Trial Likely in Suit Over Freezer Failure at Fertility Clinic
A federal magistrate declined summary judgment due to the amount of disputed facts in the case.
Read moreA federal magistrate declined summary judgment due to the amount of disputed facts in the case.
Read moreThe Fourth Circuit found the pharmaceutical company that makes Pradaxa, a drug to reduce the risk of stroke, cannot be sued for a woman’s death after she suffered a gastrointestinal bleed.
Read moreThe Second Circuit upheld a ruling in favor of pharmaceutical company Bayer in a class action products liability dispute over the Mirena intrauterine device. The plaintiffs, who claimed the IUD caused them to develop idiopathic intracranial hypertension, failed to present reliable expert opinions.
Read moreMedical device maker C.R. Bard agreed to settle more than 500 cases alleging that its implantable blood-clot filter fractured, causing patients injuries. A federal judge granted the parties a 120-day stay of the involved cases, pending final settlement negotiations.
Read moreIn a unanimous decision, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Amazon is not liable for the death of a high school student caused by an overdose of caffeine powder.
Read moreThe family of Botham Jean has filed a wrongful death and products liability lawsuit, claiming the door in his apartment failed to close as designed and allowed former Dallas cop Amber Guyger to enter, mistake Jean as an intruder in her own apartment and shoot him to death while he was eating ice cream.
Read moreA federal lawsuit filed Wednesday claims Monsanto plotted to force America’s black farmers into buying Roundup-resistant seeds, which forced them to rely on heavier and heavier concentrations of the herbicide to the detriment of their health.
Read moreA federal judge in Florida denied 3M’s invocation of the government contractor defense in a product liability suit filed by veterans who claim they suffered permanent hearing loss due to the company’s allegedly defective combat earplugs.
Read moreA kitchen equipment manufacturer ordered to pay a multimillion-dollar verdict to a grocery store butcher whose arm was amputated by a meat saw asked an 11th Circuit panel Wednesday for a new trial on the butcher’s negligence lawsuit.
Read moreAmazon argued before the Ohio Supreme Court that it is not at fault for a high school student’s death caused by a third-party product.
Read moreA woman who was burned while using her B Yours Vibe 2 vibrator may pursue her design defect claims against the seller of the device, a federal court in Washington ruled, finding that her electrical-engineering expert’s testimony is admissible given the “‘liberal thrust’ of the Federal Rules.”
Read moreFederal class actions in Boston and Sacramento claim Evenflo’s child booster car seats are not safe, as advertised, and plaintiffs’ children were injured because of it.
Read moreAn appellate panel once revived the case, but the full Third Circuit stands in the way now of a woman’s fight to hold Amazon liable after she was blinded in an accident with a retractable dog leash.
Read moreThree people sued Torax Medical and Ethicon in separate federal complaints, claiming they made a defective titanium implant to relieve gastroesophageal reflux that was recalled, and had to be removed.Three people sued Torax Medical and Ethicon in separate federal complaints, claiming they made a defective titanium implant to relieve gastroesophageal reflux that was recalled, and had to be removed.
Read moreA federal court in Washington state dismissed a 2013 Ford Escape owner’s consumer protection suit relating to the spontaneous shattering of her vehicle’s panoramic glass sunroof. The failure rate of the sunroofs is .5 % and the consequences of such a failure are not so severe as to qualify as a material defect.
Read moreOnly the victims of defective breast implants made by French manufacturer PIP who had their surgeries in France are eligible for compensation, an adviser to the EU’s highest court said Thursday.
Read moreA widower sued Sunbeam Products dba Jarden Consumer Solutions in federal court, claiming its defective “heated throw,” or electric blanket, started a fire that killed his wife.
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