Parties in Case Involving Liquid Wrench Reach Confidential Settlement

PHILADELPHIA -- A case that had been remanded to state court after a federal court found that the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA) did not preclude state law claims has been settled, sources told HarrisMartin. Akins v. Radiator Specialty, No. 2004-1624 (Pa. Ct. Comm. Pls., Philadelphia Cty.).

A notice of the confidential settlement was entered recently in the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas for Philadelphia County.

In September 2006, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania remanded the lawsuit, finding that the FHSA was "not so powerful" that it precluded the state law claims brought by Linda …