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Product Liability
Product Liability Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on product liability law. Coverage includes tort-related lawsuits and class actions, multidistrict litigation, product recalls, and product safety enforcement, as well as related policy developments.
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Latest News in Product Liability
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November 16, 2018
Pharma Cos. Sued Over Children Born Addicted To Opioids
A proposed class of ill children hit more than 20 pharmaceutical companies with a suit alleging the companies sought to expand the market for opioids to increase their profits while ignoring regulations intended to keep opioids out of the black market.
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November 16, 2018
Allstate Fights Electrolux Bid To Trim Dryer Fire Suit
Allstate Insurance Co. has countered Electrolux Home Products Inc.’s efforts to duck punitive damages for fires caused by certain types of clothes dryers in a Pennsylvania federal court, with the insurer pointing to multiple indicators the company allegedly knew for years that its dryers were unsafe.
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November 16, 2018
NJ Lawmakers, Cos. Push For Passage Of Fire Safety Bill
New Jersey state legislators and fire officials along with concrete companies are urging the state government to adopt better safety standards for new construction following a fire that destroyed the Avalon at Edgewater multifamily complex three years ago, according to news reports.
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November 16, 2018
Alaska Native Health Group Added To Massive Opioid Suit
In what the groups are calling the largest tribal complaint in history, the Arctic Slope Native Association has joined the Tanana Chiefs Conference and other Alaska Native tribal health care providers in their federal court suit against drugmakers and distributors over the opioid epidemic.
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November 16, 2018
Calif. High Court To Hear Suit Against Atty Over Monster Deal
The California Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal by Monster Energy Co., which is seeking to revive its suit against an attorney who allegedly breached a confidentiality agreement in the settlement of an underlying suit blaming Monster’s energy drinks for the death of a teenager.
Areas of Coverage
- LITIGATION
- Lawsuits over potentially unsafe, hazardous, or defective products, including drugs and medical devices, food and beverage products, dietary supplements, and other consumer goods
- Product-related class actions and multidistrict litigation
- Liability suits over drugs and medical devices, including off-label marketing, false advertising, and failure-to-warn claims
- Tobacco-related litigation
- Auto defect suits
- Toxic torts, including asbestos-related litigation
- Personal injury and wrongful death suits involving major organizations and events
- Alien Tort Statute cases
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- State product safety regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act
- CFederal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
- CProduct safety and consumer protection controls
- ENFORCEMENT
- Product recalls
- Food and drug safety actions
- Vehicle safety actions
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of product liability practices
Readership
- Mass tort and product liability lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys at consumer goods companies
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals