Product Safety & Liability Reporter: Current Reports Index-Summary

VACCINES

– DPT

– – Cognitive impairment, timeliness of state petition where federal HHS claim untimely (N.C. Ct. App.), 417
– – Preemption, Vaccine Act bars design defect claim (U.S., rev grant), 235; (brief filed), 595; (amicus briefs filed, support family), 629; (respondent's brief filed), 787; (amicus briefs filed, support manufacturer), 866; (oral arg), 1064

– MMR inoculation causes autism alleged

– – Bendectin birth defects litigations comparison, Daubert evolution and judicial scrutiny, BNA Insight, 512
– – Special master decision affirmed, Hazelhurst compensation claim denied (Fed. Cir.), 528; Cedillo compensation claim denied, 921

– Oral polio serum alleged cause of brain tumor, responsible maker not identified, no collective liability (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div.), 758
– Thimerosal, causal link to autism in use of mercury-based preservatives not proven (Fed. Cl.), 269

VANS

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

– – Brake lights switch, Toyota Siennas, voluntary recall, 1282
– – Headlights intermittent performance, 2005 Chrysler vehicles, NHTSA preliminary investigation PE 10-022, 771
– – Rear-suspension axle, Ford Windstar, NHTSA defect investigations, 540; NHTSA Recall #10V-385, 928; BNA monthly recall report, 1083; owners urged to have vehicles checked, 1197
– – Spare tires, Toyota Sienna, recall for corrosion in carrier cable, prolonged road salt exposure, NHTSA Recall #10V-160, 427; BNA monthly recall report, 519
– – Stalling problem from water intrusion, Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey, NHTSA preliminary evaluation PE 10-033, 955
– – Subframe corrosion, Ford Windstar 1999-2003, NHTSA preliminary probe, 798
– – Tires tread separation, Cooper Tire & Rubber, rollover, jury verdict (Iowa Dist. Ct.), 326
– – Wire harness misrouted in sliding door, 2008-2009 Town and Country and Dodge Grand Caravans, NHTSA Recall #10V-235, 619; BNA monthly recall report, 742

VENDING MACHINES

– Malfunction, teachers' lunch room fire origin, machine fire theory (E.D. Pa.), 70

VENUE

– Critical events, transfer sought for claim of inadequate warning of Paxil suicide risk to place where most occurred (E.D. Pa.), 10
– Deepwater drilling rig, suit for unreasonably dangerous derrick should be tried in Houston despite injury in Singapore (Tex. Ct. App.), 394
– Forum non conveniens

See FORUM NON CONVENIENS

– Jurisdiction, diversity

See DIVERSITY JURISDICTION

VERMONT

– Metoclopramide, inadequate warnings, brand name drug makers liability, generic product used only (D. Vt.), 1165

VETERINARY PRODUCTS

See PET PRODUCTS

VIAGRA

– Stroke causation, no support for theory, res ipsa loquitur inference (E.D. La.), 471

VIDEO GAMES

See TOYS AND GAMES

VIOXX

– Adverse cardiovascular effects, claims of named plaintiffs atypical (Cal. Ct. App.), 6; class certification denial appeal (Cal., rev den), 351
– MDL, pain drug exclusion from Medicaid program, redhibition claim dismissed (E.D. La.), 703
– Risk of heart attack, reasonably fit for purpose or of merchantable quality (Aus. Fed. Ct.), 241
– Settlement agreement in 2007, non-participants lack standing to challenge (5th Cir.), 757

VIRGINIA

– Contributory negligence, Motrin use continued after skin rash noticed, recovery against maker barred despite jury award (7th Cir.), 862
– Cross-jurisdictional class action, limitations period, Va. law, diversity claim (S.D.N.Y.), 272
– Lawn mower tip over accident, crashworthiness non-issue, strict liability and failure to warn claims (W.D. Va.), 601
– Prempro, class action previously filed tolls limitations period, claims for breast cancer not time-barred (E.D. Va.), 659; verdict, 1275

VITAMINS AND DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS

– E-Ferol, nationwide class accord for solution given to premature infants, substance used to make water-soluble caused illness or death (N.D. Tex.), 392
– Fish oil, environmental and public health groups, warnings of high levels of PCBs (Cal. Super. Ct.), 219
– Hydroxycut, kidney failure and muscle breakdown, false and misleading claims alleged (E.D. Tex.), 1219
– P-Drol, maker sued for using steroids, liver damage (Tex. Dist. Ct.), 165
– ThermoChrome 5000, ephedra, cerebral aneurysm, applicability of discovery limits, N.Y. law (2d Cir.), 302

VYTORIN

– Cancer risk unlikely to increase, FDA, 11