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Infant recliner company is latest CPSC target
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- December 13 2012
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has filed an administrative enforcement action against Baby Matters LLC, the manufacturer of infant recliners allegedly linked to several deaths and dozens of reports of children falling out of the products
Eighth Circuit dismisses action against insurer; no duty to defend actionable camouflage apparel odor-performance representations
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- USA
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- December 13 2012
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of an insurance company which sought a declaration that it had no duty to defend or indemnify a camouflage clothing manufacturer that was sued for misrepresenting the odor-eliminating performance of its products
Consumer fraud claims filed against baby crib bumper manufacturer
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- USA
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- December 13 2012
A woman who purchased baby crib bumpers has filed a putative class action in a California federal court alleging violations of consumer-fraud laws and claiming that the company falsely advertises the products as safe when properly installed, despite risks of injury and death posed by these products
Eleventh Circuit allows scalp burn claims to proceed against hair dye maker
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- December 13 2012
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that a lower court erred in excluding non-hearsay statements about a hair dye product in a personal injury lawsuit
CPSC finalizes updates to animal testing policy
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- December 13 2012
A rule finalized by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) “codifies its statement of policy on animal testing that provides guidance for manufacturers of products subject to the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA) regarding replacement, reduction, and refinement of animal testing methods.”
Rule 23(b)(2) class may be certified where monetary damages are incidental
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- USA
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- December 13 2012
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that, consistent with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, 131 S. Ct. 2541 (2011), a class in which monetary as well as declaratory or injunctive relief is sought may be certified under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(2) as long as the monetary relief is incidental
Hundreds of commenters debate proposed high-power magnet ban
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- December 13 2012
In the ongoing battle to prohibit the sale of high-powered magnet sets, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has reportedly received more than 1,200 comments from parents, users, safety advocates, medical professionals, and others expressing opposition or support of the proposed ban
Commission abandons appeal in challenge to unsafe product database
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- December 13 2012
According to a news source, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has discontinued its Fourth Circuit appeal from a Maryland federal court’s ruling that a product safety complaint was too misleading to post on the commission’s Saferproducts
House Democrats introduce legislation to increase oversight of drug compounders
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- USA
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- December 13 2012
U.S. Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn) and Nita Lowery (D-N.Y.) have introduced a bill (H.R. 6638) that would increase government oversight of compounded drugs, like those purportedly implicated in a fungal meningitis outbreak that has caused 36 deaths and 541 illnesses nationwide
CPSC reports fatalities related to portable bed rails
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- USA
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- December 13 2012
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently released a review of adult portable bed rail-related deaths and injuries between January 2003 and September 2012
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