Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California - Plaintiff Vernon Armstrong alleges he developed lung cancer from asbestos exposure during his Navy service, under claims for negligence, strict liability,...more
Court: Supreme Court of New York, New York County (NYCAL) - In this asbestos action, boiler defendant Burnham LLC was sued for a variety of claims, including failure to warn, loss of consortium, and punitive damages....more
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Eastern Division, May 13, 2022 The plaintiffs Augustus Adams and his wife brought suit against numerous defendants, alleging that Mr. Adams developed...more
A federal court in Florida has dismissed all claims—without leave to amend—against all generic ranitidine and store-brand manufacturers in the multidistrict litigation over the heartburn medication Zantac and its generic...more
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in a May 10 Opinion and Order (“Opinion”) addressed a negligence claim against a Waste Transfer Station (“Landfill”) operator. See Buchanan v. Santek Env’t...more
Massachusetts state and federal courts issued a number of important product liability decisions in 2019. The Product Liability practice group at Nutter recently reviewed these cases. Highlighted below are some of the key...more
Federal Circuit Interprets Statutory Requirements for Biosimilar Regulatory Pathway - Amgen Inc., v. Sandoz Inc., (Fed. Cir. July 21, 2015): In a case of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal...more