Products Liability Law Reporter - Vol. 27, No. 9, November 2008
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November 2008, Volume 27, No. 9
Recent Cases
Consumer Products
- Plaintiffs in suit over defective mower raised sufficient fact questions to survive summary judgment
Drugs
- Packager of over-the-counter drug is manufacturer, not seller entitled to statutory immunity
- Claim against antidepressant manufacturer alleging increased suicide risk is not preempted
Farm Products
Food
Industrial Products & Equipment
- Failure to warn of dangers of asbestos-containing pump, valve parts
- Court erred in dismissing Spanish asbestos plaintiffs’ U.S. lawsuit on forum non conveniens grounds
Medical Products
- No preemption of negligence claim against device manufacturer’s corporate representative
- Warning claim in suit alleging defective medicine measuring cup survives summary judgment motion
- Trial court erred in dismissing artificial hip lawsuit as time-barred
- Learned intermediary doctrine bars claim involving spinal plate
Transportation
- Unstable design of 15-passenger van
- Defendant may not rely on verdicts in other cases to show jurisdictional amount in controversy
- False-latch condition in SUV seat belt buckle
- Court erred in excluding similar-incidents evidence to prove negligence claim involving design defect
- Plaintiffs need not rescind settlement before suing for fraudulent inducement
- Lack of electronic stability control in SUV
- Inadequate adhesion between tire treads
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