product liability
Oil Spills
A federal judge refused New Jersey-based Silbo Industries’ request to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction a product liability case that claims its subsea piping elbows leaked offshore Louisiana, resulting in “millions of dollars of damage.”
Read moreBreast Implants
A federal judge dismissed product liability claims against Mentor Worldwide and Nusil, from women who say their defective breast implants leaked, giving them a panoply of illnesses.
Read moreLawnmowers
A federal class action claims Toro International knows its defective TimeCutter driving lawnmowers pose a fire hazard but failed to warn consumers, including the named plaintiff, whose house burned down.
Read morePanel Asked to Revive Wrongful Death Case Over Gun Trigger
A shot from a Remington rifle killed a boy and landed his older brother in prison. Arguing Remington concealed a trigger defect, their father asked a Fifth Circuit panel Wednesday to reinstate wrongful death claims against the gun maker.
Read moreGlock
A federal class action claims Glock handguns are “unreasonably dangerous” because a feed ramp is too long, causing a “blow out.”
Read more$305 Million Settlement Reached in 20-Year Fight Over Lead Paint
Two decades of litigation between California municipalities and paint manufacturers culminated in a $305 million settlement Wednesday to help remove the health blight of lead paint from houses across the state.
Read moreHouse Fire
A Michigan couple claims an electric massage chair made by American Crocodile International Group malfunctioned and started a fire that destroyed their home and killed their three cats, two of which were world-record holders for height and longest tail.
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Hoverboard Fire Lawsuit Against Amazon Can Move Forward
A Tennessee family can press its lawsuit against online retailer Amazon over a hoverboard fire that destroyed their home, an appeals court has ruled, saying the company was aware of complaints about the devices catching fire and exploding.
Read moreUS Companies to Face Lawsuit Over UK Grenfell Tower Inferno
Lawyers and judges in Philadelphia, and not just those in London, will have a say over whether American companies can face liability for an inferno at an apartment tower in London that killed 72 people and injured about 70 others in 2017.
Read moreAmazon Ducks Liability for Defective Third-Party Products
In a case centered on a headlamp that caught fire and burned a family’s house to the ground, the Fourth Circuit ruled Wednesday that online retail giant Amazon is not liable for defective products sold on its website by third parties.
Read moreBoeing Sued by Family of American Killed in Ethiopia Crash
The parents of consumer activist Ralph Nader’s niece, who was killed in the Ethiopian Airlines crash last month, brought a federal lawsuit Thursday accusing Boeing of cutting corners on its design of the 737 Max aircraft and neglecting to tell airlines that pilots would need new training to fly it.
Read moreDispute Over ‘Flaming Headlamp’ Lands in Fourth Circuit
Does retail giant Amazon bear responsibility when a third-party seller’s product malfunctions and burns down a family’s house? That was the question before a Fourth Circuit panel Thursday in what one attorney called “the flaming headlamp case.”
Read moreProduct Liability
More than 120 recent lawsuits from military service members filed all around the country claim that 3M Company’s Combat Arms earplugs are defective.
Read moreApple Sued Over FaceTime Eavesdropping Bug
An attorney in Houston filed a lawsuit late Monday claiming he was conducting a deposition with a client when he encountered Apple’s latest bug that allowed others to access his iPhone’s microphone without him answering a FaceTime call.
Read moreArmy Vet Blames Earplug Maker for Hearing Damage
An Army veteran said he didn’t notice the ringing in his ears until he returned home in 2004 from a deployment to Iraq. Now, nearly 15 years later, the ringing has not gone away. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, he accuses 3M Company of supplying defective earplugs to the military.
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