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Coverage of class actions and MDL, often targeting the design, manufacturing and marketing of defective products.
By Greg Land | April 18, 2017
Georgia's punitive damages statute requires that 75 percent of any punitive award in a product liability suit be turned over to the state. Instead, it's become an incentive to settle posttrial.
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By Stephanie Forshee | April 17, 2017
Automakers are adding in-car payments systems to vehicles, a development that could lead to more convenience for drivers, but also more potential headaches for corporate legal departments.
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By Max Mitchell | April 14, 2017
A Pennsylvania Superior Court panel has upheld a defense verdict in one of the first products liability cases to be appealed in the wake of the game-changing Tincher v. Omega Flex decision that recalibrated products liability in Pennsylvania.
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By Andrew Denney | April 12, 2017
The New York Court of Appeals' manufacturer liability exception for products purchased by sophisticated buyers who forego optional safety equipment does not apply to products sold into the rental market, a state appeals court ruled.
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By Amanda Bronstad | April 11, 2017
With eight figures potentially on the line, Johnson & Johnson isn't skimping on its defense. Covington & Burling products liability partners Phyllis Jones and Paul Schmidt were on hand in the St. Louis courtroom Tuesday, backing up national coordinating counsel from Butler Snow and Shook, Hardy & Bacon.
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By Jenna Greene | April 10, 2017
Say ouch. Kimberly-Clark Corp. and spin-off Halyard Health Inc. were hit with a $454 million fraud verdict in Los Angeles federal court on Friday in a lawsuit over surgical gowns that allegedly failed to protect medical personnel from infection.
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By Celia Ampel | April 10, 2017
A Boca Raton attorney won a finding of strict liability against the manufacturer for a hip implant that caused metal poisoning.
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By Celia Ampel | April 6, 2017
The Florida Supreme Court rejects a tobacco company's argument that federal law preempts state law claims in smoker lawsuits.
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By ROBERT STORACE | April 4, 2017
The maker of the Terex Hi-Ranger, a truck with a hydraulic platform used to lift people into the air, claims a supplier's part can fail, which poses a safety hazard to anyone suspended in the air.
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By Dirk Olin, ALM Director of Intelligence | November 16, 2016
Veteran class action litigator Garry Mathiason recently traded his firm management role for a new challenge, co-chairing the firm's emergent Robotics, AI, and Automation practice group. Mathiason sat down with ALM Director of Intelligence Dirk Olin to discuss the new group as well as the brave new world of the law machine.
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