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Strict Liability Strict Product Liability Failure To Warn

Segal McCambridge

The Evolving Landscape of Federal Preemption in Failure to Warn Claims

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For over three decades, federal preemption of state failure to warn claims has served as a powerful defense in strict liability tort cases. Courts have consistently dismissed lawsuits challenging the adequacy of warnings for...more

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,...

Tank Rupture/Hazardous Materials Transportation Act: Federal Court Addresses Whether State Law Claims for Negligence/Strict...

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (“Second Circuit”) addressed in an August 24th Opinion whether the federal Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (“HMTA”) preempted certain state tort law claims in...more

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