Journalism saved me from an attorney career. As much as I respect those who love Law, it was not for me. One of the first confirmations I had that I was not tailored for courts was a discussion about ...
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – A California appeals court has affirmed a jury’s verdict in favor of a former boiler worker’s asbestos claims, finding that the claimant presented sufficient evidence ...
Design Defects at the Connecticut Supreme Court: A Doctrine in Flux The big product-liability news at the Connecticut Supreme Court in 2016 was undoubtedly Izzarelli v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, 321 Conn ...
A court ruled that Korea Gas Corporation, which developed the Korean-type LNG cargo tank (KC-1), must pay approximately ...
Just before Christmas, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court delivered a lump of coal to products liability defendants: Sullivan v. Werner Co., 2023 WL 8859656 (Pa. Dec. 22, 2023), affirming a lower court ...
Will Connecticut Supreme Court Re-Invent Design Defect Law at Expense of Consumers? The Restatement (Second) of Torts § 402A, cmt. c has been the law in Connecticut for half a century. It is supported ...
GREENVILLE — A jury awarded a North Carolina woman $2.8 million and found BMW North America liable for a design defect in the airbag system of the BMW 5 Series line of vehicles in a federal lawsuit in ...