Toxics Law Reporter Index-Summary

HEALTH INSURANCE

– Drinking water, toxic exposures at N.C. and Japan military bases, bill approved, 99; Navy to pay for Camp Lejeune mortality study, 164; personal injury suit, limitations period, sovereign immunity (E.D.N.C.), 182; repose law exception allows suit, 1208

HEART DISEASE

– Adderall, heart attack, Ga. resident may bring warning suit in Pa. (Pa. Super. Ct.), 287
– Avandia

See AVANDIA

– Baycol

See BAYCOL

– BPA, link reported, 77
– Darvocet link to heart attacks, class suit filed (E.D. La.), 1342
– Digitek

– – Recall, economic loss (S.D.W. Va.), 98; class certification denied, 592
– – Wrongful death, elder care facility properly joined (S.D. Ga.), 970

– Heparin reaction, strict liability claim proceeds (D.N.J.), 1277
– Meridia, Abbott pulls drug from U.S. market, 1072
– Prostate cancer, GnRH drug labels to include risks, 1132
– Redux maker not liable for heart condition plaintiff did not develop (Pa. Super. Ct.), 775
– Stent, monitoring claim requires toxic exposure (3d Cir.), 878
– Trasylol, 4 cases structured to avoid CAFA remanded to state court (7th Cir.), 662
– Vioxx

See VIOXX

HERBICIDES

See PESTICIDES

HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM

– Emotional distress, Remco Hydraulics, particularity (N.D. Cal.), 94
– Iraqi water plant

See ARMED SERVICES

– Waste dumping, residents charge Honeywell and PPG Indus. (N.J. Super. Ct.), 518
– Watchband, evidence (W.D. La.), 76

HIV

See AIDS AND HIV

HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY (HRT)

– Cancer risk

– – Ark. jury finds Prempro warning adequate (E.D. Ark.), 1129
– – Breast cancer, plaintiff opposes review of punitive award (U.S., brief filed), 555; (rev den), 618
– – Communication of risk adequate, jury defense verdict (E.D. Va.), 1307
– – Nev., malice finding and award upheld (Nev.), 1233
– – Notice, jury to decide timing (Pa. Super. Ct.), 942
– – Short-term use testimony admissible (D.P.R.), 1308

– Fraudulent joinder claimed (8th Cir.), 70
– Limitations periods

– – N.Y. time-barred claims may not be filed elsewhere (D. Minn.), 1000
– – Provera, timeliness of suit (Pa. Super. Ct.), 51

– Preemption, Mich. fraud exception not barred (E.D. Pa.), 1071
– Reliance on allegedly misleading statement inapplicable to drug suits (W. Va.), 1338
– Venue, Fla. woman's suit transferred (D. Minn.), 1183
– Va. claims timely, tolled by prior class suit (E.D. Va.), 641

HOSPITALS

– Medical waste incinerator standards (D.C. Cir.), 31; EPA to revise sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides standards, 497; industry challenges 2009 rules, 1219
– RCRA, pharmaceutical waste in N.Y. drinking water, 59

HOTELS

– Bed bugs, hotel liability, Analysis & Perspective, 37
– Pool equipment, contract suit, insurer delay, legal fees (Mich. Ct. App.), 95

HRT

See HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY (HRT)

HUNGARY

– Waste sludge spill, EU reconsiders safety and liability rules, 1083

HYDROGEN SULFIDE

– Faulty drum alleged, injured worker lacked evidence (8th Cir.), 543
– Poisoning, oil recovery firm indicted for worker's death (Ohio Ct. C.P.), 646
– RCRA, airplane de-icing at gate not dangerous (10th Cir.), 142; (U.S., rev sought), 756; (rev den), 1034
– Reporting requirements, 16-year stay to be lifted, 191