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Console and Associates, P.C.

2022 Rollaway Delivery Van Update: Following a Federal Investigation, Nearly 50,000 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Vans Have Been Recalled

That delivery van making its slow creep through your neighborhood could pose a car accident risk—even when there’s no one behind the wheel....more

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The Rise and Defense of Optional Feature Litigation

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John’s Bad Day - On a Sunday afternoon, John was driving his new 2017 base model Meerkat car when he became distracted looking for a french fry he dropped on the floor. His car crossed into the adjacent lane and, after...more

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New Challenges in Asserting Qualified Immunity in Roadway Design Cases

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The onset of spring weather can mean only one thing: We are heading into prime season for road construction. If you haven’t seen the cones and Jersey barriers yet, you will soon. The new construction season brings with it...more

Hogan Lovells

The Importance of Signatures: General Motors’ Unsigned But Fully Negotiated Deal Not Enforceable

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U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn recently decided that a fully-negotiated agreement would not be enforced in the absence of required signatures. The agreement contemplated a settlement between the General Motors bankruptcy...more

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Comparative Negligence and Crashworthiness Collide at the South Carolina Supreme Court

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The South Carolina Supreme Court recently held that the comparative negligence of a plaintiff, in causing a vehicular collision, is not a defense to product liability crashworthiness claims brought under the theories of...more

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Product Liability Verdicts in Arizona

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Product liability cases show a strong defense trend in Arizona. Since 2011, Arizona juries have given twelve defense verdicts and three plaintiff’s verdicts. Here are all of the Arizona product liability verdicts over the...more

Cozen O'Connor

Not Driving in America: Navigating New Territory in Product Liability

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Driving in America: It’s a task almost universally reviled by those with hour-long commutes, practically a right-of-way to adulthood, a pastime romanticized in films, and – maybe – a soon extinct activity? Ever since Google...more

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Construction Case Law Update - January, 2015

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FLORIDA STATE CASES - Slavin Doctrine; Design Contracts - Under the Slavin doctrine, a subcontractor design company was not liable despite negligently designing intersection traffic lights that resulted in a fatal car...more

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