All the headlines from our Product Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 15 2005 // A product liability trial focused on whether the painkiller Vioxx caused a man’s heart attack started Wednesday, with his lawyer telling jurors the drug’s maker put profits over safety. Merck & Co., the...
Sep 5 2005 // The number of tort trials concluded in U.S. district courts declined by nearly 80 percent, falling from 3,600 in 1985 to fewer than 800 in 2003, according to a new report released by the Department of Justice Bureau of...
Sep 5 2005 // The number of tort trials concluded in U.S. district courts declined by nearly 80 percent, falling from 3,600 in 1985 to fewer than 800 in 2003, according to a new report released by the Department of Justice Bureau of...
Jun 16 2005 // The Rhode Island Health Department has drafted guidelines that would govern drug imports from Canada, and help ensure the medications meet quality and safety standards in Rhode Island.The proposed rules would be another...
Apr 6 2005 // Western Security Surplus announced a free Tough Products Liability Insurance seminar on May 11, 2005. The hosts for the seminar will be WSS’ Northern California office and Shand Morahan. The topic is “Insuring...
Feb 21 2005 // When word spread that people injured by the fen-phen diet drug cocktail could share in a multibillion dollar legal settlement, law firms began sponsoring health screenings so large that a judge quipped that one...
Nov 22 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Response Aviation Insurance Services has a new program for repair shops. They will also consider engine shops, cylinder shops, propeller shops and non-critical product wholesalers or...
Sep 27 2004 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies announced that it has launched a portfolio of policies to help protect life sciences companies from property and casualty exposures faced by the industry.“Chubb’s...
Jun 8 2004 // Yates & Associates invites agents and brokers to an informative Products Liability Insurance seminar on June 24, 2004. The topic, “Insuring Tough Products Liability Accounts,” will give the attending...
Mar 8 2004 // Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship...
Jan 26 2004 // A report detailing state legislative efforts to reform the U.S. civil justice system was recently released by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC). The report, part of a NAMIC series regarding...
Jan 26 2004 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) recently released a report detailing state legislative efforts to reform the U.S. civil justice system. According to NAMIC, “Tort Reform: An Overview of...
Jan 9 2004 // A report detailing state legislative efforts to reform the U.S. civil justice system was recently released by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC). The report, part of a NAMIC series regarding...
Dec 1 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: DFCORBY Insurance Services has available a market for products liability, CGL or mono-products. ISO2001 Coverage Form. Likes tough products including, but not limited to, imported products and...
Nov 28 2003 // Chattem, Inc., a marketer and manufacturer of branded consumer products, announced that Interstate Fire & Casualty Company (“Interstate”) has filed a motion to intervene as a party plaintiff in the...
Nov 17 2003 // Coverage options and product offerings, rather than price, are the most important factors for middle market manufacturers when they go looking for insurance to cover their businesses. At least that’s the conclusion...
Nov 17 2003 // Coverage options and product offerings, rather than price, are the most important factors for middle market manufacturers when they go looking for insurance to cover their businesses. At least that’s the conclusion...
Aug 14 2003 // Chattem Inc., which markets and manufactures branded consumer products, announced that Kemper Indemnity Insurance Company (Kemper) filed a lawsuit against it in federal court in Chattanooga, Tenn., seeking to rescind the...
Apr 21 2003 // Colorado has become the fourth state this year, following Arkansas, Idaho and West Virginia to enact substantive improvements in its tort system. Colorado recently enacted two reform bills and is considering three others...
Apr 8 2003 // In an apparent move to drive down the cost of risk, risk managers are spending an average 17 percent more on loss control services while their organizations confront budgetary constraints and the difficult economic...