A Richmond U.S. District Court dismisses claims for breach of common law warranties filed by plaintiff against Lowe’s Home Centers LLC, alleging he was exposed in defendant’s store to a waterproofer employees helped to remove from plaintiff’s clothing, and that ...

Tagged with: Judge David J. Novak Products Liability U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A drug manufacturer wins summary judgment in this failure to warn suit filed by the estate of a man who committed suicide after treatment with Lexapro, an SSRI antidepressant drug; both of decedent’s treating psychiatrists were independently aware of a ...

Tagged with: Judge Michael F. Urbanski Products Liability U.S. District Court - Western District

A plaintiff who alleges she choked on a “thin, square, hard piece of plastic used to seal the end of plastic bags” while eating a Wendy’s bacon cheeseburger her husband had purchased, prompting her husband “to perform life saving procedures” ...

Tagged with: Judge Mark Davis Products Liability U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In plaintiff’s suit against Crane Company alleging death from mesothelioma due to asbestos exposure, Crane was not entitled to assert another basis for federal court jurisdiction after the district court remanded to state court when plaintiff amended its complaint to ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Albert Diaz Products Liability

A pro se plaintiff’s suit alleging debilitating illness from a course of treatment with vitamin B-12 injections manufactured and distributed by defendants is dismissed by the Lynchburg U.S. District Court, as plaintiff has not shown that her symptoms were so ...

Tagged with: Judge Norman K. Moon Products Liability U.S. District Court - Western District

In a restaurant patron’s suit for damages from food poisoning after eating shellfish at a defendant’s restaurant, the Roanoke U.S. District Court rejects third-party defendant Sam Rust Seafood Inc.’s argument that defendant Frankie Rowland’s Steakhouse failed to give it timely ...

Tagged with: Judge Glen E. Conrad Products Liability U.S. District Court - Western District

Plaintiff was operating her 2005 Jeep Liberty in rush hour traffic on Route 7 at the Fairfax/Loudoun County line. Plaintiff’s vehicle was struck in the rear by a Ford Expedition whose driver was checking his email. The collision occurred in ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Million-Dollar Settlements Personal Injury Products Liability

Plaintiff was given a retractable dog leash by his neighbor, who was a retiring sales representative in the process of moving out of state. The sales rep had been given this leash as a sales sample by an unknown distributor ...

Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Personal Injury Products Liability

A plaintiff’s bare-bones products liability complaint alleging injuries caused by a defective folding cane states a claim for breach of an express warranty under Virginia law, but the Richmond U.S. District Court dismisses plaintiff’s claims for negligent design, failure to ...

Tagged with: Judge Henry E. Hudson Products Liability U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Roanoke U.S. District Court rejects plaintiffs’ expert opinions on the origin of a fire at an automotive ball-bearing plant that injured plaintiffs, certified hazardous waste removal technicians employed by a third party that was hired by the plant to ...

Tagged with: Judge Michael F. Urbanski Products Liability U.S. District Court - Western District