All the headlines from our Product Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 6 2024 // A federal court in Pennsylvania recently affirmed that plaintiffs seeking to hold a seller or distributor liable for a faulty product must provide clear evidence of where they purchased their product.In a homeowners...
Dec 4 2024 // Upland Capital Group announced it is expanding into a new market with the introduction of a Product Recall product to its portfolio.The new product focuses on product defect coverage for component parts and consumer goods...
Dec 2 2024 // If the pace of product recalls continues in the fourth quarter, the number will reach a six-year high by the end of the year, a new report from Sedgwick shows.Year-to-date there have been 2,454 product recalls across five...
Nov 19 2024 // If the pace of product recalls continues in the fourth quarter, the number will reach a six-year high by the end of the year, a new report from Sedgwick shows.Year-to-date there have been 2,454 product recalls across five...
Sep 3 2024 // Product recalls in the U.S. decreased across the automotive, consumer product, food and drink, medical device and pharmaceutical industries in the second quarter, according to a new report from Sedgwick..Sedgwick’s...
May 13 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Tokio Marine HCC – Specialty Group and The London P&I Club.A summary of these new hires follows here. Tokio Marine HCC Expands Product Recall...
Mar 20 2024 // A New York state judge has allowed a case seeking to hold social media companies liable in the tragic mass killing at a Buffalo supermarket in 2022 to go forward on grounds of product liability.Erie County Supreme Court...
Feb 27 2024 // China’s market regulator said on Friday that Tesla Inc. would fix software in 8,700 vehicles to reduce the chance of accidents. The action involving 1,071 imported Model S and Model X and 7,629 China-produced Model 3...
Nov 28 2023 // BluNiche, a London-based managing general agent (MGA) that specializes in product recall insurance, announced the launch of BluNiche UK to target small and medium sized businesses across the UK.BluNiche UK is led by Ed...
Oct 3 2023 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it has promoted Angela Meyer to head of Product Liability in North America. She was previously head of Life Sciences in North America.Meyer joined BHSI in 2014 as...
Sep 19 2023 // Product liability cases are increasing, according to Lex Machina’s annual Product Liability Litigation Report, with 5,826 such cases in federal courts in 2022.The data analyzed by Lex Machina, a LexisNexis company,...
Jul 31 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Lockton and MS Amlin.A summary of these new hires follows here. Lockton Taps Swiss Re’s Wright to Lead UK Commercial Wholesale, Succeeding...
Jun 19 2023 // Data from the first quarter of 2023 shows that the number of product recalls in the U.S. increased 14.2% from the previous quarter. According to Sedgwick brand protection’s latest U.S. product recall index report...
May 30 2023 // Data from the first quarter of 2023 shows that the number of product recalls in the U.S. increased 14.2% from the previous quarter. According to Sedgwick brand protection’s latest U.S. product recall index report —...
Feb 16 2023 // Lewis Brisbois Expands Products Liability Capabilities in Midwest with Experienced Litigation Team in St. LouisLewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Rick Mueller and Heather F. Counts to its St. Louis, Missouri office as...
Jan 24 2023 // Marshall & Sterling Names New Senior Leadership TeamMarshall & Sterling Enterprises, Inc., has appointed Eric Diamond as chief executive officer. Prior to joining Marshall & Sterling in 2009, Diamond was...
Oct 26 2022 // Unilever issued a voluntary recall of dry shampoo aerosol produced before October 2021 and sold nationwide because they may contain benzene, a human carcinogen.New Jersey-based Unilever U.S. said the list of products...
Sep 5 2022 // The number of U.S. products recalled this year has already surpassed 1 billion, according to the U.S. product recall index released by Sedgwick’s brand protection division. Only two other years on record have seen...
Aug 19 2022 // The number of U.S. products recalled this year has already surpassed 1 billion, according to the U.S. product recall index recently released by Sedgwick’s brand protection division.Only two other years on record have...
Aug 4 2022 // NuVenture International, which incubates and supports managing general agents (MGAs) in the UK insurance markets, has announced the launch of its third MGA, product recall insurance specialist BluNiche.BluNiche was founded...