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PA Supreme Court Issues Important Strict Liability Decision
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Pennsylvania has long been a jurisdiction which followed unique, sometimes archaic, rules regarding strict product liability. The state Supreme Court …
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Foreign Manufacturer Liability Act Unlikely to Pass Soon
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Posted in Articles, Consumer Products
We have posted before about efforts to pass legislation that would impact the ability of U.S. consumers to sue foreign manufacturers. As the end of th…
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Successor Liability Rejected in Aircraft Case
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One of the interesting types of projects your humble blogger gets to work on from time to time concerns product liability and mass tort issues that ar…
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New Product Liability Case Book
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Although my teaching days are in the past (10 years as an adjunct at the University of Pennsylvania Law School), I still like to keep one eye on the l…
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Product Seller (Still) Has No Duty To Protect From Criminal’s Use Of Product
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Country music fans among our readers may recall the Garth Brooks’ song “Longneck Bottle.” That tune, from his CD “Sevens,” reached…
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State Supreme Court Adopts Consumer Expectation Test for Alleged Food Defects
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Our readers know that for nearly 50 years, an ongoing issue in product liability law has been the definition of “defect” within the strict l…
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Federal Court Upholds “Bare-Metal” Defense
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A federal court last week became the latest to refuse to hold a defendant liable for injuries allegedly caused by asbestos-containing parts manufactur…
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State Supreme Court Reverses Dangerous Expansion of Product Liability
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Posted in Chemical, Toxic Tort
The California Supreme Court held last week that the law does not impose liability on manufacturers of equipment used in conjunction with asbestos-con…
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Strict Liability Does Not Apply to Medical Devices
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Another court has recognized that strict liability or breach of implied warranty claims do not lie against medical device makers. Horsmon v. Zimmer Ho…
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