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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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Expert May Be Needed on Design Defect, Even Under Consumer Expectations Test

By Sean Wajert on September 30, 2011
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products

Back when we taught Products Liability in law school, one of the topics that always got significant attention and discussion from the bright-eyed stud…
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Proof of Feasible Alternative Design Does Not Prove Defect

By Sean Wajert on September 2, 2011
Posted in Articles

Readers know that most jurisdictions require that a plaintiff alleging a design defect in a product must produce sufficient evidence of a feasible alt…
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Plaintiff’s Constitutional Challenge to EMF’s Rejected

By Sean Wajert on April 28, 2011
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Toxic Tort

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit last week upheld the trial court’s dismissal of a plaintiff’s allegations that several utilities expo…
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State Supreme Court Adopts Risk Utility Test for Defect

By Sean Wajert on August 23, 2010
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products

The South Carolina Supreme Court last week vacated a $31 million verdict for a minor injured in a Ford Bronco rollover accident. Branham v. Ford Motor…
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State Supreme Court Affirms Summary Judgment Under Risk-Utility Test

By Sean Wajert on June 19, 2009
Posted in Articles

The Texas Supreme Court last week upheld summary judgment in a design defect case, finding that under the risk-utility test, the commercial trailer at…
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