Sentences with phrase «product liability suit»

While most product liability suits are filed against manufacturers, some are filed against product sellers.

In product liability suits in federal and state courts, Kelly has represented a wide variety of manufacturers and distributors.

As more information becomes available concerning the cause of the Takata airbag failures, consumers will have a better idea of how to proceed in products liability suits against Takata, car manufacturers, and dealerships.

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.

The stakes in In Re: Volkswagen are huge, because the case could end up stemming the tide of product liability suits filed in the Eastern District of Texas.»

ALEC's priorities for 2013 [PDF] include making it harder to bring product liability suits against manufacturers of defective products, ending traditional pension plans for public employees, promoting the diversion of public education funds into private schools and online education schemes, and supporting resistance to «Obamacare» health policies.

In Bristol - Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, the justices ruled June 19 that the California courts lack «specific jurisdiction» to hear the claims of nonresidents of the state in a «mass action» product liability suit regarding the pharmaceutical giant's drug Plavix.

Many of our Florida product liability attorneys have acted as leaders in several high - profile product liability suits that received nationwide attention.

Legal Groundbreakers In the state of Louisiana, the Gertler firm prosecuted some of the first asbestos personal injury suits including mesothelioma and asbestosis claims, the first silicosis suits, and the first product liability suits against respirator manufacturers.

Prosecuted commercial action on behalf of aviation component - part manufacturer against heat treat provider to recover damages paid in settlement of underlying aircraft product liability suit.

Received a defense verdict in an asbestos product liability suit by a mesothelioma victim for a wire manufacturer in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in a two - and - a-half-week trial.

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.

(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.)

She also deftly handles product liability suits for life sciences entities, where her nuanced technical understanding proves a boon to clients.»

Plaintiff table - saw manufacturer states an antitrust claim by alleging defendant manufacturers voted to engage in a group boycott of plaintiff's safety technology in an effort to reduce their exposure in products liability suits; on rehearing, a split 4th Circuit panel...

Our Miami personal injury attorneys are innovators in the field of product liability suits and are ready to put their knowledge to work for you.

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.

If a medication prescribed by your doctor and correctly taken by you led to a birth injury or birth defect, the manufacturer of the medication may be named in a products liability suit.

Brad also successfully represented two burn victims in a product liability suit against Ford Motor Company that resulted in a $ 43 million verdict.

Mr. Kane defends manufacturers, distributors, and retailers in wrongful death, personal injury, property damage, and product liability suits.

Automobile component manufacturers, and the automobile manufacturers themselves, can be named as defendants in a product liability suit.

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.

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.

In this products liability suit arising from the death of a landscape employee who was killed when a 2007 Hustler Z zero - turn radius riding mower rolled over, a Harrisonburg U.S. District Court grants summary judgment to defendant Excel Industries, manufacturer...

Therefore, a product liability suit may be complicated by a manufacturer's ability to show that a service technician you hired before the accident altered the seatbelt or airbag significantly.

In a product liability suit, a plaintiff does not necessarily need to show negligence by the manufacturer or seller.

Our lawyers are in court every day handling contract claims, warranty issues, employment disputes, personal injury and intentional tort claims, product liability suits, negligence cases, unfair competition claims and the full panoply of other actions that businesses encounter.

The most common defense to a product liability suit is that the consumer was using the product incorrectly.

It is ironic then, that a product liability suit over design defect may not allow any such room.

An injured plaintiff may win a product liability suit against a manufacturer or seller by proving all of the following:

Plaintiffs in product liability suits may receive compensatory damages, including payment for medical expenses, loss of income, and pain and suffering.