Massachusetts federal and state courts issued several important product liability decisions in 2023. Nutter’s Product Liability practice group reviewed these cases and report on their significant holdings as follows ...more
1/29/2024
/ Class Action ,
Failure To Warn ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Hazardous Substances ,
Labeling ,
Magnuson-Moss Act ,
Manufacturers ,
Mitsubishi ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Preemption ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Putative Class Actions ,
RJ Reynolds ,
Warning Labels
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
1/24/2023
/ Adverse Events ,
Article III ,
Breach of Implied Contract ,
Breach of Warranty ,
Data Reporting ,
Expert Testimony ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Jury Instructions ,
Manufacturers ,
Manufacturing Defects ,
Overpayment ,
Preemption ,
Product Defects ,
Standing
Massachusetts federal and state courts issued several important product liability decisions in 2021. Nutter’s Product Liability practice group reviewed these cases and report on their significant holdings as follows...more
1/12/2022
/ Appeals ,
Bodily Injury ,
Breach of Implied Contract ,
Breach of Warranty ,
But For Causation ,
Causation ,
Claim Preclusion ,
Component Parts Doctrine ,
CVS ,
Duty to Warn ,
Failure To Warn ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Joint Tortfeasors ,
Manufacturers ,
Medical Devices ,
Medtronic ,
Merck ,
Negligence ,
Philip Morris ,
Preemption ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Product Defects ,
Restatement of Torts ,
State Law Claims ,
Zofran
Massachusetts federal and state courts issued a number of important product liability decisions in 2020. These involved a number of rulings on issues surrounding personal jurisdiction. The Product Liability practice group at...more
In Flessas v. Rouisse, Judge Davis denied “dueling motions” seeking enforcement of the parties’ settlement agreement. The settlement agreement arose out of a dispute in which Costas Flessas alleged that he was fraudulently...more
The U.S. Department of Labor has supplemented its guidance on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act by posting on its website a model notice that employers must display in the workplace to inform employees of their...more
In Lewis PR v. Murphy, Judge Kaplan quashed the plaintiff’s subpoena requesting 20 months of the defendant’s cell phone records. Judge Kaplan found that the subpoena was abusive and “stunning in its over breadth.”
The...more
Massachusetts state and federal courts issued a number of important product liability decisions in 2018. The Product Liability practice group at Nutter recently reviewed these cases. Highlighted below are some of the key...more
1/29/2019
/ Asbestos ,
Breach of Warranty ,
Car Accident ,
Duty of Care ,
FDA Approval ,
Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
General Electric ,
Generic Drugs ,
Medical Devices ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Negligence ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Power Plants ,
Preemption ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Putative Class Actions ,
State Law Claims ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Statute of Repose ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction ,
Warning Labels ,
Wrongful Death