Product Liability

This is FindLaw’s collection of Product Liability articles, part of the Litigation and Disputes section of the Corporate Counsel Center. Product liability laws are based on the the premise that companies generally have a duty to protect consumers from potential hazards. Courts have held that manufacturers generally have more insight and knowledge about their products, so it falls to them to assume financial responsibility for any injuries or damage they cause. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.

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Product Liability Articles

Caution: Workers’ Compensation Filing Affects Third Party Asbestos Statute

The rules governing when a claim must be filed as a result of an occupational exposure to asbestos have been changed by the New Jersey Supreme Court. A signed and sworn workers' compensation claim petition, even though unsupported by medical ...
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Children and Tobacco: A Retailers Guide To The New Federal Regulations

RETAILER, IT'S UP TO YOUWHICH ONE IS 16? Can you tell? If they walked into your store, would you know which one was under 18? To eliminate the guesswork, FDA requires you to card anyone who is under 27. The woman on the left is 16. The one on the ...
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Circuits Split Over Federal Preemption of State Claims Against Medical Device Manufacturers

Manufacturers of medical devices suffered a major setback recently when a federal appellate court held that "premarket approval" of medical devices by the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") has no preemptive effect on product liability claims ...
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City Lawsuits Against Gun Industry Will Pressure Firearm Manufacturers to Design Safer Weapons and Sell Guns

I. CITY LAWSUITS AGAINST THE GUN INDUSTRY WILL PRESSURE FIREARM MANUFACTURERS TO DESIGN SAFER WEAPONS AND SELL GUNS RESPONSIBLY Guns are the cause of a tragic and avoidable public health crisis in the United States.Shooting deaths and injuries of ...
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Colorado Products Liability Law: Explaining the McDonald’s Coffee Case.

Many people have heard about the elderly woman who got almost three million dollars for burning herself when she spilled a cup of coffee she got at a McDonald's drive thru. Perhaps when you heard about that verdict you thought to yourself, "there ...
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Common Types of Brain Injuries

This information is provided by The Law Office of Robert H. Kleinschmidt, P.C. Please visit our Web site. The most protected and most important organ in the body, the brain serves as our body’s life center, so injury to the brain can have severe ...
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Commonly Asked Questions About Service Animals in Places of Business

A: Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), privately owned businesses that serve the public, such as restaurants, hotels, retail stores, taxicabs, theaters, concert halls, and sports facilities, are prohibited from discriminating against ...
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Commonly Asked Questions About the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program

The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (the Act) established the VICP. This Program went into effect in October 1988 and is a Federal "no-fault" system designed to compensate those individuals, or families of individuals, who have ...
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Commonly Asked Questions and Answers (about Handguns)

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Comparative Negligence in Arizona

Arizona follows the doctrine of pure comparative negligence. The comparative negligence statutes are found in A.R.S. § 12-2501 et seq. These statutes abolished joint and several liability in most instances and enacted a several liability law. See ...
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