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Warnings
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Drug & Device Law
Accutane Plaintiff’s Verdict Reversed
By Bexis
This just in: Adam W. Mason had won a $7 million jury verdict in Florida state court on a claim that Hoffman-La Roche had not adequately warned about the alleged…
TortsProf Blog
More Bizarre Warnings
Fox News has an article on odd warnings found on products. For example, on the iPod Shuffle: "Do Not Eat iPod Shuffle." The article, with more tasty examples, is here.--CJR
Drug & Device Law
Ebel – Affirmed
By Bexis
A little more than a year ago, we blogged about Ebel v. Eli Lilly & Co., 536 F. Supp.2d 767 (S.D. Tex. 2008), which granted summary judgment in a suicide…
Litigation & Trial
“Life Without Lawyers” — i.e. Dangerous Without Warning or Responsibility
Via Overlawyered, George Will at the Washington Post favorably reviews Philip K. Howard's "Life Without Lawyers:" Long Beach, N.J., removed signs warning swimmers about riptides, although the oblivious tides continued.…
Drug & Device Law
Defendants Oppose Certiorari in Colacicco
By Bexis
The defendants in the combined Colacicco appeal to the Supreme Court filed their oppositions to allowance of appeal today. Here’s a copy of Pfizer’s brief, and here’s a copy of…
TortsProf Blog
A Products Liability Poem
In Monday's Writer's Almanac, Garrison Keillor brings us the poem "Warnings" by David Allen Sullivan. An excerpt:A can of self-defense pepper spray says it may irritate the eyes, while a…
Drug & Device Law
Learned Intermediary Rule 201
By Bexis
We’ve discussed the learned intermediary rule on this blog many times before – such as here, here, and here. One of the things that everybody on our side of the…
TortsProf Blog
Don’t Eat Legos! Unless They’re The Yummy Ones!
The Laboratorium notes a post on Penny Arcade regarding fruit snacks in the shape of Legos. And yes, they're real, not a clever Photoshop job.Bad idea.--BC
Labor Law Prof Blog
Recently Published Scholarship
ArticlesVictor E. Schwartz (left) & Christopher E. Appel, Effective Communication of Warnings in the Workplace: Avoiding Injuries in Working with Industrial Materials, 73 Missouri L. Rev. 1 (2008).Jamie L. Ireland…
Mass Tort Defense
Rehearing Rejected in Colacicco
By Sean Wajert
Although coming as no big surprise, it is good to note that the 3d Circuit refused to revisit its recent decision that federal law preempts claims aga