Law

Will Connecticut Supreme Court Re-Invent Design Defect Law at Expense of Consumers?

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 ...
Law

GM Must Open Sealed Records Relating To Discovery in Design-Defect Case

A plaintiff in a racketeering suit claiming General Motors concealed evidence in an underlying design-defect case may have access to sealed records relating to GM's assertions of privilege, a federal ...
Reason

Tort Law vs. Privacy: Ride-Share Services May Have Duty to Prevent Anonymous Riders

So the Missouri Court of Appeals concludes, in allowing a negligence/design defect case to proceed against Lyft, based on a driver's having been murdered by riders who "fraudulently and anonymously ...
JD Supra

NJ Court Rules Lack of Optional Driver-Assistance Tech Does Not Constitute Design Defect Under Products Liability Law

The New Jersey Appellate Division was presented with a question about what constitutes a defective product or design under the New Jersey Products Liability Act when more advanced technology exists on ...
Reuters

Ethicon, pelvic mesh plaintiffs clash over design-defect law

Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon and plaintiffs suing it over pelvic-mesh devices are at odds over whether a recent decree signals that West Virginia's highest court recognizes a different ...