/productliability?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Product Liability Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Wed, 25 Jun 2025 19:49:02 +0000 /productliability/articles/2356827?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2356827 Two women who brought a proposed class action against Edgewell Personal Care Co. claiming the company's Billie brand All Day Deodorant caused chemical burns and other skin problems have dropped their suit from Connecticut federal court, according to a new order. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 18:40:41 +0000 /productliability/articles/2357325?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2357325 An attorney for CVS Health Corp. told Delaware's Supreme Court on Wednesday that a lower court cited inapplicable precedent to dismiss the pharmacy chain's suit seeking coverage for medical provider claims against it arising from the opioid epidemic. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 17:43:49 +0000 /productliability/articles/2357093?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2357093 A class action filed two days after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced plans to remove ingestible fluoride prescription drug products for children from the market may be the tip of the iceberg in terms of the connection between government pronouncements on safety and their immediate use as evidence in lawsuits, says Rachel Turow at Skadden. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:44:50 +0000 /productliability/articles/2356831?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2356831 Grocery chain Albertsons has resolved a proposed class action alleging its Signature Select Fruit & Grain cereal bars were deceptively labeled "Naturally Flavored" while containing an artificial ingredient derived from petroleum. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:39:33 +0000 /productliability/articles/2357008?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2357008 Emil Bove, nominee for the Third Circuit, who previously served as President Donald Trump's criminal attorney and was a top acting official at the U.S. Department of Justice earlier this year, where he took various controversial actions, made his case on Wednesday for judicial confirmation. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:25:07 +0000 /productliability/articles/2356852?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2356852 Connecticut's Griffin Hospital says Novo Nordisk's attempt to score sanctions in a lawsuit about insulin pen contamination should be rejected because no law requires the healthcare facility to lay out its adversary's possible defenses when pleading its claims. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:06:52 +0000 /productliability/articles/2357577?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2357577 The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation voted along party lines Wednesday to advance President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Federal Aviation Administration. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:05:25 +0000 /productliability/articles/2357336?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2357336 A manufacturer of paper products has agreed to clean up a composting site to resolve allegations the company dumped paper sludge containing hazardous PFAS chemicals, Michigan's attorney general announced on Wednesday. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:25:23 +0000 /productliability/articles/2348925?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2348925 Law schools don’t spend sufficient time dispelling certain myths that prevent young lawyers from exploring new business opportunities, but by dismissing these misguided beliefs, even an introverted first-year associate with a small network of contacts can find long-term success, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 21:02:33 +0000 /productliability/articles/2356341?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2356341 Hockey players' unions and individual players have appealed to the Ninth Circuit after a Washington federal judge dismissed their antitrust lawsuit accusing the National Hockey League and the Canadian Hockey League of conspiring to suppress wages for junior league players. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 20:41:16 +0000 /productliability/articles/2356384?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2356384 A former Gree USA executive has appealed his conviction and 38-month prison sentence in the first-ever criminal prosecution of individuals under the Consumer Product Safety Act, according to a Tuesday filing in California federal court. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 20:38:41 +0000 /productliability/articles/2356760?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2356760 A water purification company that's faced a bevy of product liability lawsuits over a disinfectant product needs to pay only one $5 million retained limit before a Chubb unit's coverage obligations under umbrella policies potentially kick in for one of the underlying cases, a Minnesota federal court ruled. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 19:37:59 +0000 /productliability/articles/2356309?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2356309 Poor training and persistent quality control lapses on Boeing's manufacturing and assembly lines, along with the Federal Aviation Administration's ineffective oversight of the plane-maker, led to the January 2024 door-plug blowout aboard a 737 Max 9 jet operated by Alaska Airlines, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 19:27:13 +0000 /productliability/articles/2356898?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2356898 A supplier of ghost gun parts that promised customers "extreme discretion" should pay nearly $7.7 million in penalties to Connecticut for continuous violations of the state's unfair trade practices law, the attorney general's office told a state court Tuesday. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:53:48 +0000 /productliability/articles/2356690?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2356690 A group of Apple customers from New Jersey and Illinois who were denied class certification last year in a suit alleging the company falsely markets the storage capacity of 16-gigabyte iPhones and iPads preinstalled with the iOS 8 operating system filed a new proposed class action Monday in California federal court.   Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:04:46 +0000 /productliability/articles/2357014?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2357014 Everest Indemnity Insurance Co. is asking a southern Texas federal court to rule that it is not required to indemnify a Houston energy equipment company accused of defrauding an oil and gas operator through faulty pipes. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:46:56 +0000 /productliability/articles/2356432?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2356432 Boeing is urging a Washington federal court to compel a defunct South African airline to turn over documents about its financial state and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on its business from 2019 to 2021, as the plane maker fights a suit alleging it hid the flaws of its 737 Max line. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:44:18 +0000 /productliability/articles/2355186?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2355186 A Florida federal court's recent landmark ruling in Garcia v. Character Technologies, rejecting artificial intelligence developers' efforts to shield themselves from product liability and wrongful death claims under the First Amendment, challenges the assumption that chatbot outputs qualify as speech, and may redefine AI regulation and litigation nationally, says Peter Gregory at Goldberg Segalla. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:35:57 +0000 /productliability/articles/2352924?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2352924 The spread of open-weight and open-source artificial intelligence models is introducing potential harms across the supply chain, but new frameworks will allow for the growth and development of AI technologies without sacrificing the safety of end users, says Harshita Ganesh at CMBG3 Law. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:14:20 +0000 /productliability/articles/2356470?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2356470 Honeywell, DuPont and other companies on Monday asked a Connecticut federal judge to toss a group of firefighters' lawsuit over alleged exposure to dangerous levels of forever chemicals, saying there's no legal support for the claims.