Circuit, product liability

In some good news for beleaguered aeronautical giant Boeing, the Ninth Circuit agreed Friday that Boeing can’t be held liable for the death of a U.S. Marine who was killed in an Osprey Mayhem 11 crash since the U.S. government was heavily involved with and approved the aircraft’s design.

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Business Consumers Personal Injury 

Exploding Blenders

October 25, 2019October 25, 2019 BRIEF
Brief5, explosion, product liability

A woman sued Nutribullet in federal court, claiming its defectively designed blenders explode and injure people — the 51st such lawsuit this year, according to the Courthouse News database.

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Business Consumers Health National 

Vaping Companies Brace for Wave of Lawsuits Over Lung Illness

October 25, 2019October 25, 2019 IZZY KAPNICK
diseases, product liability, Tobacco, Vaping

Vaping product manufacturers nationwide are bracing for an onslaught of product liability lawsuits arising from an outbreak of vaporizer-linked respiratory illnesses, as mystery lingers over what’s causing the illnesses, now blamed for more than 30 deaths.

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Health Personal Injury 

Cold Medicine

October 22, 2019October 23, 2019 BRIEF
dbrief3, pharmaceuticals, product liability

A Washington appeals court revived a mother’s claim under the state’s products liability act against the maker of a homeopathic cold medicine. The mother claims the medicine caused her infant’s death.

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Business Consumers 

Spinal Cord Stimulator

October 15, 2019October 16, 2019 BRIEF
batteries, dbrief4, product liability

Product liability claims against St. Jude Medical relating to batteries in certain spinal cord stimulator devices may proceed, a federal judge in Delaware ruled.

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Entertainment Personal Injury 

Scooters

October 3, 2019October 4, 2019 BRIEF
arbitration, dbrief2, product liability, Wrongful Death

A federal court in Texas dismissed a family’s wrongful death and product liability suit against the company operating Lime electric scooters, finding that the deceased entered into an arbitration agreement with the company. 

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Business Consumers Employment 

Employee Uniforms

October 3, 2019October 4, 2019 BRIEF
apparel, Aviation, Brief8, Class Action, product liability, retail

A class of employees at Delta Airlines is suing clothing retailer Lands’ End in Wisconsin federal court, claiming their uniforms are causing rashes, hair loss, breathing difficulties and low white blood cell counts, and the dye bleeds onto their skin and personal belongings.

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Law 

Contraceptive Device Dispute

September 10, 2019 BRIEF
dbrief2, negligence, product liability

A federal court in Illinois granted a class’ motion to remand their negligence, product liability and other claims against the maker of a contraceptive device. Seventeen women who used the device – manufactured by Bayer – say they suffered health issues and unintended pregnancies.

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Energy Environment 

Oil Spills

September 4, 2019September 4, 2019 BRIEF
Brief6, Louisiana, manufacturing, product liability, toxic spills

A federal judge refused New Jersey-based Silbo Industries’ request to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction a product liability case that claims its subsea piping elbows leaked offshore Louisiana, resulting in “millions of dollars of damage.”

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Health Personal Injury 

Breast Implants

August 29, 2019August 29, 2019 BRIEF
dbrief1, product liability

A federal judge dismissed product liability claims against Mentor Worldwide and Nusil, from women who say their defective breast implants leaked, giving them a panoply of illnesses.

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Consumers Personal Injury 

Lawnmowers

August 20, 2019August 20, 2019 BRIEF
Brief2, Class Action, Fire, product liability

A federal class action claims Toro International knows its defective TimeCutter driving lawnmowers pose a fire hazard but failed to warn consumers, including the named plaintiff, whose house burned down.

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Appeals Business Consumers 

Panel Asked to Revive Wrongful Death Case Over Gun Trigger

August 7, 2019 CAMERON LANGFORD
Fifth Circuit, Guns, Mississippi, product liability, Wrongful Death

A shot from a Remington rifle killed a boy and landed his older brother in prison. Arguing Remington concealed a trigger defect, their father asked a Fifth Circuit panel Wednesday to reinstate wrongful death claims against the gun maker.

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Consumers Personal Injury 

Glock

August 5, 2019August 5, 2019 BRIEF
Brief8, Class Action, Guns, product liability

A federal class action claims Glock handguns are “unreasonably dangerous” because a feed ramp is too long, causing a “blow out.”

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Business Health 

$305 Million Settlement Reached in 20-Year Fight Over Lead Paint

July 17, 2019July 18, 2019 MATTHEW RENDA
California, Lead poisoning, product liability, Settlement

Two decades of litigation between California municipalities and paint manufacturers culminated in a $305 million settlement Wednesday to help remove the health blight of lead paint from houses across the state. 

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Business Consumers 

House Fire

July 17, 2019July 18, 2019 BRIEF
Brief6, cats, Fire, negligence, product liability

A Michigan couple claims an electric massage chair made by American Crocodile International Group malfunctioned and started a fire that destroyed their home and killed their three cats, two of which were world-record holders for height and longest tail.

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Appeals Business Entertainment 

Hoverboard Fire Lawsuit Against Amazon Can Move Forward

July 10, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Amazon, China, Fire, product liability, Sci1, Sixth Circuit, Tennessee

A Tennessee family can press its lawsuit against online retailer Amazon over a hoverboard fire that destroyed their home, an appeals court has ruled, saying the company was aware of complaints about the devices catching fire and exploding.

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Courts International 

US Companies to Face Lawsuit Over UK Grenfell Tower Inferno

June 10, 2019June 11, 2019 CAIN BURDEAU
Fire, London, product liability, United Kingdom

Lawyers and judges in Philadelphia, and not just those in London, will have a say over whether American companies can face liability for an inferno at an apartment tower in London that killed 72 people and injured about 70 others in 2017.

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Appeals Business Consumers 

Amazon Ducks Liability for Defective Third-Party Products

May 23, 2019May 23, 2019 BRAD KUTNER
Amazon, Fourth Circuit, Insurance, product liability, retail

In a case centered on a headlamp that caught fire and burned a family’s house to the ground, the Fourth Circuit ruled Wednesday that online retail giant Amazon is not liable for defective products sold on its website by third parties.

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Appeals Consumers 

Coffeemaker Hazards

May 13, 2019May 13, 2019 BRIEF
Brief3, product liability, product safety

Spectrum Brands violated the Consumer Product Safety Act by failing to timely report a potentially hazardous defect in its Black & Decker SpaceMaker coffeemaker, despite years of consumer complaints about it, the Seventh Circuit ruled.

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