Recent Cases

Construction Products

• Use of improper epoxy on tunnel's ceiling support anchors

Drugs

• Documents reviewed by witnesses in preparation for deposition are not protected work product

Household Products & Equipment

• Trial court erred in excluding plaintiffs’ expert testimony in microwave fire case
• Defective tire rim design on garden pull cart
• Insufficient cord thickness on lamp

Industrial Products & Equipment

• Ohio repose statute is constitutional but does not apply retroactively where short filing period results
• Failure to warn of danger from asbestos in dryer felts
• Defective manufacture of rebar chain assembly’s positional hook

Recreational Products

• Manufacturing defects in western riding saddle’s billet strap

Transportation

• Overly aggressive air bag in passenger car
• Insufficient roof strength in passenger car
• Insufficiently strong roof, supporting structures in SUV
• Defective seat belt retractor in minivan
• Circumstantial evidence sufficient to raise jury question in sudden acceleration case
• Defective seat belt retractor in SUV
• Expert testimony based on experimental tests is admissible even if test dissimilar to incident
• Jury charge misstating definition of defect was error; remedy was new trial, not judgment for defendant
• Defective occupant restraints in pickup truck

In this Issue

• News and Agency Actions: Tobacco litigation developments
• News and Agency Actions: Congress probes physicians' links to medical device, drug industries
• News and Agency Actions: Largest meat recall in U.S. history prompts House investigation, exposes regulatory loophole
• Articles
• Updates
• Court Documents