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Connecticut Law Tribune

Unnecessary Court Secrecy In Product Liability Litigation

Despite the presumption of open courts with public access that stems from the First Amendment and the common law, far too much civil litigation is taking place in secret. Unnecessary court secrecy is a threat to public health and safety, the fair and efficient administration of justice, and our democratic system of government. This problem is especially widespread and dangerous in product liability litigation.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Product Liability Concerns For Trademark Licensors

For more than three decades, courts have been grappling with whether to hold trademark licensors liable for defective products even where they neither manufactured nor sold defective products. It appears that courts are reaching a consensus concerning the relevant considerations regarding this liability issue.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Supreme Court Denies Appeal in Heated Asbestos Case

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has denied the appeal of a couple who is trying to reinstate a trial court ruling that upended a defense win and instituted a mistrial in their asbestos case.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Suit Alleging Defective Motor Home Proceeds

A federal judge has declined to dismiss a woman's strict products liability and negligence claims against the manufacturer of a motor home whose moisture problem was allegedly so severe she developed a mold-related growth in her lung.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Sikkelee v. Precision Airmotive, PICS Case No. 13-3203 (M.D. Pa. Nov. 20, 2013) Brann, J. (7 pages).

By | December 03, 2013
Aviation/Airline Products Liability • Jury Instructions • FAA Regulations • Standard of Care
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Big Suits

By | December 01, 2013
Lawrence E. Jaffe Pension Plan v. Household International In re Tobacco Cases II SEC v. Cuban Activision v. Hayes
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Who Won in the Toyota MDL Settlement?

Toyota paid more than $1 billion to settle the economic damages MDL on sudden acceleration. So why do some observers say the company won?
12 minute read

Law.com

Apple Tries Again to Shoot Down Siri Suit

3 minute read

National Law Journal

In search of typical hip device case

The first courtroom test of liability claims involving a particular hip replacement device ended in more or less a split decision: The jury awarded the plaintiff $8.3 million but rejected his bid for punitive damages. Unfortunately, attorneys on both sides agree, the outcome tells precious little about the prospects for the approximately 10,000 claims still pending over the device.
8 minute read

Law.com

Jury awards $8.3 million in first trial over hip replacement device

A Los Angeles jury has awarded a retired prison guard more than $8.3 million in the first trial against DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. over its recalled ASR XL hip implants.
4 minute read

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