/productliability?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Product Liability Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Fri, 18 Apr 2025 22:18:16 +0000 /productliability/articles/2327499?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2327499 A Texas man is pushing back on gunmaker Sig Sauer Inc.'s bid seeking to end his lawsuit over a firearm-mounted product that had a faulty cap — allowing children easy access to a dangerous battery — telling a federal judge Friday that the company's recall doesn't resolve his claims. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 21:37:03 +0000 /productliability/articles/2327440?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2327440 The First Circuit on Thursday upheld a lower court's decision that a challenge to Massachusetts' 20-year-old ban on assault weapons is unlikely to succeed on the grounds that the ban comports with historical tradition. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 20:58:01 +0000 /productliability/articles/2327226?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2327226 The companies behind nitrous oxide brand Galaxy Gas urged a Florida federal court to end a proposed class action filed by the family of a woman who died while inhaling their product, arguing that they can't be held liable for "reckless and illegal misuse" of their canisters. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 20:53:54 +0000 /productliability/articles/2327585?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2327585 An Apache nonprofit behind the effort to save an ancient worship site from destruction in Arizona is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to quickly rule on its petition after the federal government announced it is moving forward with plans to transfer the site to Resolution Copper for mining. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 19:19:42 +0000 /productliability/articles/2327655?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2327655 Norwegian Air subsidiaries accusing Boeing of fraud in connection with jet purchase deals have urged a Washington federal judge to force the aerospace giant to hand over documents in the case, citing Boeing's apparent "playbook of repeated delay, resistance and obfuscation." Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:51:47 +0000 /productliability/articles/2327435?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2327435 A factory worker has dropped his personal injury suit against aircraft company Textron Aviation Inc. over a Cessna Citation 560XLS+ plane that crashed into his workplace, according to a filing in Connecticut state court. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:34:09 +0000 /productliability/articles/2325931?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2325931 Todd Itami at Covington offers a bright-eyed, laughing-all-the-way, skydive look at what the legal industry could look like after an artificial intelligence revolution, which he believes may happen much sooner and more dramatically than we expect. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 13:13:47 +0000 /productliability/articles/2327354?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2327354 Chemical shipper OxyVinyls Inc. and Norfolk Southern struck a deal toward the end of a trial seeking to spread the blame — and the cost of a $600 million settlement — for the 2023 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 23:08:19 +0000 /productliability/articles/2327065?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2327065 Apple urged a California federal judge Thursday to toss claims that a set of AirPod Pro earbuds was defective, causing an Amber alert to damage a 12-year-old boy's hearing, saying there's no evidence the notification could have caused the injury and the family's expert didn't rule out COVID-19 as the cause. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 22:24:57 +0000 /productliability/articles/2327255?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2327255 A Georgia state jury heard Thursday that a C.R. Bard medical equipment sterilization plant carelessly emitted ethylene oxide by going years without pollution controls, and later failing to diligently use and maintain the controls it did eventually install. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 22:10:09 +0000 /productliability/articles/2326902?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2326902 A North Carolina woman said in New Jersey federal court Wednesday that her use of the diabetes drug Ozempic resulted in the permanent loss of her vision, alleging that manufacturer Novo Nordisk A/S should have known the drug could cause blindness. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 21:40:36 +0000 /productliability/articles/2326594?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2326594 Two California women on Wednesday hauled Weight Watchers into California federal court, alleging in a putative class action that the diet program company made up fake sales with fake limited-time offer periods to induce consumers into signing up for multimonth memberships. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 20:08:19 +0000 /productliability/articles/2326518?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2326518 An Argentine gun manufacturer asked a federal judge Wednesday to toss a Georgia man's lawsuit alleging a dangerous defect in the design of a 9mm pistol caused him to be shot when the gun accidentally discharged, arguing the court lacks jurisdiction over the case. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 18:59:56 +0000 /productliability/articles/2323350?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2323350 Despite continued innovation, litigation finance remains an immature market with borrowers recieving significantly different terms as lenders learn to value cases, which firms need a strong handle on to ensure lending terms do not overwhelm collateral value, says Robert Wilkins at Lightfoot Franklin. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 18:57:17 +0000 /productliability/articles/2326514?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2326514 Two New Jersey law firms say they were cut out of their fair share of $4.5 million in attorney fees, awarded as part of a $15 million settlement they helped secure against Bayer and others in a flea collar multidistrict litigation, asking an Illinois federal court to order lead counsel to open their wallets and share the reward. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:45:08 +0000 /productliability/articles/2325948?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2325948 Recent announcements by 11 asbestos bankruptcy trusts that they plan to destroy legacy data and documents related to resolved claims risks further damage to the integrity of a compensation system long marked by a lack of oversight and transparency, says Peter Kelso at Roux. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:25:22 +0000 /productliability/articles/2327074?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2327074 The Ninth Circuit on Thursday revived a patient's allegations that C.R. Bard's blood clot-preventing IVC filter was defective, ruling that a lower court was wrong to throw out the suit as untimely since there are factual disputes as to when the patient noticed the filter had malfunctioned. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:03:17 +0000 /productliability/articles/2326939?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2326939 Ford has asked a federal judge to dismiss a proposed class's claims that the automaker sold Explorers designed with a rear axle bolt that's prone to cracking, saying vehicle owners aren't out any money because they can get damaged bolts replaced free of charge. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 16:32:30 +0000 /productliability/articles/2326855?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2326855 New information supplied by confidential whistleblowers is cause for an Illinois federal court to allow a Los Angeles pipe manufacturer a second chance at pursuing a racketeering case against a Chicago area law firm, the company has argued in a motion to alter or amend the judgment. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 16:27:54 +0000 /productliability/articles/2325331?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2325331 With the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in U.S. Food and Drug Administration v. Wages and White Lion Investments having put off the question of whether agency decisions arrived at erroneously are always invalid, the court should give the results of agency actions more weight than the reasoning behind them when it revisits this case, says Jonathan Sheffield at Loyola University Chicago School of Law.