Product Safety & Liability Reporter: Current Reports Index-Summary

GAMES

GARMENT INDUSTRY

GASOLINE

GASTROINTESTINAL MEDICATIONS

– Chlordiazepoxide with clinidium bromide (CDP), no standing where no claim of harm or product ineffectiveness (N.D. Cal.), 531
– Metoclopramide

See METOCLOPRAMIDE

– Nexium, preemption, false advertising claim remanded in light of Levine (3d Cir.), 532
– Prilosec, class claims failure to warn that drug increases risk of food poisoning (S.D. Ohio), 635
– Reglan, judicial panel refuses to consolidate claims, factual issues on neurological injuries not shared (JPML), 696

GENERIC DRUGS

– Chlordiazepoxide with clinidium bromide (CDP), no standing where no claim of harm or product ineffectiveness (N.D. Cal.), 531
– Metoclopramide

– – Liability and preemption cases by users of generic drugs against manufacturers, Cal., rev den court will not rehear (Cal., rev den), 100
– – Long-term use or high-dose use, label warning about risks must be added, FDA says, 253
– – Preemption

– – – Failure-to-warn claims against manufacturer not barred (W.D. Okla.), 335
– – – Generic labeling law does not bar failure-to-warn claim against manufacturer (D. Vt.), 4; certification for interlocutory review denied, 440
– – – Manufacturer may not be sued for failure-to-warn (W.D. Ky.), 251

– Minocycline, failure-to-warn claims against maker not preempted (N.D. Ill.), 381

GEORGIA

– FDA-approved medical devices and drugs, state law protecting makers from product liability claims proposed, 192
– Grout sealant, no strict liability against sole wholesale distributor, not actively involved in design, but may be negligent (N.D. Ga. MDL), 807
– Lap-only seat belt suit preempted by motor vehicle standard (U.S., briefs sought), 1066
– Recalls, Ford had no duty to warn of seatback collapse based on post-sale knowledge (Ga. Ct. App.), 1046

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS

See DEFENSE CONTRACTORS

GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

– Inspectors general, recommendations could save taxpayers billions, House report says, 41
– Outlook 2009, state and federal legislation, 89
– Rules and regulations

See RULES AND REGULATIONS

– State and local laws

See STATE AND LOCAL LAWS; specific states

GUNS

See FIREARMS AND WEAPONS