Product Safety & Liability Reporter: Current Reports Index-Summary

VACCINES

– Autism, special masters find no link (Fed. Cl.), 187
– DPT

– – Seizure disorder, child who developed after receiving vaccine as infant gets damages (Fed. Cir.), 410
– – Vaccine Act preempts design defect claim (3d Cir.), 382

– Preemption, drug firms seek review of decision that Vaccine Act does not bar design defect claim for child's neurological damage (U.S., rev sought), 630; government's view on whether to review preemption sought, 659

VENUE

– Forum non conveniens, N.D. courts may not dismiss asbestos suits on convenience grounds if time-barred in other jurisdictions (N.D.), 756
– Fraud, no evidence woman who got malfunctioning defibrillator improperly joined health care providers, negligence claims may be heard in W. Va. court (S.D. W.Va.), 812
– Jurisdiction

See JURISDICTION

– Preemption, claim remanded after plaintiff seeks to sever claims against Paxil maker and transfer to N.Y. courts where severed claim was only nexus with Pa. (E.D. Pa.), 958; generic drug maker opposes effort to sever claims, 983; widower files motion to compel drug maker to produce data and documents on FDA communications, 1007
– Product liability, demand for punitive damages insufficient to keep claims by plaintiffs that skin-care caused cancer in U.S. court (D.N.J.), 717

VERMONT

– Pets, wrongful death action cannot be maintained (Vt.), 567

VETERINARY PRODUCTS

See PET PRODUCTS

VIDEO GAMES

See TOYS AND GAMES

VIOXX

See ARTHRITIS MEDICATIONS

VIRGINIA

– Contributory negligence, woman who developed toxic epidermal necrosis after taking children's Motrin gets damages but continuing to take after symptoms appeared may bar recovery (N.D. Ill.), 982
– Post-sale duty to warn, pain pump maker, federal court believes state court would allow suit to proceed (W.D. Va.), 38