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Commercial Products & Equipment

• Defective design of deep fryer permitting misassembly of lid

• Strict liability for design of staircase

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Consumer Products

• Failure to elevate water heater above floor level

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Drugs

• Federal law does not preempt state law failure to warn claim against antidepressant manufacturer

• Concealment of Vioxx health risks

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Industrial Products & Equipment

• Lack of automatic locking device on carabiner

• Open and obvious danger does not bar negligent design claim

• Lack of pressure-reading gauges on pneumatic pump

• Washington repose period, rather than shorter Oregon period, governs products liability suit

• Defective design of automotive lift permitting open trench in base

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Recreational Products

• Admission of joke about carbon monoxide poisoning was unduly prejudicial in suit over carbon monoxide deaths

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Tobacco Products

• Inherent characteristic defense in Mississippi Product Liability Act does not bar nonproduct claims

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Transportation

• Hidden neutral setting in pickup truck’s electronic shift-on-the-fly system

• Defective electronic control module in SUV

• Sale of helmet that failed to meet statutory standard

• Defective pickup truck transmission permitting illusory park condition

• Insufficient roof strength on SUV

• Defective door latch on car

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