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  • LexisNexis® Products Liability & Toxic Torts Practice Center Podcast for October 30, 2009
    On this edition, the first Paxil birth defect trial ends in a $2.5 million verdict, and, a Montana jury awards more than $3 million in the first Zometa jaw injury case to go to verdict. Hear these and other legal news stories from recent issues of LexisNexis Mealey Publications. Copyright© 2009 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  • LexisNexis® Products Liability & Toxic Torts Practice Center Podcast for October 14, 2009
    This is the LexisNexis® Product Liability & Toxic Torts Legal News Podcast. Litigation news stories from recent issues of LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Publications. Current and targeted legal news and litigation reports. Copyright© 2009 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Visit www.law.lexisnexis.com/practiceareas/torts. All rights reserved.
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  • LexisNexis® Products Liability & Toxic Torts Practice Center Podcast for August 12, 2009
    This is the LexisNexis® Product Liability & Toxic Torts Legal News Podcast. Litigation news stories from recent issues of LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Publications. Current and targeted legal news and litigation reports. Copyright© 2009 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Visit www.law.lexisnexis.com/practiceareas/torts.
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Ted Zwayer
Posted By: Ted Zwayer
Supreme Court Denies Cert, Upholding Tennessee Minivan Punitive Damages Award
The awarding of punitive damages has been under attack for almost two decades, both by business interests and by those who argue for tort reform and a smaller role of courts in our society. The Supreme...
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Christopher Bauer
Posted By: Christopher Bauer
Wagner Spray Tech and Techtronic Industries Will Pay $800,000 Civil Penalty
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced on Aug. 5, that Wagner Spray Tech Corp., of Plymouth, Minn., and Techtronic Industries Co. LTD, of Hong Kong, agreed to pay an $800,000 civil...
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Christopher Bauer
Posted By: Christopher Bauer
CPSC Takes Measures to Ensure Safety for Yamaha Rhino Riders
As injuries and deaths involving side-by-side recreational off-highway vehicles (ROVs) continue to be reported to the U.S. Consumer Product and Safety Commission (CPSC), the CPSC warns consumers to use...
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James Cordrey
Posted By: James Cordrey
Childhood Lead Poisoning In Maryland Drops
The percentage of children who were tested and had elevated blood lead levels in the State of Maryland decreased by one-tenth of a percentage point in 2008, the Maryland Department of the Environment...
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