Products Liability Law Reporter
The Products Liability Law Reporter features verdicts, settlements, and court decisions in the field of products liability; reports of government regulatory actions and product recalls; articles by practitioners; and links to recent articles published in the media and scholarly journals. Subscribers are automatically enrolled in the Products Liability Section.
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2020 June/July
The Products Liability Law Reporter features verdicts, settlements, and court decisions in the field of products liability. It is published six times annually. Members also receive a monthly e-newsletter containing news stories, additional case reports, reports of government regulatory actions and product recalls, and links to recent articles published in the media and scholarly journals.
E-NewsLetters
- June 9, 2020
Consumer Products & Equipment
- Defective design of vaping mod, battery
Drugs
- Federal food and drug law does not preempt patient’s state law failure to warn claims against Xeljanz manufacturer
Farm Products & Equipment
- Failure to warn of damage from drift-prone dicamba herbicides
- Negligent manufacture of cattle feed
Household Products & Equipment
- Dismissal proper absent sufficient facts showing plausible claim against defendant seller
- Defective design of IKEA dresser
Industrial Products & Equipment
- Boiler manufacturer may be liable to family of former inspector exposed to its asbestos-containing products
- Plaintiffs were not entitled to assert substantial contributing factor argument to jury
- Failure to warn of workplace asbestos exposure
- Failure to warn maintenance mechanic of asbestos hazards
Medical Products & Equipment
- Manufacturer of medical imaging machine may be liable for patient’s crush injuries
Tobacco
- Fraud by concealment
- Appellate court reverses trial court order denying additur for zero damages noneconomic damages award
- Jury award affirmed despite plaintiff’s failure to present evidence of smoker’s individualized reliance on tobacco company statements
Transportation
- Plaintiff’s engineer was qualified expert in air bag, seat belt defect case
- Suit alleging liability for defective manufacturing of Tesla door-opening component may proceed
- Negligent design, manufacture of aircraft engine
- District court grants Tesla’s motion to arbitrate plaintiff’s defective design suit
