Product Safety & Liability Reporter: Current Reports Index-Summary

GAMES

See SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT; TOYS AND GAMES

GARMENT INDUSTRY

GAS EQUIPMENT

– Boilers, Weil-McLain recalls, CO hazard, 474
– Connectors for space heaters, LDR Indus. recalls, fire and explosion hazard, 246
– Vent dampers, Effikal recalls, carbon monoxide leak risk, 1032

GASOLINE

– Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Act, portable gas cans must meet child-resistance requirements, 720

GENERATORS

– Floods in Midwest, CPSC warns of CO and other hazards, 320
– Portable, General Power Prods. recalls, fire hazard, 1064

GENERIC DRUGS

– Cordarone, brand-name maker owes no duty to user of generic (La. Ct. App.), 493
– Ibuprofen, challenge to OTC drug label preempted (N.D. Cal.), 596
– Metoclopramide

See METOCLOPRAMIDE

– Neurontin, off-label use, branded makers may be liable for generic product use (Pa. Ct. C.P.), 331
– Paxil, FDA dismissal of stronger warning preempts claims (3d Cir.), 364; petitioners ask for full court rehearing, 443; en banc rehearing denied, 469; (U.S., rev sought), 986

GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS

– Rice MDL, complexity of damage calculations defeats class bid (E.D. Mo.), 802

GEORGIA

– Crash-test documents, sanction for refusal to produce and award approved (Ga.), 329
– Expert admissibility rules constitutional, exclusion in floor-covering case affirmed (Ga.), 281
– Lipitor, Ga. proper forum for Ga. man's suit (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 646
– NuvaRing, suit remains in federal court due to amount in controversy (N.D. Ga.), 284
– Peanut butter salmonella contamination claims sufficiently stated (N.D. Ga.), 548; 2 classes denied due to individual issues and refund program, 732
– Prozac, better warning would not alter prescription (N.D. Ga.), 261
– Seeds, new federal pleading standards affect farm claim, expert's test adaptation allowed (M.D. Ga.), 397
– Stand 'N Seal grout sealer MDL, claims to go forward against allegedly toxic ingredient (N.D. Ga.), 644
– Surgical stapler, failure to identify defeats second motion to compel discovery (N.D. Ga.), 66

GERMANY

– Catheter dislodged, 120-day limit on process of services does not apply to foreign companies but case dismissed for lack of personal jurisdiction (N.D. Ohio), 875
– Ladders, Tenn. long-arm statute does not extend to German maker (6th Cir.), 928

GLOBAL HARMONIZATION SYSTEM

– Chemical labeling

– – CPSC to compare FHSA and GHS, 881
– – European Parliament clears legislation to adopt U.N. standards, 881

– Electronic stability control systems, NHTSA seeks comments before vote, 558; U.N. approves recommendation to adopt global rule, 632
– Glazing and head restraints, NHTSA seeks comments, 175
– Motorcycle brakes, proposed tests will upgrade old standard, 936
– Pedestrian safety, NHTSA seeks comments, 937

GLOVES

– Latex gloves

See LATEX GLOVES

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS

– Agent Orange, U.S. veterans and Vietnamese cannot seek damages (3d Cir.), 207
– Asbestos, Navy aircraft parts makers lose removal (D. Mass.), 60

GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

– Agency nominee confirmations deadlocked, BNA Report, 298
– White House instructs agencies to defer proposals and final rules, 506; agencies continue to propose new rules despite deadline, 785

GRANTS

– Motorcycle helmets, DOT sends measure to Congress seeking state funds to boost use, 196
– Pool and Spa Safety Act, comments sought on draft guidance setting minimum state requirements, 854; CPSC revises technical inaccuracies, 904