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SYLLABUS This syllabus is not part of the Court’s opinion. It has been prepared by the Office of the Clerk for the convenience of the reader. It has been neither reviewed nor approved by the Court and may not summarize all portions of the opinion. Elizabeth Hrymoc v. Ethicon, Inc. (A-21/23-21) (085547) Argued February 27, 2023 -- Decided July 25, 2023 SOLOMON, J., writing for the Court. In t his products liability matter involving “pelvi

OPINION BY STABILE, J.: In this product liability action, Appellants, Ethicon, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson, Ethicon's parent company (collectively "Ethicon") and Appellee, Patricia Hammons ("Hammons"), appeal and cross-appeal, respectively, from a judgment of $12,850,945.18 entered in favor of Hammons in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Hammons alleged that she suffered inju

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER (Motions for Summary Judgment) JOSEPH R. GOODWIN, District Judge. Pending before the court are the defendants’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment [Docket 161], Motion for Partial Summary Judgment Based on Preemption of Certain Claims [Docket 178], Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on Punitive Damages [Docket 187], and Plaintiffs Jo and Allen Huskey’s Motion for Partial Summary

FILED 15-0975 12/21/2015 7:10:33 PM tex-8333751 SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS BLAKE A. HAWTHORNE, C

Appeal from an amended judgment of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Frank A. Sedita, Jr., J.), entered October 24, 2006 in a personal injury action. The amended judgment, upon a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff and against defendants, awarded plaintiff the sum of $6,931,288. It is hereby ordered that the amended judgment so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously reversed on the law without costs, the post-trial motion is

*998TEXTO COMPLETO DE LA SENTENCIA Mediante la presentación de recursos de apelación independientes, acuden ante nos Wal-Mart Puerto Rico, Inc. H/N/C Sam's Club y Jeannette Mestre Rodríguez solicitando que revoquemos o modifiquemos una sentencia dictada por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Humacao, el 21 de marzo de 2000, en la que se ordena al primero a pagar l

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER DOUGLAS P. WOODLOCK, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE I. BACKGROUND.. .32 A. Factual Background... 32 B. Procedural History.. .33 1. Initial Complaint and Pre-Trial Proceedings.. .33 2. Jury Verdict... 34 3. Post-Trial Motions... 34 C. Applicable Standards of Review.. .35

Supreme Court of Texas ══════════ No. 21-1097 ══════════ American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Petitioner, v. Sarah Milburn, Respondent ═══════════════════════════════════════ On Petition for Review from the Court of Appeals for the Fifth District of

Ortiz Carrión, Juez Ponente TEXTO COMPLETO DE LA SENTENCIA El señor Norbert Rodríguez solicita la revisión de una orden del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, en la cual se autorizó la toma de deposición a los testigos anunciados por él en este pleito. En su recurso el señor Rodríguez plantea que el tribunal recurrido erró al autorizar estas deposiciones sin determinar previamente la ex

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT OPTRONIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC., No. 20-15837 DBA Orion Telescopes & Binoculars, D.C. No. Plaintiff-Appellee, 5:16-cv-06370- EJD v. NINGBO SUNNY ELECTRONIC CO., LTD., Defendant-Appellant, and SUNNY OPTICS, INC.; MEADE INSTRUMENTS CORP.; DOES, 1–25,

MARIAN W. PAYSON, United States Magistrate Judge DECISION & ORDER PRELIMINARY STATEMENT Plaintiff Wakeesha N. Moody (“Moody”) has sued defendants CSX Transportation, Inc. (“CSX”), New York Central Lines, LLC, and NYC Newco, Inc., (collectively, “defendants”) for personal injuries sustained, in a railway accident. (Docket # 1-2). On June 16, 2006, Moody attempted to crawl underneath

LOURIE, Circuit Judge. Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Suno-vion”) appeals from the decision of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey granting summary judgment that Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Ltd. and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Inc. (collectively “Reddy”) do not infringe claims 1, 2, and 8 of Sunovion’s U.S. Patent 6,444,673 (the “'673 patent”).

MEMORANDUM & ORDER MATSUMOTO, United States District Judge: Plaintiffs Speedfit LLC (“Speed-fit”) and Aurel A. Astilean (“Astilean”) (collectively, “plaintiffs”) commenced this action against Woodway USA, Inc. (“Woodway” or “defendant”), alleging that Woodway wrongfully infringed upon United States Patent No. 8,308,619 (“the ’619 Patent”) and United States Patent No. 8,343,016 (“the ’016 Patent”), both o

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO DISMISS RICHARD EIDSON’S COMPLAINT AND SCOTT AND APRIL BELL’S COMPLAINT LUCY H. KOH, United States District Judge Plaintiffs Scott and April Bell (“the Bells”) commenced this action on April 3, 2013, alleging that Scott Bell suffered harmful side effects following a spinal fusion operation in which his surgeon used a spinal fusion device

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS (Dkt. No. 61) DONALD L. CABELL, U.S.M.J. Melayna Lokosky began working for Acclarent, Incorporated (Acclarent) in 2007 as a sales representative. One of the products Acclarent sold was a sinus related device known as the Relieva Stratus MicroFlow Spacer (the “Spacer”). The plaintiff alleges that Acclarent engaged in practices which ultimately induced thir

Supreme Court of Texas ══════════ No. 21-1097 ══════════ American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Petitioner, v. Sarah Milburn, Respondent ═══════════════════════════════════════ On Petition for Review from the Court of Appeals for the Fifth District of

OPINION WENDY BEETLESTONE, District Judge. Before the Court are the Defendants Tennant Truck Lines Inc. (“Tennant”) and Scott McMeen’s Motions brought pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(2) and 12(b)(3) to Dismiss Plaintiffs Complaint for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction and Improper Venue, or in the Alternative, Motions to Transfer Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a), ECF Nos. 8 & 13; and the Plaintif

Justice GREEN delivered the Opinion of the Court. Under the learned intermediary doctrine, the manufacturer of a pharmaceutical product satisfies its duty to warn the end user of its product’s potential risks by providing an adequate warning to a “learned intermediary,” who then assumes the duty to pass on the necessary warnings to the end user. See, e.g., Gravis v. Parke-Davis & Co., 502 S.W.2d

DAVIS, Chief Justice: This action against several corporate entities who operate Heartland Nursing Home in Charleston, West Virginia (hereinafter collectively referred to as “MC Companies”),1 involves claims of negligence; violations of the West Virginia Nursing Home Act, W. Va. Code § 16-5C-1 et seq.; and breach of fiduciary duty, arising from injuries to and the death of Ms. Dorothy Doug

731 F.Supp.2d 135 (2010) 2010 DNH 112 Karen L. BARTLETT v. MUTUAL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY, INC. Civil No. 08-cv-358-JL. United States District Court, D. New Hampshire. July 12, 2010. *141 Bryan Ballew, Keith M. Jensen, Patrick J. O'Neal, Jensen Belew & Gonzalez PLLC, Fort Worth, TX, Christine M. Craig,