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Blackburn Limited Partnership V. Paul: The Birth Of Maryland’S Statute Or Ordinance Rule And Its Ill-Defined “Targeted Class” Requirement, Monica Basche May 2015

Blackburn Limited Partnership V. Paul: The Birth Of Maryland’S Statute Or Ordinance Rule And Its Ill-Defined “Targeted Class” Requirement, Monica Basche

Maryland Law Review

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Requiem For A Remedy: The Law And Economics Of Mutual Pharmaceutical V. Bartlett’S Over-Preemption, Robert C. Baker Iii Apr 2015

Requiem For A Remedy: The Law And Economics Of Mutual Pharmaceutical V. Bartlett’S Over-Preemption, Robert C. Baker Iii

Maryland Law Review Online

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(Still) "Unsafe At Any Speed": Why Not Jail For Auto Executives?, Rena I. Steinzor Jan 2015

(Still) "Unsafe At Any Speed": Why Not Jail For Auto Executives?, Rena I. Steinzor

Faculty Scholarship

Americans can be forgiven for wondering what has gone so drastically wrong with the companies that sell automobiles. In 2014, 64 million, a number equivalent to one in five of the cars on the road, was recalled. Safety defects such as the lack of torque in ignition switches installed in GM compact cars like the Cobalt put motorists in the terrifying position of coping with a stalled engine and loss of power brakes while traveling at high speeds. GM had the audacity to classify this condition was not a safety defect, but instead was merely “inconvenient” for its customers. It …


Fda Approval Of Drugs And Devices: Preemption Of State Laws For “Parallel” Tort Claims, Marcia Boumil Jan 2015

Fda Approval Of Drugs And Devices: Preemption Of State Laws For “Parallel” Tort Claims, Marcia Boumil

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

The U.S. Supreme Court’s important ruling in Mutual Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. v. Bartlett concerns whether the Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) approval of a generic drug insulates the drug manufacturer from liability under state tort laws from claims of injury due to an alleged “design defect.” The Court previously ruled that FDA approval does not preempt state law claims based upon failure-to-warn, at least with respect to brand name products. In contrast, the Court previously ruled that the federal regulatory process leading to FDA approval of generic equivalents of brand drugs—and designation of the drug label—does preempt state law as …