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Summary Judgment Negligence Strict Product Liability

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Product Liability 2024 Year in Review

Massachusetts courts issued several important product liability decisions in late 2023 and 2024. Nutter’s Product Liability practice group reviewed these cases and report on their significant holdings as follows ...more

Goldberg Segalla

Federal District Court Grants Pump Manufacturer’s Motion for Summary Judgment in Asbestos Action

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In this asbestos action, plaintiff Michele Salvemini alleges exposure to asbestos while working as a marine engineer and shipyard mechanical worker on various merchant and U.S. Navy ships from 1974 to 2007. During this...more

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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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Products Liability Series: Does a Supplier of a Defective Product Have Recourse Against a Manufacturer?

Does a supplier of a defective product have recourse against a manufacturer? Yes. By statute, Arkansas has created indemnification rights accruing in favor of product suppliers. When a supplier of a defective product is not...more

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Florida Product Liability Law: 4th DCA Affirms Summary Judgment with Key Holdings for Manufacturers

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On June 15, 2022, the Fourth DCA issued its opinion in Michael Grieco v. Daiho Sangyo., Inc., AW Distributing, Inc., and Wal-Mart Stores East, LP affirming entry of summary judgment in favor of the manufacturer, distributor...more

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