A suit alleging Colgate toothpaste tubes are falsely represented as being recyclable due to being rejected from recovery facilities will move past the dismissal stage, a California federal judge has ruled, finding that the plaintiffs' legal theory is based on "intrinsic characteristics" preventing recycling.
Jefferson County in Colorado can't hide behind the state Governmental Immunity Act in a suit from a woman who fell when she stepped down from a walkway to a parking lot at a garage, the Colorado Supreme Court has ruled, finding the purported dangerous condition was too closely tied to maintenance rather than design.
A podiatrist must face a lawsuit alleging she performed an unnecessary foot surgery that led to a corrective procedure and pain for her patient, as a Texas appellate court has ruled that a second doctor's "expert report" finding fault with the defendant's performance is sufficiently detailed for the suit to proceed.
A suit alleging that baby food maker Beech-Nut Nutrition Co. sold products with heightened levels of toxic metals will be reinvigorated after a Second Circuit panel finding that U.S. Food and Drug Administration delays regarding an action plan for baby foods necessitate the case being litigated in the courtroom.
A healthcare recovery and data company shouldn't be able to transact claims made against an opioid trust in Mallinckrodt's Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a trustee in the case has argued, telling a Delaware federal court that the trust is limited only to insurers and other providers of health care benefits.