Products Liability

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News & Analysis as of May 22, 2013

Jury Buys Plaintiff’s Argument That Drug Manufacturer Should Have Distributed Dear Doctor Letter Sooner, Without Prior FDA...

by Ellen Adler, James W. Huston, Joanna Simon | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 5/16/2013

Dear Doctor letters were front and center in the just-tried case of Tietz v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc., et al., No. 12-L-002715. On Thursday, May 9, 2013, a Chicago jury returned a $2.2 million verdict in favor of the...more

Generic Drugs: A Closely Watched Case

by Phillips Law Offices on 5/8/2013

In 2005, Karen Bartlett visited her doctor complaining of shoulder pain. Her doctor prescribed Sulindac, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to relieve pain and address symptoms of arthritis. Ms. Bartlett was dispensed...more

Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in MAO’s Double Damages Case

by Edward Waller | Fowler White Boggs P.A. on 5/3/2013

On April 15, 2013, the United States Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari brought by GlaxoSmithKline (“Glaxo”) seeking review of a Third Circuit decision in favor of Humana Medical Plan (“Humana”), as a Medicare...more

Product Liability Update - April 2013

by Foley Hoag LLP on 4/23/2013

In This Issue: - United States Supreme Court Holds Class Certification Improper Absent Showing Plaintiffs’ Damages Can Be Measured on a Classwide Basis through Use of a Common Methodology that Is Consistent with...more

Product Liability Risk In Licensing Trademarks With Technology

by Foley Hoag LLP - Trademark, Copyright &... on 10/12/2012

A Connecticut Superior Court judge has upheld a jury verdict that once again demonstrates the product liability risks faced by trademark licensors, particularly those who license technology as well as their marks. In Hannibal...more

Pa. Courts to Consider All Potential Uses of Product in Design-Defect Cases

by Duane Morris LLP on 6/1/2012

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently issued an opinion that bolsters medical device manufacturers' arsenal of defenses in design-defect products liability actions. In Beard v. Johnson & Johnson, Inc., No. 35 WAP 2010, slip...more

In Pennsylvania Products Liability Decisions, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers May Lose a Little, but Gain a Lot

by Duane Morris LLP on 8/11/2010

In a trio of recent Pennsylvania Superior Court decisions involving the diet drug Redux, plaintiffs' lawyers may have gained a new cause of action against pharmaceutical manufacturers, but not before the reaffirmance of the...more