Massachusetts federal and state courts issued a number of important product liability decisions in 2020. These involved a number of rulings on issues surrounding personal jurisdiction. TheProduct Liability practice groupat Nutter recently reviewed these cases. Highlighted below are some of the key cases...
Product liability refers to cases where defective goods cause harm. People expect the products they buy to work as intended. But when these products are defective, those who use them may be unjustly harmed. The fault may then be traced back to the companies who made or sold the product in...
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Five of the largest product liability cases in the U.S. included as defendants the corporations Altria Group (the former Philip Morris), General Motors, Dow Corning, and Owens Corning.
directive will add further risks for the companies affected by it and that their own internal processes will have to be updated with regard to product monitoring and documentation obligations as well as in the minimising and, if necessary, prevention of risks of possible product liability cases. ...
A.Limitation periods for bringing a claim under the PLA and based on tort: Under the PLA, the right to seek damages based on product liability is extinguished by prescription if: The victim or his legal representatives do not exercise such right within three years (five years in cases of da...
8.3 Please identify any other significant new cases, trends and developments in Product Liability Law in your jurisdiction. The Consumers’ Law The Consumers’ Law has been amended several times. The first set of important changes introduced in 2007 on the product liability rules included: (a) th...
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Product liability is the field of tort law which is currently most extensively regulated by European instruments. Together with Directive 85/374/EEC cases of product liability are covered—from a private international law perspective—by the BrusselsI Regulation on jurisdiction and the recognition and ...
Product liability cases based on a theory of negligence require the plaintiffs to prove the following legal elements: The manufacturer owed a duty ofcareto the plaintiff The manufacturer breached the duty of care that was owed to the plaintiff ...