Posts tagged preemption

• Injured by a Generic Drug? Too Bad, Says the Supreme Court

  Mike Ferrara | June 29, 2011 5:02 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Last week, Justice Clarence Thomas authored an opinion for the Supreme Court finding that federal law preempts all state law cases against generic drug manufacturers who fail to sufficiently warn...

• Supreme Court Rules: No Federal Preemption in Seat Belt Safety Cases

  Mike Ferrara | February 24, 2011 6:13 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Yesterday, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that federal preemption does not protect automakers against civil suits over seatbelt safety. The case ruled on involved a woman killed in a 1993...

• Ford Settles Accident Case – Victim Paralyzed due to Negligent Explorer Design

  Mike Ferrara | January 01, 2010 3:20 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  While waiting for a jury decision about punitive damages in a suit involving a woman paralyzed from the neck down after an Explorer accident, Ford decided to settle with the plaintiffs...

• Preemption Victory in Generic Drug Labeling Case Mensing v. Wyeth

  Camryn Hansen | December 03, 2009 8:15 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Following on the heels of the preemption victory in Wyeth v. Levine, in which the Supreme Court decided that consumers can sue a drug company for inadequate prescription drug labeling...

• Phenergan Gets Black Box Warning from the FDA

  Camryn Hansen | September 21, 2009 8:09 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  One woman’s horrific experience with Phenergan, the migraine drug formerly sold by Wyeth, has finally ended in a black box label—the strongest warning offered by the...

• New Roof Strength Rule Doesn’t Do Enough to Protect in Rollovers

  Mike Ferrara | May 05, 2009 10:39 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced its new standards for stronger roofs in vehicles, with an aim to reduce passenger injuries and deaths in rollover...

• NJ Mercury Poisoning Lawsuit against Chicken of the Sea Tuna Allowed to Continue

  Camryn Hansen | April 26, 2009 8:04 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Last August, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit refused to exempt the company Tri-Union Seafood, maker of Chicken of the Sea Tuna, from liability for the mercury poisoning of...

• AAJ: Auto Roof Crush Standards are Outdated, Ineffective

  Camryn Hansen | April 10, 2009 9:04 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  As the Obama administration named Charles Hurley the new administrator for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the American Association for Justice (AAJ) asked that that...

• Massachusetts Bans Gifts from Drug & Device Companies to Doctors

  Mike Ferrara | March 13, 2009 7:19 PM | 2 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Yesterday, only a few days after Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) wrote to Pfizer demanding disclosure of all payments to Harvard University doctors, Massachusetts officials approved strict...

• Wyeth v. Levine Ruling a Huge Win for Consumer Rights

  Mike Ferrara | March 05, 2009 8:33 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  In what promises to be one of the most important preemption cases to come out of the Supreme Court this year, Wyeth v. Levine was awarded yesterday by a 6-3 majority to Diana Levine, a Vermont...