Jeffrey Weinstein, Sara Lilling Let’s begin with a hypothetical: An insured manufactures individually wrapped cupcake products in three flavors, chocolate, strawberry, and lemon. The products are manufactured on separate production lines at the insured’s facility, though the lines are within the same manufacturing room. Shortly following distribution to its customers, the insured discovers that the strawberry filling for the strawberry cupcakes is contaminated with Salmonella. The insured immediately shuts down production of all cupcakes, cleans its facility, and initiates a recall of the ..read more

By Jeffrey S. Weinstein and Sara F. Lilling Imagine your favorite loaf of bread. Maybe it is a fresh multigrain loaf from your local bakery. Maybe it is a packaged cinnamon raisin bread from the bread aisle of your local supermarket. Maybe it is a rye bread or a whole wheat bread or a simple white bread. After you bring the bread home and enjoy it for a few days, you may begin to notice some bluish green spots on it: the dreaded mold. You do not go back to the bakery or the supermarket to return the bread because the bread is not “bad” or “contaminated;” it has simply reach ..read more

By: Sara F. Lilling             Let’s begin with a hypothetical: An insured manufactures caramel, which it sells to various customers ..read more

By:  Diana E. McMonagle and Vander L. Beatty The highly publicized romaine lettuce contamination incidents of 2018 have placed a ..read more

By: Jeffrey Weinstein and Sara Lilling “KIDNAPPED!  HELP ME!”              That is all her text message says.  It flashes across ..read more

By: Diana E. McMonagle and Avery Nickerson This article explores the roles, responsibilities, and regulatory powers of the government entities ..read more

By Jeffrey S. Weinstein and Sara F. Lilling             Let’s say an instant oatmeal product incorporates a dried milk ingredient ..read more

Update of earlier post By Jeffrey S. Weinstein and Sara F. Lilling Sometimes an insurer will get the “raw end ..read more

"Malware" and "Ransomware" recently have entered the public lexicon and consciousness, though many people still do not understand what they are or how they differ. "Malware" is shorthand for malicious software and generally refers to any software that is designed to infect a computer with malicious intentions. Viruses, worms, adware, bots, spyware, wipers, Trojan horses, etc. are all types of malware ..read more

In Starr Surplus Lines Insurance Company v. Mountaire Farms Inc., 2018 WL 3676839 (D. Me. Aug. 2, 2018) (applying Maine law), the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine dismissed an insurer’s subrogation action for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, in a case involving raw chicken products “contaminated” with Salmonella ..read more