Toxics Law Reporter Index-Summary

VACCINES

– Autism

– – Mercury-based thimerosal claims denied (Fed. Cl.), 236; Daubert admissibility standard, effect on case, Insight, 385
– – MMR vaccine

– – – Laboratory testing unreliable (Fed. Cir.), 880
– – – Link not established (Fed. Cir.), 484

– Design defect claims against manufacturers preempted (U.S., rev grant), 209; (briefs filed), 552; (amicus briefs filed), 590; respondent's case (brief filed), 748; (amicus briefs filed), 825; (oral arg), 1064
– DPT, child's cognitive impairment, state compensation requires timely federal filing (N.C. Ct. App.), 396
– Polio vaccine, collective liability for alleged brain tumor link (N.J. Super. Ct.), 724

VAPOR INTRUSION

– Armed services, DuPont explosives plant, residents file groundwater suit (N.J. Super. Ct.), 207
– Brownfields, due diligence may limit liability, attorney says, 524
– EPA draft guidance, input sought, 1165
– Screening standard to be finalized by ATSM Intl., 382; date for standard issued, 441
– Superfund site qualification, GAO suggests criteria, 648
– TCE and PCE, interim guidance planned by EPA, 381
– VOCs, monitoring device tampering (N.D. Cal.), 82

VERMONT

– Asbestos, nuisance and trespass, mine official charged (Vt.), 68
– Greenhouse gas, carmakers drop suits against states that adopted Cal. rules (D. Vt.), 352
– Metoclopramide, brand name maker may be liable to user of generics (D. Vt.), 1182
– PCE, contamination migration not nuisance to public (Vt.), 794

VINYL CHLORIDE

– Medical monitoring, property values, class not certified (E.D. Pa.), 232

VIOXX

– Heart attack risk doubles with drug, Australian court finds, 238
– Redhibition claim, elements not proven (E.D. La.), 669
– Safety and price, class not certified (Cal. Ct. App.), 6; review denied (Cal.), 318
– Standing, settlement objectors may not challenge 2007 pact (5th Cir.), 746

VIRGIN ISLANDS

– Superfund cost recovery, fraud claim, sovereign immunity (D.V.I.), 28

VIRGINIA

– Chinese drywall, sulfur gas

– – Indemnity, builder's voluntary cleanup not covered (E.D. Va.), 368
– – Multidistrict case, seven Va. homes to be repaired (E.D. Va.), 342

– CWA, dumping waste in inactive coal mines, fine assessed (Va. Cir. Ct.), 662
– Greenhouse gas endangerment finding, Va. motion to remand rejected (D.C. Cir.), 623
– HRT and cancer risk

– – Cancer claims timely, tolled by prior class suit (E.D. Va.), 641
– – Communication of risk adequate, jury defense verdict (E.D. Va.), 1307

VITAMINS AND NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS

– Ephedra and aneurysm link, discovery time bar guidance sought (2d Cir.), 257
– Intravenous Vitamin E solution for premature infants, settlement approved (N.D. Tex.), 343
– Steroid in dietary supplement P-Drol, permanent liver damage alleged (Tex. Dist. Ct.), 137

VOCs

See VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCS)

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCs)

– Bankruptcy, Chrysler, unsecured claim for EPA (S.D.N.Y.), 755
– Clean Air Act (CAA), ethanol producers settle emissions, VOC violations (D.S.D.), 1081
– Cleaning solvents, Safety-Kleen Sys. settles state air charges (Cal. Super. Ct.), 381
– Hair care products, supplier settles charges (Cal. Super. Ct.), 264
– Landfill, Tewksbury, Mass., cleanup plan (D. Mass.), 10
– Lowe's settles Cal. VOC rule allegations, 1165
– Superfund

– – Circuit board maker, groundwater cleanup settlement (D.N.J.), 377
– – Electroplating site, five firms to pay cleanup costs (N.D. Ill.), 833

– Vapor monitoring device tampering (N.D. Cal.), 82