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Hot Topics in Products Liability Litigation: The Depreciation-Based Injury Theory Used to Support Standing in a Products Case

The depreciation-based injury theory is a method that has been increasingly tested by the plaintiffs’ bar to support the assertion of standing necessary to bring a product liability case. Under this theory, a plaintiff who...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Product Liability 2022 Year in Review

Massachusetts federal and state courts issued several important product liability decisions in 2022. Nutter’s Product Liability practice group reviewed these cases and report on their significant holdings as follows ...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Burned Again: District Court Dismisses Putative Class Action Alleging Sunscreen Adulteration Due to Lack of Article III Standing

In this age of mass manufacturing, each unit in a product line is usually the same as every other.  But manufacturing isn’t perfect.  Sometimes, for various reasons, some units in a product line will deviate from the...more

King & Spalding

Eighth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Claims of Putative Class of Purchasers of Off-Road Vehicles Who Had Not Experienced Alleged...

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On August 16, 2021, the Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of a motion to dismiss filed by off-road vehicle manufacturer Polaris in a putative class action alleging a design defect in certain Polaris off-road...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Product Lines - Toxic Torts and Products Liability Insights: Issue 1, 2020

Welcome to our first Product Lines issue of 2020. Product Lines is our quarterly e-newsletter that focuses on toxic torts and product liability issues. For this edition, we are reporting on several important and timely...more

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Life May Not Be Fair, But Arizona Cannot Find Out Without Standing

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The Sixth Circuit recently held that Arizona lacked standing to intervene in, and object to, a nationwide class settlement at the settlement fairness hearing. The underlying case involved Tristar Products’ defective pressure...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Supreme Court’s Business Docket for the October 2018 Term

On September 26, 2018, Skadden hosted a webinar titled “US Supreme Court October 2018 Term.” Topics included some of the key business-related cases on the Supreme Court’s docket, including cases addressing antitrust, foreign...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Product Lines - Toxic Torts and Product Liability Insights - Issue 2, 2018

Welcome to the second issue of Product Lines – our quarterly e-newsletter that focuses on toxic torts and products liability issues. For this edition, we have rounded up several important and timely legal issues. As you...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Closing the Door on Hybrid Product Defect-Fraud Claims

On April 13, 2017, in Azoulai v. BMW of N. Am. LLC (Case No. 16-cv-00589), the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed a proposed consumer fraud class action against BMW of North America LLC...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Class Dismissed

Closing the Door on Hybrid Product Defect/Fraud Claims

On April 13, 2017, in Azoulai v. BMW of N. Am. LLC (Case No. 16-cv-00589), the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed a proposed consumer fraud class action against BMW of North America LLC...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Product Liability Update: April 2016

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Massachusetts Superior Court Rejects “Innovator Liability” Failureto-Warn Claim, Holds Branded Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Owed No Duty to Plaintiff Alleging Injury From Equivalent Generic Drug That Copied Defendant’s...more

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Generalized Products Liability Claims Not Viable Post-Spokeo

The Supreme Court case Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins reaffirmed and clarified the requirements necessary for plaintiffs to establish standing. As evidenced by the recent First Circuit case Hochendoner v. Genzyme Corp., the analysis...more

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