Product Safety & Liability Reporter: Current Reports Index-Summary

GAMES

See SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT; TOYS AND GAMES

GARA

See GENERAL AVIATION REVITALIZATION ACT (GARA)

GARMENT INDUSTRY

See APPAREL AND GARMENT INDUSTRY

GAS

See OIL AND GAS

GASOLINE

– Plastic container, maker liability in fatal fire (D. Utah), 1166

GENERAL AVIATION REVITALIZATION ACT (GARA)

– Airplane crash in Guatamala fatal, Guatemalan law applies to substantive issues (S.D. Fla.), 498
– Immunity, U.S. and state statutes of repose, affirmative defense, litigation shield (Fla. Dist. Ct. App.), 271
– Maintenance manual allegedly defective, not “part” of helicopter, statute of repose not applicable in crash injury suit (Cal. Ct. App.), 606
– Overhaul manual not part of aircraft engine, statute of repose not applicable (W.D. Ky.), 760

GENERIC DRUGS

– Bupivacaine, continuous infusion pain pump, off-label use, high school athlete, failure to warn (S.D. Ind.), 243
– Fentanyl patches

See PAIN RELIEF PRODUCTS

– Metoclopramide

See METOCLOPRAMIDE

– Metoprolol

See BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICATIONS

– Minocycline, teenager vision loss, maker preemption defense (M.D. Ga.), 276
– Phenazopyridine, urinary tract analgesic, allergic reaction, substitution of makers, pharmacy duty (7th Cir.), 100; (U.S., rev den), 1050
– Preemption

See PREEMPTION

GEORGIA

– Digitek, elder care facility properly joined with makers, wrongful death suit (S.D. Ga.), 973
– Drywall purchasers, Lowe's settlement with class, MDL plaintiffs object (Ga. Super. Ct.), 865
– Hip prosthesis defect alleged, expert witness unqualified to testify (M.D. Ga.), 1190
– ObTape Transobdurator sling, competitive product, discovery of data (M.D. Ga.), 97; consolidation of 4 women's claims into bellwether trial, 244; maker's motion to exclude expert witness who formerly worked for maker, 362; fact issues of design or manufacturing defects and warnings raised but no warranty claims without privity, 444; statistician may testify on invalidity of claimed complication rates, but ethicist may not address corporate conduct, 469; several parties settled suits, effect on remaining cases, 628; discovery re corporate mergers and acquisitions, 993; Cal. suits, 3 claims survive dismissal, 1171
– Peanut butter salmonella poisoning, causation issues (N.D. Ga.), 1049

GLASSWARE

– Bakeware breakage hazard, Consumers union urges CPSC to investigate, 1278
– Cadmium, “Shrek” drinking glasses, McDonald's voluntary recall, 615
– Lead in exterior coloring, Moroccan tea glasses, BNA monthly recall report, 641
– Starbucks glass water bottles, stopper causes shattering, laceration hazard, voluntary recall, 107; BNA monthly recall report, 256
– Vases, break or fracture laceration hazard, BNA monthly recall report, 1083

GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE (GnRH) AGONISTS

– Labels, new warning requirements, 1104

GREETING CARDS

– Lead paint violation in attached bracelet, Jean Card & Gift birthday cards, CPSC recall, 130; BNA monthly recall report, 256

GUATEMALA

– Airplane crash fatal, GARA not applicable under state rules (S.D. Fla.), 498

GULF OF MEXICO

– BP oil spill, attorneys comment on surge in litigation and product liability claims, 598; chemical dispersant use, class action filed (E.D. La.), 682