Manufacturers, Third-Party Liability

Product Lines - Toxic Torts and Products Liability Insights: Issue 2, 2019

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 7/2/2019

Welcome to the second 2019 issue of Product Lines – our quarterly e-newsletter that focuses on toxic torts and products liability issues. For this edition, we are reporting on several important and timely legal issues. As...more

Environmental Closure Costs Are Covered! (And Are Not Ordinary Costs of Doing Business)

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog on 6/14/2019

Insurers have recently argued that environmental property damage claims for “closure” costs arising out of historic pollution are not covered, because the claimed damages are just “ordinary costs of doing business.”...more

Fourth Circuit finds manufacturers not vicariously liable for retailers’ TCPA violations

Kilpatrick on 3/26/2018

Takeaway: A recent Fourth Circuit decision finding that UTC and Honeywell, manufacturers of home-security systems, could not be held vicariously liable for calls by downstream retailers in violation of the Telephone Consumer...more

Third Circuit Latest to Hollow Out Bright Line Bare Metal Defense

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 1/5/2018

On October 3, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held—in a case of first impression—that a manufacturer of a “bare metal” product may be liable for a plaintiff’s injuries caused by later added...more

Risk Mitigation Strategies for Food and Beverage Companies: Five Prophylactic Measures

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 11/1/2017

Each year, food, beverage and agribusiness companies pay millions of dollars in settlements, penalties and judgments to consumers allegedly harmed through the sale, advertisement and manufacture of their products. The legal...more

Breathing Room: The Alberta Court of Appeal Addresses the New Limitation Period for Third-Party Claims

Bennett Jones LLP on 8/14/2015

The limitation period for a defendant seeking contribution from a third party has changed. In last month's Alberta Court of Appeal decision of Whitecourt Power Limited Partnership v Elliott Turbomachinery Canada Inc., 2015...more

Human Trafficking and Government Procurement: New Requirements for U.S. Federal Contractors

Foley Hoag LLP - Global Business and Human... on 2/3/2015

On January 29, the U.S. Government released a final rule establishing new anti-human trafficking requirements for U.S. government contractors. The rule amends the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) and seeks to strengthen...more

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