Sentences with phrase «for product liability suits»

After all, the existing tort - liability system is flexible enough to cover autonomous cars, and accident victims are extremely likely to go after automakers with deep pockets for product liability suits rather than individuals with auto insurance policies with lower limits.

For instance, if the product had a flaw that would not be noticed through average use by an average person of average intelligence within ten years, it may still qualify for a product liability suit.

Not exact matches

On November 19, 2008, a Lee County, Alabama jury returned a defense verdict for Black & Decker (U.S.) Inc. in a product liability suit in which the plaintiff alleged that a Dewalt small angle grinder was defectively designed.

A products liability suit is a lawsuit brought against the seller of a product for selling a defective product that caused physical injury to a consumer or user.

Although there is no limit to the list of products that could form the basis of a products liability suit, some of the more common product categories include apparel, asbestos, chemicals, cosmetics, firearms, food (most recently fast food, which has been contended to be at least partly responsible for America's obesity epidemic), machinery and tools, medical products and devices, motor vehicles, pharmaceutical products, recreational products, and tobacco.

Product liability litigation is likely to include suits for physical injury arising from intoxication and suits for physical injury arising from long - term medical effects including addiction.

Hathaway filed suit against Cintas, asserting causes of action for negligence, breach of warranty, and products liability.

When the strap breaks because it was overloaded and a consumer is then injured or property damaged, the company may find itself involved in a product liability suit and responsible for those injuries and damages simply for making false or uninformed claims.

If, for example, no (or inadequate) safety features have been included to keep children from opening a container and gaining access to a poison, the product may be determined to be defective in a product - liability suit.

The inadequacy of instructions for safe use may also be considered a defect in a product - liability suit.

In a restaurant customer's products liability suit alleging damages from eating contaminated oysters at a Roanoke restaurant, a Roanoke U.S. District Court denies third - party defendant seafood company's motion to strike the third - party plaintiff restaurant's demand for a jury trial.

Since joining Branch MacMaster in 1998, Don has acted for the defence and for plaintiffs in numerous class action law suits, including products liability, life insurance and health claims.

Back in 1990, Ian Frazier did a brilliant take for the New Yorker on product liability law suits when he wrote a «claim» in the matter of:

(There's probably a lawyer out there who sees a class - action products liability suit against YouTube by its users for YouTube failing to warn its users of this foreseeable danger of a lawsuit that gives outsiders access to users private information as part of discovery.)

This wouldn't bar a suit against a third - party contractor who made a defective product, but I suspect that their contracts contain a waiver of liability for negligence or defective products given that this is highly experimental technology.

Her trial experience includes product liability and mass tort cases, as well as suits involving premises liability for violent crimes.

Attorneys for both plaintiffs and defendants will find comprehensive coverage of such matters as: the advantages and disadvantages of suits based on strict liability, negligence and breach of warranty; the use of state consumer protection statutes; the duty to warn and its innumerable ramifications; the liability of the manufacturers, retailers and other potential defendants in the distribution chain; successor liability; federal preemption of common law claims; monitoring product safety during design, manufacturing and distribution; causation theories in actions involving multiple manufacturers; product misuse and alteration; the elements of proof needed in an action; recovery for economic loss; punitive damages; and the government contractor defense.

If a seller that is merely a «pass - through» distributor is sued for product liability, the seller can seek recovery for the costs of the suit from the manufacturer.