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Sorry Charlie! U.S. Supreme Court Says No Immunity for Chicken of the Sea

By Andy Hoffman

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Okay, so Charlie the talking tuna was the ?pitchfish? for Star-Kist, not Chicken of the Sea?but it made for a snappy headline, so we decided to go with it.  (Besides, we couldn?t think of a logical way to bring Jessica Simpson?s infamous ?Chicken of the Sea? moment into it?even though we SO wanted to!)

Anywho?good news for fans of corporate accountability, Wyeth v. Levine, and the like.  The U.S. Supreme Court has quietly decided to allow a state products liability suit to go forward against the canners of Chicken of the Sea (Tri-Union Seafoods LLC) over charges that it failed to warn consumers that ingesting the product could lead to mercury poisoning.

In other words, Wyeth v. Levine really is having the impact we had hoped ? i.e., just because a product is regulated by the troubled Food and Drug Administration, that is no assurance the product is safe.  Manufacturers still have the responsibility to make sure people aren?t killed or injured.  Congrat?s to Public Citizen?s Litigation Group on this win!

Full post as published by ThePopTort on May 04, 2009 (boomark / email).

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