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Upcoming Seminar of Interest

By Sean Wajert on March 9, 2015
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Toxic Tort

Our readers may be interested in the upcoming seminar: Chemical Products Liability and Environmental Litigation. It’s scheduled for April 22-23 in New…
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PA Supreme Court Issues Important Strict Liability Decision

By Sean Wajert on November 28, 2014
Posted in Articles

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

By Sean Wajert on December 18, 2012
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

By Sean Wajert on October 29, 2012
Posted in Articles

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

By Sean Wajert on September 26, 2012
Posted in Articles

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

By Sean Wajert on July 30, 2012
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products, Food and Beverage

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

By Sean Wajert on July 18, 2012
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products, Food and Beverage

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

By Sean Wajert on February 8, 2012
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Toxic Tort

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

By Sean Wajert on January 18, 2012
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

By Sean Wajert on November 26, 2011
Posted in Articles, Drug and Device

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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