Toxics Law Reporter Index-Summary

KANSAS

– Paxil, family of suicide victim seeks reversal of defense judgment (D. Kan.), 112
– Pipeline company agrees to pay $5.3M penalty for alleged CWA violations (D.C. Kan.), 551

KENTUCKY

– Asbestos, wrongful death claim requires showing of employer's intention to harm (Ky. Ct. App.), 79
– Clean Water Act (CWA)

– – Coal, Massey Energy, largest civil penalty imposed for discharge violations (S.D.W. Va.), 85; consent decree approved, 349
– – Sewer system improvement ordered for Lexington-Fayette Urban County (E.D. Ky.), 249
– – “Unenforceable commitments,” Ky. rules exempting 6 types of pollution discharges from permit review rejected, EPA review required (6th Cir.), 784

– PVC plant neighbors, class certification denied due to inadequate report (W.D. Ky.), 771
– Railroad not strictly liable for truck driver's claims of injuries sustained during cleanup (W.D. Ky.), 878
– Reglan and tardive dystonia, dismissal of suits against manufacturer of brand name drug by plaintiffs who took generic version, 3 cases (W.D. Ky.), 586

KIDNEY DISEASE

– E. coli

See E. COLI