Personal Injury Roundup No. 89 (12/17/10)

New Suits

• Lawyer sues ex-fiancee for IIED.  (ABA Journal)
• Class action suit filed against McDonald's for putting toys in happy meals. (WaPo, WSJ Law Blog, Olson/Overlawyered)
• DOJ sues BP over Deepwater Horizon Spill.  (Jurist, WSJ Law Blog)
• Sierra Club and Environment Texas sue Exxon Mobil for air pollution. (Google News/AFP)

Appeals

• Supreme Court grants cert in three generic preemption cases.  (FDA Law Blog)
• Fifth Circuit on bellweather trial selection.  (Drug & Device)

Reform, Legislation, Policy

• FDA begins tracking amount of antibiotics in meat. (The Atlantic)
• President Obama signs the Healthy, Hunger-Free Act of 2010.  (WaPo)

Trials, Settlements and Other Ends

• Judge dismisses exploding snail case. (Olson/Overlawyered)

--SBS