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  • Major v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company

    Publication Date: 2017-09-05
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death | Products Liability
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Date Filed: 2017-08-30
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brayton Purcell, Gilbert L. Purcell, Richard M. Grant and Jason M. Rose for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Jones Day, Steven N. Geise, Gregory G. Katsas and Charles R.A. Morse for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. B260355 c/w B265671

    Federal law does not preempt products liability judgment against cigarette manufacturer (Rubin, Acting P.J.)

  • Riddell, Inc. v. Superior Court (Ace American Insurance Company)

    Publication Date: 2017-08-25
    Practice Area: Discovery | Products Liability
    Industry: Insurance | Manufacturing | Entertainment and Leisure
    Date Filed: 2017-08-23
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Covington & Burling, David B. Goodwin, Gretchen A. Hoff Varner, Reynold L. Siemens and Jeffrey A. Kiburtz for Petitioners.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent.Duane Morris, Ray L. Wong, Amanda Graham; Nicolaides Fink Thorpe Michaelides Sullivan, Sara M. Thorpe, Jeffrey N. Labovitch; Duplicki Keller, George J. Keller and Jeffrey E. Duplicki for Real Parties in Interest.
    Case Number: No. B275482

    Insurers improperly sought to use declaratory relief action to obtain discovery pertinent to insureds' liability in underlying third party actions (Menetrez, J.)

  • Demara v. The Raymond Corporation

    Publication Date: 2017-07-19
    Practice Area: Products Liability | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-06-21
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Office of Christopher Workman, Christopher J. Workman, Aaron M. Sibley, and Margarite M.B. Sullivan for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, Anthony E. Sonnett, and Trevor J. Ingold for Defendants and Respondents.
    Case Number: No. D068533

    Manufacturer failed to show that benefits of forklift design outweighed dangers (Aaron, J.)

  • Petitpas v. Ford Motor Company

    Publication Date: 2017-07-06
    Practice Area: Products Liability | Personal Injury | Transportation
    Industry: Transportation | Construction
    Date Filed: 2017-07-05
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: The Arkin Law Firm, Sharon J. Arkin; Farrise Firm; Simona A. Farrise for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Dykema Gossett, John M. Thomas, Jill M. Wheaton and Tamara A. Bush for Defendant and Respondent Ford Motor Company.
    Case Number: No. B245037

    Automobile manufacturer not liable for product's compatibility with other manufacturers' asbestos-containing replacement parts (Collins, J.)

  • Trejo v. Johnson and Johnson

    Publication Date: 2017-07-03
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Date Filed: 2017-06-30
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Offices of Brian D. Witzer, Inc., Brian D. Witzer, Jeffrey E. Zinder and Michael P. Manapol for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Kari L. Sutherland; Drinker Biddle & Reath, Thomas W. Pulliam, Jr., Vernon I. Zvoleff, Alan J. Lazarus, Kenneth P. Conour, Benjamin J. Holl; O'Melveny & Myers, Catalina J. Vergara and Charles C. Lifland for Defendants and Appellants.
    Case Number: No. B238339

    Inconsistent verdicts on strict liability and negligent failure to warn mandated reversal (Willhite, J.)

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  • Wendell v. GlaxoSmithKline LLC

    Publication Date: 2017-06-02
    Practice Area: Expert Witnesses | Products Liability
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Date Filed: 2017-06-02
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Claudia Wilken, District Judge, Presiding Before: Ronald M. Gould and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges, and William K. Sessions III,* District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Quirk (argued), Williams Cuker Berezofsky LLC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Kevin Haverty, Williams Cuker Berezofsky LLC, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Alan J. Lazarus (argued) and William A. Hanssen, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, San Francisco, California, for Defendant-Appellee GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.
    Case Number: No. 14-16321

    Exclusion of expert medical testimony was error (Gould, J.)

  • Chen v. L.A. Truck Centers, LLC

    Publication Date: 2017-01-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Products Liability | Personal Injury | Transportation
    Industry: Transportation
    Date Filed: 2017-01-18
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Offices of Martin N. Buchanan; Girardi & Keese and David R. Lira for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Frank C. Rothrock and Douglas W. Robinson for Defendant and Respondent.
    Case Number: No. B265304

    Cite as 17 C.D.O.S. 531 HAIRU CHEN et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. L.A. TRUCK CENTERS

  • Kase v. Metalclad Insulation Corporation

    Publication Date: 2016-11-28
    Practice Area: Products Liability | Personal Injury
    Industry: Defense
    Date Filed: 2016-11-22
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brayton Purcell, LLP, Gary L. Brayton and Richard M. Grant for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Dentons US LLP, Lisa Lurline Oberg, Felicia Y. Feng and Andrea J. Casalett; Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Thomas M. Peterson and Deborah E. Quick for Defendant and Respondent.
    Case Number: No. A143590

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 12408 GARY KASE et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. METALCLAD INSU

  • Ramos v. Brenntag Specialties, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-06-23
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Date Filed: 2016-06-23
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Metzger Law Group, Raphael Metzger, Kenneth A. Holdren; Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett and Brian P. Barrow for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Alexander Law Group and Richard Alexander for Council for Education and Research on Toxics, Dr. Jerrold Abraham, Dr. Richard W. Clapp, Dr. Ronald Crystal, Dr. David A. Eastmond, Dr. Arthur L. Frank, Dr. Robert J. Harrison, Dr. Ronald Melnick, Dr. Lee Newman, Dr. Stephen M. Rappaport, Dr. David Joseph Ross and Dr. Janet Weiss as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.
    Case Number: No. S218176

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 6547 FLAVIO RAMOS et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. BRENNTAG SPE

  • Hetzel v. Hennessy Industries, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-05-18
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Toxic Torts | Products Liability
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Date Filed: 2016-04-28
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brayton Purcell LLP, Alan R. Brayton, Richard M. Grant, and Gary L. Brayton for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Gordon & Rees LLP, Don Willenburg and Mitchell B. Malachowski for Defendant and Respondent.
    Case Number: No. A144218

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 5081 SUSAN HETZEL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. HENNESSY INDUSTRIES,