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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: product liability

product liability stories: 2 news summaries

(Newser) - General Motors had hoped to emerge from bankruptcy with a protective coating against future product-liability suits. No such luck, reports the Wall Street Journal. Bowing to government pressure, GM has agreed to change its bankruptcy terms, allowing drivers injured in accidents that stem from vehicle defects to sue the company,... More »

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bankruptcy • General Motors • product liability • auto bailout

Supreme Court Denies Tobacco Industry Appeal

Justices won't intervene in W. Va. case involving hundreds of lawsuits

Feb 25, 08 12:30 PM CST
(Newser) - The Supreme Court today handed the tobacco industry a setback, rejecting without comment an appeal contending that West Virginia’s two-tiered system of consolidating cases is unconstitutional. In their appeal, industry lawyers called the process “deeply and fundamentally flawed,” the Wall Street Journal reports, but the plaintiffs' lawyers... More »

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smoking • lawsuit • asbestos • class action • tobacco companies • US Supreme Court • product liability

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