The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | January 31, 2019
The verdict is the latest in a wave of multimillion-dollar verdicts juries have awarded over Ethicon's pelvic mesh products over the past few years.
By The Legal Intelligencer | January 28, 2019
In The Legal's Products Liability, Mass Torts & Class Action, read about economic loss after Dittman, 5-year-old Tincher and what to do when automobile safety features just don't work.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Francesca C. Castagnola | January 28, 2019
Ensuring the members of the class receive their share of the proceeds requires expertise in a unique and specialized universe of regulation and market factors, along with the management prowess to effectively marshal classes that can contain millions of members and distributions into billions of dollars.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Larry E. Coben | January 25, 2019
The marketing of safe products should ordinarily include all the available safety features warranted to protect consumers from harm. When a manufacturer decides to make safety an option, then it takes the risk that it will be liable for harm caused by putting profits before safety.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Jacob Lehman and Mike Dolan | January 25, 2019
Think back (fondly) to your civil procedure course. In order for a dispute to be litigated in a court, the court must have jurisdiction over the parties. There are two types of jurisdiction, subject matter and personal.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Stephen J. Finley and Jonathan T. Woy | January 25, 2019
Five years ago, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court undertook to modernize Pennsylvania products liability law in its seminal decision of Tincher v. Omega Flex, 104 A.3d 328 (Pa. 2014).
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Kevin C. Alexandersen | January 24, 2019
It has become commonplace in many jurisdictions for plaintiffs attorneys to make settlement demands far in excess of the verdict potential—hoping a defendant will throw settlement dollars in an effort to bring a reasonable number to resolve the case.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By James M. Beck | January 23, 2019
In Dittman v. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, ___ A.3d ___, 2018 WL 6072199 (Pa. Nov. 21, 2018), in the context of cyberhacking litigation, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court changed, and considerably restricted, the scope of the so-called “economic loss doctrine (ELD).
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Terry M. Henry | January 22, 2019
Products liability litigation has become more sophisticated during the 21st century as products themselves have become more complex, interconnected and regulated.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Andrew J. DeFalco | January 11, 2019
Pennsylvania courts have long struggled with the question of whether and when a party to a contractual relationship can assert a tort cause of action against another contracting party for conduct arising out of the contractual relationship.
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