Product Safety & Liability Reporter: Current Reports Index-Summary

RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS (RICO) ACT

– Sticking accelerator pedals in Toyota vehicles, class action (E.D. Ky.), 156
– Zyprexa, third-party payors overpaid, class decertified (2d Cir.), 971

RADIATION THERAPY DEVICES

– CT scanners, excessive radiation from brain scans, physical and latent injuries (N.D. Ala.), 9

RAILROADS

– Asbestos exposure, maintenance facilities, Locomotive Inspection Act preempts suit (3d Cir.), 965
– FRSA

See FEDERAL RAILROAD SAFETY ACT (FRSA)

RECALLS

– Apparel

See APPAREL AND GARMENT INDUSTRY

– Appliances

See APPLIANCES

– Automotive equipment

See AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT; specific type of equipment

– Beds and bedding

See BASSINETS; CRIBS

– Books

See BOOKS

– Cars

See MOTOR VEHICLES

– Child safety products

See CHILD RESTRAINTS; CHILD SAFETY

– Children's garments

See APPAREL AND GARMENT INDUSTRY

– Clothing

See APPAREL AND GARMENT INDUSTRY

– Consumer products

See specific products

– CPSC

– – Announcements

– – – Dec. 28, 13
– – – Jan. 8, 53
– – – Jan. 19, 76
– – – Jan. 20, 76
– – – Jan. 28, 107
– – – Feb. 2, 130
– – – Feb. 9, 170
– – – March 18, 285
– – – March 24, 312
– – – March 25, 313
– – – April 1, 341
– – – April 6, 371
– – – April 29, 455
– – – May 5, 480
– – – May 12, 508
– – – May 17, 543
– – – May 20, 543
– – – May 21, 575
– – – June 3, 616
– – – June 4, 615
– – – June 11, 639
– – – June 24, 663
– – – June 25, 692
– – – June 30, 692
– – – July 13, 739
– – – July 14, 739
– – – July 15, 773
– – – July 22, 774
– – – July 26, 798
– – – Aug. 25, 907
– – – Sept. 14, 976
– – – Sept. 15, 976
– – – Sept. 23, 1000
– – – Sept. 30, 1028
– – – Oct. 4, 1057
– – – Oct. 19, 1108
– – – Oct. 20, 1109
– – – Oct. 26, 1138
– – – Nov. 2, 1157
– – – Dec. 2, 1254
– – – Dec. 14, 1281

– – Electronic format release of information dating back to 1973, 952
– – Mandatory notices, final rule sets guidelines, approved, 52

– Cribs

See CRIBS

– Food

See FOOD

– Hip implant, maker letter not admission of defective or unreasonably dangerous device (S.D. Ala.), 563; reconsideration of summary judgment order denied, 709
– Jewelry

See JEWELRY

– Medical devices

– – Orthopedic implant, allegations satisfy plausibility standard (N.D. Ohio), 567
– – Spinal cord stimulator, allegation insufficient, design defect claim (E.D. Tenn.), 1171

– Monthly report, BNA, Dec., 84; Jan., 171; Feb., 256; March, 378; April, 519; May, 641; June, 742; July, 886; Aug., 978; Sept., 1083; Oct., 1198; Nov., 1284
– Motor vehicles

See MOTOR VEHICLES; specific part or system; specific type of vehicle

– Motorcycles

See MOTORCYCLES

– Rental car companies, failure to remedy problems alleged, NHTSA investigates, 1229
– Shoes

See APPAREL AND GARMENT INDUSTRY

– Sports and recreational equipment

See SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT

– Strollers

See CHILD SAFETY

– Tools

See TOOLS

– Toys and games

See TOYS AND GAMES

– Trucks

See TRUCKS

– Used cars data, Honda expands availability through Carfax, 800

RECORDKEEPING

– Medical records

See MEDICAL RECORDS

RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT

See SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

– Goodyear G159 tire allegedly defective, jury awards $5.6M in crash (Fla. Cir. Ct.), 681
– Load capacity, NHTSA rejects industry requests to lift required load capacity labels, 477
– Out-of-state purchase of allegedly defective motor home, express-warranty and implied-warranty claim (N.D. Cal.), 765

RECYCLING

– Equipment

See INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT AND MACHINERY

REDHIBITION

See LEMON LAWS

REDUX

– Negligence of maker in bringing product to market, claim not preempted (6th Cir.), 894; (rehear den), 1099
– Non-disclosed risk does not manifest into injury, failure to warn claim (Pa. Super. Ct.), 817
– Strict liability and negligent design defect claims, disposition (Pa. Super. Ct.), 840

REGLAN

– Generic

See METOCLOPRAMIDE

REGULATIONS

– Ed. Note: This heading covers regulatory process generally. For specific rules and proposed rules, see specific agencies and subject matter.
– Congressional Review Act amendment

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2247

– E-Rulemaking, OIRA guidelines coming soon, 1230
– Federal Register improved website debuts, 771
– Final rules review, federal departments and agencies not submitting to Congress and GAO, CRS report, 284
– Regulatory review process, OMB delays overhaul, continues to assess public comments, 252; administrative priority to put data sets in open format, guidance on using online social media to solicit comments, 406; regulatory policy office head confident Clinton-era E.O. sufficient for most changes to process, Special Report, 481
– Social media sites, federal agencies use to encourage public participation, OMB guidance, 690

RELACORE

– Advertised benefits, class certification denial error (N.J.), 1092

REMICADE

– Labeling, non-infectious lung disease warning (N.D. Ohio), 1169
– Learned intermediary doctrine, direct misleading patient advertisement (Tex. Ct. App.), 234

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

– Children's sweatshirts with drawstrings, untimely reporting alleged, Pro-Pac Distributing agrees to pay civil penalty, 950; Winter Bee, 1253
– Cholinesterase testing of farm workers, electronic results reporting, Cal. governor signs bill, 1026
– Crash databases, first phase of changes, NHTSA webinar, 929

RES IPSA LOQUITUR

– Causation, no support for theory that Viagra use stroke, inference that injury would not have happened without negligence (E.D. La.), 471

RESPIRATORS

– Silicosis in granite-quarry worker, suit time-barred (E.D. Mo.), 1098

RESTRAINTS

– Child restraints

See CHILD RESTRAINTS

– Seat belts

See SEAT BELTS

RETAIL INDUSTRY

– Importing and selling children's products that violate lead paint ban, CPSC accord with Jo-Ann Stores, 455

RHODE ISLAND

– Asbestos floor tile maker did not install product, statute of repose not applicable (R.I. Super. Ct.), 1051
– Bupivacaine use in pain pump allegedly caused chondrolysis, failure to identify maker, claim allowed (D.R.I.), 632
– Hernia patch MDL, design defect and inadequate warning claims, $1.5M award (D.R.I.), 896
– Lead paint public nuisance suit, pigment makers litigation costs denied (R.I. Super. Ct.), 590

RICO

See RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS (RICO) ACT

ROLLOVERS

– Discovery abuse, Toyota lawsuits

– – Mandamus denied (Tex.), 916
– – Widow seeks sanctions (E.D. Tex.), 440

– 15-passenger vans, safety in question after fatal N.Y. crash, 1001; NHTSA warning weak, 1081
– Ford

– – Bronco, consumer expectation test and post-manufacture evidence disallowed, new trial (S.C.), 860
– – Explorer, sudden acceleration, admissibility of expert testimony and evidence of other accidents (S.C.), 265
– – Seatbelt and sunroof issues, Explorer, new trial ordered (Ind.), 1096

– Glazing standard, preemption of claims for failure to meet, Hyundai Sonata (W.D. Okla.), 93
– Lexus GX460, sales halted, no recall plans, testing emergency handling and electronic stability control of all SUVs, NHTSA notified, 405; recalled to update software, Recall #10V-159, 427; Consumer Reports lifts safety risk warning after Toyota corrected stability control systems, 476
– Roof, seat belts, and side-window glazing, 1999 Hyundai Sonata, defective designs (W.D. Okla.), 360
– Roof strength

See ROOF STRENGTH

– Seat belts

See SEAT BELTS

– Substantial similarity doctrine wrongly applied to evidence, $11M verdict overturned (Fla. Ct App.), 652
– Tires separation causing

See TIRES

ROOF STRENGTH

– Rollovers

– – Design defect, 1999 Hyundai Sonata (W.D. Okla.), 360
– – Suffocation death, 2002 Hyundai Accent, design defect caused enhanced injury (N.M. Ct. App.), 653
– – “Top safety pick” ratings, IIHS, 828

– Strength-to-weight ratios, requests to reconsider lower ratio for light vehicles, final rule, 364; concerns about certifying trucks to upgraded requirement invalid, 365; wording errors in upgraded standard, 408

RUGS

See CARPETS