Insight

• Defective design of home heating hose

Recent Cases

Consumer Products

• Defective design of home heating hose
• Dangerously sharp edge on canine cone collar
• Application of repose statute violated state constitution

Drugs

• Failure to adequately warn of Prempro, Premarin breast cancer risk
• Consumers may sue for indirect concealment under state consumer fraud act

Firefighting Equipment

• Defective design of breathing mask valve, alarm

Industrial Products & Equipment

• Lack of interlock device on aerial lift
• High sodium hydroxide content in drain cleaner
• Defective design of volt detector

Medical Products

• No preemption of state law claims against artificial hip component manufacturers

Recreational Products

• Defective ankle-locking device on inversion table

Tobacco Products

• No preemption of deceptive trade claims over 'light' cigarettes
• Smoker's personal injury suit against tobacco company did not bar survivors' wrongful death action

Transportation

• Defective sunroof frame on SUV
• Defective manufacture of motorcycle tire
• Insufficient strength of car's front structures
• Presumption of nondefectiveness applies but may be rebutted by preponderance of evidence
• Defective design of seat belt buckle
• Discovery requests to tire maker were not overly broad

In this Issue

• News and Agency Actions: Flood of defective imported goods leads to lawsuits, calls for tighter regulation
• News and Agency Actions: Popular kids' footwear linked to rash of injuries
• News and Agency Actions: Recent studies suggest that FDA's post-market surveillance of drugs needs improvement
• News and Agency Actions: Merck agrees to nationwide Vioxx settlement
• Articles
• Updates
• Court Documents