Rosanna Malouf Peterson

• Morris v. MITSUBISHI MOTORS NORTH AMERICA, INC.

  District Court, E.D. Washington · 2011-03-23 · cited 4×

  This case involves plaintiff Judy Morris's claims against Mitsubishi Motors for injuries she sustained when the airbags in her 1996 Mitsubishi Eclipse deployed during a rear-end collision, allegedly causing her quadriplegia. Morris asserted three violations of Washington's Product Liability Act: defective manufacturing, defective design, and failure to warn. Mitsubishi raised affirmative defenses including federal preemption of the failure-to-warn claim, comparative negligence, superseding cause, and spoliation of evidence. Both parties filed motions for partial summary judgment on the claims and defenses. After reviewing the record and hearing oral argument, the court reserved ruling on all summary judgment motions until related motions in limine were fully briefed and decided.

  torts & liabilityprocedurefederal power

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• Newkirk v. ConAgra Foods, Inc.

  District Court, E.D. Washington · 2010-07-02 · cited 2×

  In Newkirk v. ConAgra Foods, Inc., plaintiffs Larry and Ruth Newkirk sued ConAgra and suppliers of butter flavorings, claiming that Mr. Newkirk's regular consumption of microwave popcorn from 1989 to 2007 caused him to develop bronchiolitis obliterans and related respiratory damage due to exposure to diacetyl. The defendants filed Daubert motions seeking to exclude the plaintiffs' experts' testimony on general and specific causation, along with motions for summary judgment. The court granted all of the Daubert motions to preclude the experts from testifying and dismissed the remaining claims on summary judgment, concluding that the plaintiffs lacked admissible evidence establishing causation between the popcorn and the alleged injury.

  torts & liabilityprocedure

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