Product Safety & Liability Reporter: Current Reports Index-Summary

KANSAS

– Taser, tire plant worker dies after being stunned, emotional distress and punitive damages claims (D. Kan.), 398
– Warranties, plausibility standard for determining sufficiency of claims for used truck damage (D. Kan.), 24

KENTUCKY

– Boat tie-down straps apparent manufacturer, eye injury, distributor with private label not liable (W.D. Ky.), 947
– Fen-Phen class action settlement, lawyer disbarred for misleading clients (Ky.), 605
– Middleman statute, urinary tract analgesic, allergic reaction, substitution of makers, pharmacy duty (7th Cir.), 100; (U.S., rev den), 1050
– Overhaul manual not part of aircraft engine, GARA not applicable (W.D. Ky.), 760
– Pain pump, maker seeks contribution and indemnity from physician (E.D. Ky.), 501
– Sandblaster parts maker, N.J. court authority, stream of commerce, Nicastro rejected (D.N.J.), 1126
– Sticking accelerator pedals in Toyota vehicles, class action (E.D. Ky.), 156

KNEE IMPLANTS

– Causation, exclusion of expert testimony (N.D. Ill.), 118
– Consumer fraud, N.J. law claim for early failure (D.N.J.), 423
– Defective device evidence, surgeon statement breakage not reasonable (D. Utah), 1051
– Negligence per se, preemption of state damages claim, manufacturing defect, lubricating oil prevented bonding (6th Cir.), 624
– Nickel content, expert proof on toxic properties needed to prove defective design claim (N.D.N.Y.), 530
– Review of judgment for maker, expert witness causation testimony exclusion (7th Cir.), 94
– Strict liability and negligence claims against maker, pleading standards met (M.D. Fla.), 709
– Tibial insert

– – N.J. law bar inapplicable to express warranties (D.N.J.), 140; state consumer fraud claim for early failure of knee implants, 423
– – Post failure, expert testifies defect most likely cause (S.D.N.Y.), 903

– Unreasonably dangerous device, allegedly defective product caused injury (W.D. La.), 531