The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to clarify Pennsylvania’s medical device liability law. On June 24, 2021 in Ebert v. C.R. Bard, Inc., No. 20-2139, 2021 U.S....more
Adam Bahret of Apex Ridge Reliability defines Use Case 7 as the way a customer may use your product in a manner that is way beyond anything you expect. Product engineers may explore Use Case 7 to reveal weaknesses in a...more
In the second installment of the Legal Use Case 7 series, White and Williams lawyers Frank Bruno, Jim Burger and Bill Kennedy expand upon their first conversation with Apex Ridge Reliability engineer and originator of the Use...more
...Robots are everywhere – but perhaps just not how everyone imagined them. For decades, the promise of robots brought to mind devices like R2D2 and C3PO, or perhaps Rosie the Robot from The Jetsons – autonomous, intelligent...more
New Jersey has recently expanded liability for product distributors and manufacturers to products that the distributor/manufacturer did not make or sell. This alert discusses this new law and steps that distributors and...more
Supply-chain businesses that are appropriately characterized as “essential” have remained open for the delivery of critical supplies while everyone else has been told to close up shop and stay home. Now essential-business...more
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Civil Liability ,
Commercial Property Owners ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Negligence ,
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Non-Essential Businesses ,
Operators of Essential Services ,
OSHA ,
Reasonableness Factors ,
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Supply Chain ,
Workplace Safety
Service of process usually requires person-to-person contact and is an essential part of civil procedure. It notifies the defendant of the legal proceedings against him/her and establishes jurisdiction. “Process” refers to...more
Thinking about ignoring your state or local COVID-19 shutdown orders? Think again. Social-distance measures may create a new source of liability for businesses operating during the COVID-19 pandemic. Infection-based...more