Product Safety & Liability Reporter: Current Reports Index-Summary

UNJUST ENRICHMENT

– Light cigarettes

– – Class action, claim allowed (N.D. Ill.), 65; class action dismissed, 677
– – Marketing MDL, claims and requests for relief at pleadings stage (D. Me.), 819; continued purchases, reliance allegations, 987; four state classes, certification denied, 1214; N.H. class certified, 1214

– Standing, insurer as class representative, payment by third-party payors (Ala., per curium), 95

UTAH

– Electrocution wrongful death claim, spoliation of evidence as separate tort (Utah), 526
– Fentanyl, punitive damages claim against maker of FDA-approved drug, fraud-based exception not preempted (D. Utah), 991
– Gasoline plastic container, maker liability in fatal fire (D. Utah), 1166
– Indivisible enhanced injury, fact-finder apportionment, presumption of non-defectiveness, defective car glass (Utah), 239
– Knee implant, defective device evidence, surgeon statement breakage not reasonable (D. Utah), 1051
– Medical monitoring, hazardous substances exposure no manifest physical injury, tort claims, BNA Insight, 428
– Ozone laundry system alleged cause of brain injury, workers' compensation denied, negligence and design defect claims allowed (Utah), 558

UTENSILS

– Scooby Doo, Tweety, and Batman Fork and Spoon sets, detachment of middle prongs, Dollar Tree and Deals, BNA monthly recall report, 378

UTILITIES

– Electric meters, personal jurisdiction over Chinese maker, sufficient minimum contacts, Colo. man injured by explosion (Colo. Ct. App.), 414