Products Liability Prof Blog
Features legislation, news, cases and topics related to product liability issues.
Author: Law Professors J. David Prince and Michael K. Steenson, of William Mitchell College of Law, and Kenneth Ross, who is of counsel at Bowman and Brooke, edit Products Liability Prof Blog, which is part of the Law Professor Blogs Network.
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Recent Posts from Products Liability Prof Blog
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Paxil Suit Not Pre-Empted
A suit brought by the family of a teenager who committed suicide in 2002 after taking the anti-depressant drug Paxil may proceed because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had not yet taken a…
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Ken Ross's Summary of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act
The new U.S. Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act is neatly summarized by Ken Ross,Of Counsel, Bowman and Brooke LLP here. MKS
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Alaska Supreme Court Decides the Case of the Collapsing Law Office Chair
Burnett v. Covell. Burnett, who weighed approximately 330 pounds, visited Covell’s law office to participate in a meeting with Covell and one of Covell’s clients. When he attempted to sit in one of the chairs…
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Cornell Law Review Symposium - U.S. Food and Drug Regulation in Its First Century and Beyond
The recently published Cornell Law Review Symposium, "U.S. Food and Drug Regulation in Its First Century and Beyond," includes the following articles: James T. O'Reilly, Losing Deference in the FDA's Second Century: Judicial Review, Politics…
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The Tobacco Law Consortium's Newsletter, Legal Update, Is Now Online
The new issue of Legal Update, the Tobacco Control Legal Consortium's newsletter, is now available online. It features the Consortium's most recent publication, “Workplace Smoking: Options for Employees and Legal Rights for Employers.” MKS
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The FDA and Risk Communication
The FDA This Week: Andy's Take, is written by Randall Lutter, Ph.D., Deputy Commissioner for Policy of the Food and Drug Administration. His focus is on the importance of risk communication, and his take is…
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Medical Devices - Pleading to Avoid Preemption
An Illinois federal district court suggested two possible ways to get around a federal preemption ruling even as it dismissed a medical device product liability complaint on preemption grounds (Heisner v. Genzyme Corp., N.D. Ill.,…
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Texas Plaintiffs' Claims Preempted by Buckman
The judge overseeing multidistrict litigation regarding the bone-building drugs Aredia and Zometa dismissed plaintiffs' claims finding that a Texas law shields manufacturers of Food & Drug Administration-approved drugs from liability for failure to warn. In…
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Consumer Expectation Test Applied to Airbag Defect Claim
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit overturned a summary judgment ruling in favor of Honda Motor Company in a case involving a non-deploying airbag. The court said that since the plaintiff stated…
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When is a Product Seller a "Seller" for Strict Liability Purposes?
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has certified an important question of state product sliability law to the New York Court of Appeals. A worker suffered a serious hand injury while working…