Toxics Law Reporter Index-Summary

JAPAN

– Drinking water, toxic exposures at military bases, health care bill approved, 99

JEWELRY

– Cadmium in children's products

– – Cal. ban passed, 885; signed, 1002
– – CPSC urges tougher standards, 1133

JOINDER

– Avandia

– – Jurisdiction, plaintiffs from different states not fraudulently misjoined (E.D. Mo.), 670
– – Predecessor manufacturer not fraudulently joined (S.D. Ill.), 456

– Digitek, elder care facility properly joined (S.D. Ga.), 970
– Fentanyl, fatal overdose from generic patch, pharmacy fraudulently joined (S.D.N.Y.), 136
– HRT suit, fraud claimed (8th Cir.), 70
– Paxil, use during pregnancy, fraudulent joinder ruling (E.D. Ky.), 912
– Yasmin contraceptive, joinder of distributor (N.D. Cal.), 75

JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY

– RCRA, cleanup costs not dischargeable in bankruptcy (U.S., rev sought), 215; briefing time extended, 644; (rev den), 1034

JOURNAL

– Ed. Note: A list of upcoming conferences and meetings appears at the end of selected issues.

JURISDICTION

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

See CLASS ACTION FAIRNESS ACT (CAFA)

– Clean Water Act (CWA)

– – Mountaintop mining, EPA authority challenged (S.D.W. Va.), 1080
– – Navigable waters, clarification bill planned, 383; further action, see LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5088
– – Rapanos plurality or concurring opinions may establish jurisdiction (D. Del.), 953
– – Upland ditches, Army Corps of Engineers lacks authority over dredged or fill materials (D.D.C.), 324
– – Wetlands, 2010 Outlook, 107

– Consolidated suits

See MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION (MDL)

– Corporate citizenship in diversity cases, “nerve center” test (U.S., vac and rem), 156
– Dairy farmers lack right to FIFRA suit over pesticide drift (8th Cir.), 542
– Foreign manufacturers, personal jurisdiction

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 4678, S 1606

– Herbicide, dioxin and furan waste, cancer claims remanded (S.D.W. Va.), 1027
– Hexavalent chromium in Iraqi water plant

See ARMED SERVICES

– HRT

– – N.Y. time-barred claims may not be filed elsewhere (D. Minn.), 1000
– – Venue, Fla. woman's suit transferred (D. Minn.), 1183

– Joinder

See JOINDER

– Melamine in infant formula, China proper forum (D. Md.), 371
– Metals, Amazon waterway, Cal. proper forum to sue Occidental Petroleum (9th Cir.), 1273
– Motrin, skin and liver injuries, Me. law governs damages claim (E.D. Pa.), 778
– Oxycontin, N.Y. suit excludes nonresidents (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 998
– Pain pumps

– – Morphine, product liability claim remanded (S.D. Tex.), 1032
– – N.C. plaintiff's case transferred (D. Minn.), 727
– – Punitive damages, Cal. law governs suit (N.D. Ill.), 1280

– Pesticides, farm workers, FIFRA (9th Cir.), 102
– Superfund, contribution, unjust enrichment (N.D. Ill.), 121
– UST, tribal jurisdiction against gas station owner, en banc review sought (9th Cir.), 1026; ruling analyzed, Insight, 1322

JURY TRIALS

– Asbestos

– – Design defect, jury instruction on consumer expectation (Cal. Ct. App.), 906
– – Railroad worker's damages jury question (Miss.), 69
– – Wrongful death award, jury to assess Navy's fault (Cal. Ct. App.), 547

– Chinese drywall, first award for sulfur gas damage (Fla. Cir. Ct.), 640
– Fosamax and osteonecrosis, causation, fact questions (S.D.N.Y.), 115
– Fungicide Benlate, new trials ordered for Costa Rican farmers (Fla. Dist. Ct. App.), 1275
– HRT and cancer risk

– – Ark. jury finds Prempro warning adequate (E.D. Ark.), 1129
– – Communication of risk adequate, jury defense verdict (E.D. Va.), 1307
– – Notice, jury to decide timing (Pa. Super. Ct.), 942

– Lead paint, negligence verdict lacked “owner or operator” definition (Md. Ct. Spec. App.), 1303
– Pesticide DBCP, witness tampering in Nicaraguan workers' case (Cal. Super. Ct.), 722
– Plutonium, Rocky Flats weapons plant, improper jury instructions (10th Cir.), 909
– Solvent/cancer link, jury instruction upheld (Cal. Ct. App.), 1067
– Tobacco industry, Fla. plaintiffs may use certain Engle jury findings (11th Cir.), 744; award upheld (Fla. Ct. App.), 1334

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT (DOJ)

– Enforcement, 2009 fines and corrective measures secured announced, 407