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TortsProf Blog » Product Liability
1w ago
Yesterday, a federal jury found that BNSF Railway is liable in the deaths of two Libby, MT residents and awarded their estates $4 million each. The jury concluded that a spill of abestos-contaminated vermiculite in the Libby Railyard was a ..read more
TortsProf Blog » Product Liability
1w ago
Cathy Sharkey has posted to SSRN The Irresistible Simplicity of Preventing Harm. The abstract provides: In Loomis v. Amazon.com, the California Court of Appeal confronts the most pressing products liability issue of our time: the extent to which an online ..read more
TortsProf Blog » Product Liability
1w ago
Sarah Swan has posted to SSRN Public Duties for the New City. The abstract provides: The first job of a government is to protect its people, and, in the United States, the government ostensibly performs this job through the police ..read more
TortsProf Blog » Product Liability
1w ago
Bob Rabin has posted to SSRN Stand Alone Emotional Harm: Old Wine in New Bottles. The abstract provides: In their contribution to the 2023 Clifford Symposium on Tort Law and Social Policy, Professors Kenneth Abraham and G. Edward White advance ..read more
TortsProf Blog » Product Liability
2w ago
On Friday, Tyco Fire Products, a subsidiary of Johnson Controls, announced it had reached a $750 million settlement with some U.S. public water systems. Plaintiffs alleged that a firefighting foam manufactured by Tyco contained forever chemicals that contaminated their water ..read more
TortsProf Blog » Product Liability
2w ago
Howard Bennett has published Principles of the Law of Agency (2d ed.) with Bloomsbury. The blurb provides: The 2nd edition of this successful book provides a fully updated, succinct examination of the principles of agency law. The book explores the ..read more
TortsProf Blog » Product Liability
3w ago
On Friday, April 19 from 12pm-1:30pm (EST), Jennifer Koshan (Calgary) and Deanne Sowter (Osgoode) will speak on the tort of family violence. The Zoom link is in the attached poster: Download Koshan & Sowter “The Tort of Family Violence and ..read more
TortsProf Blog » Product Liability
3w ago
The Federal Rules Advisory Committee is considering a new rule of civil procedure to govern MDLs. Several years ago, the Committee issued a report estimating that approximately 20%-30% of claims in MDLs are unsupportable. Phil Goldberg, citing specific incidents, argues ..read more
TortsProf Blog » Product Liability
3w ago
At JOTWELL, Tony Sebok reviews Ken Abraham & Cathy Sharkey's The Glaring Gap in Tort Theory ..read more
TortsProf Blog » Product Liability
3w ago
Cathy Sharkey has posted to SSRN A Products Liability Framework for AI. The abstract provides: A products liability framework, drawing inspiration from the regulation of FDA-approved medical products—which includes federal regulation as well as products liability—holds great promise for tackling ..read more