All the headlines from our Product Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 31 2010 // Lexington Insurance Co., a Chartis company, has released LexNanoShield, an integrated insurance product and array of risk management services designed for manufacturers of nanoparticles or nanomaterials, or firms using...
Feb 17 2010 // The specialist market for insurance covering product recall and product contamination is resilient and stable, according to Ian Harrison, an expert in the field, in a new report – “Supply and Demand Growing for...
Nov 18 2009 // Chubb Group recently co-hosted a seminar near Shanghai, which focused on the “increasing number of Chinese exports exposed to product liability claims and litigation in the United States and Europe.” As a...
Nov 5 2009 // The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit has upheld Arkansas district court decisions in a products liability case against pharmaceutical companies that are the makers of hormone therapy drugs that, combined, have...
Aug 31 2009 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that the state does not recognize an exception to the economic loss doctrine that generally bars damages if a product defect causes only economic loss and not any personal or...
Aug 28 2009 // In a letter sent members of Congress, the new Chrysler Group said it will accept product liability claims on vehicles it manufactured before it emerged from bankruptcy on June 10 with government assistance.The move is a...
Jul 8 2009 // Groups representing plaintiffs in car accidents are opposing General Motors’ attempt to quickly exit bankruptcy protection, arguing that hundreds of victims could be hurt by the government-led plan.U.S. Judge Robert...
Jun 26 2009 // More than 3,400 Americans will be injured or killed by a defective Chrysler or General Motors vehicle during the first year of the car makers’ bankruptcies, according to a report by a consumer safety advocacy...
Jun 23 2009 // A provision that would release future owners of General Motors for product liability on cars sold prior to the company’s bankruptcy is being challenged by the attorneys general of eight states.GM’s bankruptcy...
Jun 10 2009 // Consumer groups said Tuesday they filed a U.S. Supreme Court appeal challenging Chrysler LLC’s sale on the grounds the deal would leave the automaker free of current and future product liability claims.Five consumer...
Jun 5 2009 // Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP has expanded its office in Las Vegas with new partners Michael M. Edwards, Jennifer Willis Arledge, David S. Kahn, Jorge A. Ramirez and Sheri Thome. The new partners will...
May 28 2009 // The Oregon Senate has approved a bill that would give Oregonians harmed by defective products more time to take legal action.Currently, Oregon residents must sue within eight years of when the product was originally...
Apr 15 2009 // Insurance broker Aon Corp. has introduced a suite of insurance products designed to bring middle market technology companies the coverage enhancements historically only available to large corporate clients.Known as Aon...
Mar 9 2009 // The California Court of Appeals recently rejected the argument that a manufacturer has a duty to warn of the dangers of asbestos that may be contained in products produced by other suppliers. The decision upholds a lower...
Mar 9 2009 // The story of the salmonella-tainted peanut products distributed by Peanut Corp. of America (PCA) is one of the highest-profile food recall cases in recent memory, and one that holds interesting side stories for the...
Dec 3 2008 // The Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited announced that it has “significantly strengthened its leadership position in crisis management underwriting with the addition of two experienced product recall insurance...
Nov 30 2008 // In today’s borderless global economy, claims can arise in just about any part of the world where a company does business. Even small and midsize companies with no physical presence outside the United States can find...
Nov 17 2008 // Nearly three in five (58 percent) women business owners anticipate that their organizations’ revenues will grow in 2009, and nearly one-half (44 percent) do not expect difficulty in obtaining access to credit,...
Sep 12 2008 // The Supreme Court of Alaska has ruled that a law office is not liable for ordinary negligence and strict products liability when an overweight person is injured by an office chair that collapsed.According to Charles...
Aug 19 2008 // An “early offers” program in which medical malpractice and product liability lawsuits could be quickly settled would improve a tort system that is often slow, expensive and unfair, according to a new book...