Toxics Law Reporter Index-Summary

BACTERIA

– Baby formula and brain damage

– – Lawyers' loss of pro hac vice status over contact with experts upheld (N.C.), 703
– – Warning claim allowed (D. Minn.), 398

– Botulism, Botox treatment, negligence award (Okla. Dist. Ct.), 486
– E. coli in hamburger, paralyzed dancer settles case (D. Minn.), 488
– Salmonella

– – Eggs, purchaser class suit filed (N.D. Ill.), 970
– – Peanut butter, causation not shown (N.D. Ga.), 1030

BANKING

– Climate change, financial assurances, webinar scheduled, 459
– Litigation financing by third-party investors, Special Report, 269
– Small business input sought to develop mining financial assurance rule, 1290

BANKRUPTCY

– Asbestos

– – Garlock Sealing Tech. files for Chapter 11 relief to resolve claim (W.D.N.C.), 593
– – Insurer not bound by bankruptcy court interpretation of 1986 settlement (2d Cir.), 340
– – Libby vermiculite mine, residents vs. state (3d Cir.), 48

– Brownfields, cleanup plan for GM sites proposed (S.D.N.Y.), 950; trust fund established (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.), 1136; six sites to be cleaned up, 1347
– Diacetyl and popcorn workers' lung disease, Chemtura settlement (S.D.N.Y.), 939
– Oil and gas firms, La. drinking water, radioactive materials (3d Cir.), 8
– RCRA, Apex Oil, cleanup costs not dischargeable (U.S., rev sought), 215; briefing time extended, 644; (rev den), 1034
– Superfund

– – Chemtura resolves liability for 17 sites (S.D.N.Y.), 861; Gowanus Canal cleanup proposed (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.), 1035
– – Chrysler, unsecured claim for EPA (S.D.N.Y.), 755
– – Creosote, Tronox settles cleanup liability in 22 states (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.), 1248
– – Lyondell Chem., cleanup settled (S.D.N.Y.), 323
– – Packaging maker Smurfit-Stone settles claims for six sites (Bankr. D. Del.), 1161

BAYCOL

– False advertising and unfair business acts, dismissal of suit to be reviewed (Cal.), 161
– Heart disease, economic injury class action bar (8th Cir.), 23; (U.S., rev grant), 1028

BENZENE

– Bone marrow disease, testimony exclusion affirmed (5th Cir.), 997
– BP refinery, Tex. sues over emissions (Tex. Dist. Ct.), 807; EPA begins probe, 983; BP penalty set (E.D. Tex.), 1036
– Cancer, bellwether claims tied to shuttered Gulf Oil refinery (S.D. Ohio), 134
– Clean Air Act (CAA)

– – ExxonMobil, groups threaten to sue over Tex. refinery emissions, 707
– – Tonawanda coke plant, hazardous levels found, 1037

– CWA, Baltimore, Bethlehem Steel charged with toxic releases (D. Md.), 706
– Fiber optic firm using oil pipeline may be liable for leaks (E.D. Mo.), 1178
– RCRA, liability transfer bar inapplicable to civil suits (D.P.R.), 729
– Renal cell carcinoma, gatekeeper hearing ordered (Tex. Ct. App.), 968
– Shipyard owners seek cleanup from steel mill (D. Md.), 1005

BEVERAGES

– Groundwater, Lowry landfill, Coors settles claims (D. Colo.), 562; settlement approved, 1136
– Lead contamination in baby food and beverages alleged (D. Colo.), 726
– Trespass, coal-fired liquor distillery, particulates and mold (W.D. Ky.), 69

BISPHENOL-A (BPA)

– California

– – Children's food containers, ban passed, 671
– – Proposition 65 list inclusion, comments sought, 138
– – State Senate rejects ban, 915

– Canada

– – Biomonitoring survey finds BPA exposure, 830
– – Polycarbonate baby bottles, BPA banned, 321

– European Union (EU) considers reducing infants' exposure, 1073; BPA banned from baby bottles, 1244
– FDA sued for not regulating (D.C. Cir.), 670
– Food safety legislation planned, 402; further action, see LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 510
– France seeks more data, 138
– Heart disease link, 77
– Insurance, BPA in baby products, economic-only claims (7th Cir.), 723
– Md. ban in baby bottles and sippy cups, 347
– Mass., limited ban sought, 212; adopted, 1342
– N.Y. ban in children's products, 779
– Regulation by states, agencies, and foreign countries, Insight, 1015
– Wash., state ban cleared, 100; passed, 212
– Website for parents, 54
– Wis. bans bottles and sippy cups with BPA, 212
– World Health Org. says controls premature, 1214

BOTOX

– Botulism, negligence award (Okla. Dist. Ct.), 486
– Off-label use, child's overdose death, warning adequate (Cal. Super. Ct.), 210

BPA

See BISPHENOL-A (BPA)

BREAST CANCER

– HRT suits

See HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY (HRT)

BROWNFIELDS

– All appropriate inquiries rule, comments, 267
– Bankruptcy plan for GM sites cleanup proposed (S.D.N.Y.), 950; trust fund established (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.), 1136; six sites to be cleaned up, 1347
– Dioxins, EPA interim cleanup guidance, 14; opposing views voiced, 355
– Vapor intrusion, due diligence may limit liability, attorney says, 524

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION

– Asbestos

– – Apartment repairs, Seattle, fines proposed, 972
– – Building gutted without protection, fine (Md. Cir. Ct.), 465

– Cement

See CEMENT

– Chinese drywall, sulfur gas

– – Fla. homeowner class certified (Fla. Cir. Ct.), 551
– – Indemnity, builder's voluntary cleanup not covered (E.D. Va.), 368
– – Jury award to Fla. couple (Fla. Cir. Ct.), 640
– – Lowe's settles with nationwide purchaser class (Ga. Super. Ct.), 825
– – Multidistrict case, economic losses (E.D. La.), 75; seven Va. homes to be repaired, 342; La. family awarded remediation and other costs, 397; 300 homes to be repaired, 1128; pollution exclusion clauses no bar to coverage, 1349

– Clean Air Act (CAA)

– – Nitrogen oxide controls, cement and glass makers (W.D. Wash.) (S.D. Ill.), 81
– – Nonroad engines, rules challenge untimely (U.S., rev den), 1036
– – San Joaquin Valley, developer fees for failing to mitigate air impact (9th Cir.), 1315

– Hexavalent chromium, residents charge Honeywell and PPG Indus. (N.J. Super. Ct.), 518
– Mercury, Portland Cement kilns must cut emissions, EPA announces, 808; industry challenges limits, 1189; industry and groups file suit (D.C. Cir.), 1220; Sierra Club suit targets greenhouse gases, 1221
– Methanol leak, pipeline damage, no arranger liability (5th Cir.), 973
– Mold

– – Mobile home minus land not “real property,” suit untimely (Mich. Ct. App.), 156
– – Stucco maker must indemnify installer (Tex.), 882

– Pollution exclusion clause

– – Dust damages against construction firm barred (3d Cir.), 597
– – Roofing materials, clause inapplicable to injury claim (E.D. Va.), 1349

– RCRA, masonry block from aircraft particles, rule clarification (U.S., rev sought), 430; rev den, 563
– TCE, builder's suit not barred by economic loss doctrine (Ind. Ct. App.), 616