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Vol. 23, Nos. 1-49, pp. 1-1144
Jan. 3 -- Dec. 18, 2008

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    HAWAII
      – Benlate fungicide, cause of action for fraudulent inducement to settle fails, expert testimony directed to wrong damages standard (U.S., rev den), 361
      – Oil spills, national wildlife refuge, charter vessel company agrees to $3.8M settlement for damage to (D. Haw.), 1130
      – Pollution exclusion clauses, insurer must pay most fees and costs because duty to defend breached despite prevailing on duty to indemnify (D. Haw.), 772
      – Superfund coverage for successor Del Monte Fresh Produce requires insurer consent (Haw.), 50
    HAZARDOUS WASTE
      – Aerospace component maker agrees to pay to settle allegations (D. Ariz.), 476
      – Ariz., Honeywell Int'l agrees to pay to settle long-term violations at Phoenix airport (Ariz. Super. Ct.), 701
      – Biodiesel plant waste dumped in canal, farm owner pleads guilty (E.D. Mo.), 680
      – Cancer cluster allegedly linked to insulation materials manufacturing waste (Mo. Cir. Ct.), 747; state health officials find no higher cancer rate near site, 968
      – Chicken waste containing arsenic alleged leukemia cause, sufficient evidence for trial applying multi-defendant causation test (Ark.), 424
      – College and university teaching and research laboratories, EPA calls final rule “flexible and protective,” 1045
      – Combustors
        – – Air toxics standards revised by final rule, 945; final reconsideration published, 978
        – – EPA amends 2005 emissions standards, 309
      – Conn. prosecutors cannot use RCRA definitions in state law prosecutions (Conn.), 388
      – Enforcement, EPA reports record reductions, fines, cleanup in FY 2008, 1102
      – Explosion, Universal Propulsion Co. agrees to pay to resolve allegations (Ariz. Super. Ct.), 328
      – Fire and explosions, residents reach tentative settlement with site owner (E.D.N.C.), 986
      – IWI Superfund Site, Justice Department and EPA reach $2M agreement with defendants covering remediation (N.D. Ill.), 678
      – “Meaningful inspections,” state environmental agency can be sued for oversight of facility containing radioactive isotopes (La. Ct. App.), 464
      – Medical waste incinerators, EPA proposes stricter new source performance standards, 1044
      – RCRA
        – – Cyanide from metal plating business, Tex. man pleads guilty to illegal storage (E.D. Tex.), 474; sentence of 37 months in prison and restitution, 1022
        – – East Texas welding supply business owner sentenced (E.D. Tex.), 783
        – – Nerve gas liquid waste byproduct shipped to treatment facility, Army did not violate law (S.D. Ind.), 860
        – – Prison sentence and fine for president of Or. company who admitted to felony violations (D. Or.), 490
        – – Recycling firm owner sentenced for storage (S.D. Miss.), 137
        – – St. Louis-area metal plating firm owner indicted for illegal disposal (E.D. Mo.), 860
        – – Sandblasting company agrees to fine and emergency response equipment donation to settle charges, 715
        – – Transboundary shipments, EPA proposes revising rules, 833
      – Superfund
        – – Contribution defenses, divisibility of harm not applicable as in cost recovery actions (D.N.J.), 1070
        – – DOJ reaches agreement with multiple defendants to clean up Shpack Landfill (D. Mass.), 1095
        – – WWII chemical weapons site owners seek ruling that preliminary investigations do not constitute clean up (U.S., rev sought), 1095
      – TCE, residents failed to show plume affected any individual (Tex. App.), 406
      – Tex. chemical plants and manufacturers settle violations, consent agreements approved, 702
      – Transportation
        – – Allocation of 80 percent of cleanup costs to metals manufacturer due to knowing use of “egregious polluter” as hauler (E.D. Pa.), 755
        – – Global Landfill Superfund Site, companies to pay $2M to resolve cleanup litigation (D.N.J.), 387
        – – Nerve gas liquid waste byproduct shipped to treatment facility, Army did not violate law (S.D. Ind.), 860
        – – Railroad not strictly liable for truck driver's claims of injuries sustained during spill cleanup (W.D. Ky.), 878
        – – San Diego, last defendant in sting sentenced (Cal Super. Ct.), 328
        – – Transboundary shipments, EPA proposes revising rules, 833
      – Wash., Hanford Site, state sues Energy Department over cleanup of tank waste (E.D. Wash.), 1071
    HEARSAY
      – Stroke and PPA, deceased's statements to his children on cold medicine use inadmissible (N.D. Ill.), 111
    HEART DISEASE
      – Avandia for diabetes, deceased's family claims drug caused heart failure and stroke (S.D. Cal.), 6
      – Baycol cholesterol drug alleged cause of heart attack, summary judgment for maker due to lack of causation proof (E.D. Mo.), 1018
      – Diesel fumes at New York City bus depots blamed for illnesses, retired transit employees file suits against bus and engine makers (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 729
      – Digitek, heart medication suits consolidated (S.D.W. Va.), 711
      – Heart failure and other complications to dialysis patient, retired nurse and husband sue Baxter alleging tainted Heparin caused severe side effects (N.D. Ohio), 563
      – NuvaRing, cardiovascular complications, cases remanded under forum defendant rule (D.N.J.), 25
      – Pergolide for restless leg treatment alleged cause of heart valve disease, suit against generic makers (D. Minn.), 657
      – Vioxx, Merck settlement of tens of thousands of cases discussed by panel, 45; settlement claimant enrollment meets threshold, Merck says, 217
    HERBICIDES
      – Atrazine, study suggests possible threat to reproduction and human hormone signals, 428
      – Paraquat, jury rejects claims of link to pulmonary fibrosis death of highway worker (Cal. Super. Ct.), 342
    HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM
      – Cement plant emissions
        – – Building materials company agrees to pay $1M to settle Cal. air pollution charges, 574
        – – Warning, state alleges plant failed to notify neighbors (Cal. Super. Ct.), 584
      – Chromated copper arsenate antimicrobial preservative, EPA adds construction worker risk and updates data, 366
      – Drinking water, EPA must update health standard, 47
      – Ground water, PG&E agrees to pay $24M to resolve remaining complaints (Cal. Super. Ct.), 323
    HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY (HRT)
      – Deceptive trade practices, Nev. attorney general files complaint against Wyeth and Pfizer (Nev. Dist. Ct.), 1065
      – Federal multidistrict litigation, jury awards $27 million in punitive damages to breast cancer victim who used multiple brands (E.D. Ark.), 214
      – Premarin and breast cancer
        – – Jury instruction challenge rejected, defense verdict upheld (8th Cir.), 126
        – – Time-bar ruling to be appealed (Pa. Ct. C.P.), 61
      – Prempro and breast cancer
        – – Class certification of Cal. plaintiffs denied (S.D. Cal.), 198
        – – Damages, jury awards woman $2.75 million (E.D. Ark.), 197; judge vacates $27M punitive award saying he erred in allowing expert's testimony, 611
        – – Remittitur hearing ordered on jury award to three women (Nev. Dist. Ct.), 128; damages reduced, 178
    HUMAN RESOURCES
      – Benzene, no showing of noncompliance with OSHA warning regulations (Minn. Dist. Ct.), 63
      – Coal tar, TECO Barge Line workers' verdict upheld (6th Cir.), 200
      – Workers' compensation
    HURRICANES
    HYDROGEN SULFIDE
      – CAA
        – – Murphy Oil refinery releases pollutants, neighbors suit alleges (E.D. La.), 1075
        – – Shell Oil refinery, environmental groups file citizen suit (S.D. Tex.), 53

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