The European Union has significantly overhauled its product liability regime with a new directive concerning liability for defective products (Product Liability Directive). EU member states have until ...

Product liability comprises a number of laws and court rulings that apply to any business that makes or sells a product. Businesses that make or sell products are responsible for ensuring that those ...

3-D printing has enabled a variety of new manufacturing processes that will blur fundamental distinctions in the law of product liability — potentially exposing companies to liability they did not ...

On June 15, 2022, the Fourth DCA issued its opinion in Michael Grieco v. Daiho Sangyo., Inc., AW Distributing, Inc., and Wal-Mart Stores East, LP affirming entry of summary judgment in favor of the ...

In the New Jersey Law Journal's Product Liability and Class Actions special section, learn about AI-related class actions, opting out of class actions, and Fair Labor Standards Act and class-action ...

Given the significant costs associated with litigating product liability claims, product manufacturers should expend time and resources to reduce product liability risks and react quickly to product ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

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Your business is responsible for the products you make, sell or distribute, as well as the completed services you provide. You can be held liable and accountable for any losses or damage if one of ...

John Houlihan of RisCassi & Davis, a personal injury attorney who did not represent a party in this lawsuit, said the high court's decision is a "common-sense resolution." The state Supreme Court ...

In 1977 Esther Kociemba began wearing the "Cu-7," a copper intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD) manufactured by G.D. Searle & Co. A year and a half later, hoping to become pregnant, she removed the ...

What would happen if your business was sued? You damage a client's property, one of your employees is injured on the job, a customer slips and falls in your store—that's all it takes. And then what?