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Product Liability Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on product liability law. Coverage includes tort-related lawsuits and class actions, multidistrict litigation, product recalls, and product safety enforcement, as well as related policy developments.
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Latest News in Product Liability
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March 02, 2026
Justices Pass On Challenge To $600M Norfolk Southern Deal
The U.S. Supreme Court turned down a push Monday to reconsider objections to a $600 million class settlement between Norfolk Southern Corp. and residents affected by the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment after the deal was upheld by the Sixth Circuit late last year.
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March 02, 2026
Meta Atty Gets Pushback From Therapist In Social Media Trial
A psychiatrist testifying as an expert for the plaintiff in a landmark bellwether trial over claims Instagram and YouTube harm children's mental health on Monday pushed back on suggestions from Meta's attorney that the plaintiff's parents' purported abuse, neglect and abandonment are possibly responsible for her mental health struggles rather than social media addiction.
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March 02, 2026
Experts Tossed In Heavy Metals Baby Foods MDL
The California federal judge presiding over multidistrict litigation alleging that heavy metals in baby food made by Gerber and others cause autism on Friday axed plaintiffs' experts, finding that their opinions were based on a hypothetical menu that could well have been "cherry-picked" by the families' attorneys.
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March 02, 2026
Ill. Judge Won't Apply Mass. Law To Ethiopian Air Case
A federal judge handling consolidated litigation over Ethiopian Air Flight ET 302's crash said he will apply Illinois rather than Massachusetts law to a case nearing trial, allowing the plaintiffs to seek more compensatory damages.
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March 02, 2026
Widower Drops Suit Over Disney Restaurant Allergy Death
A Florida lawsuit over a woman's food allergy death at a Walt Disney World restaurant has been voluntarily dismissed, likely ending a case in which Disney made an unusual attempt to send the case to arbitration pursuant to terms in its video streaming service.
Areas of Coverage
- LITIGATION
- Lawsuits over potentially unsafe, hazardous, or defective products, including drugs and medical devices, food and beverage products, dietary supplements, and other consumer goods
- Product-related class actions and multidistrict litigation
- Liability suits over drugs and medical devices, including off-label marketing, false advertising, and failure-to-warn claims
- Tobacco-related litigation
- Auto defect suits
- Toxic torts, including asbestos-related litigation
- Personal injury and wrongful death suits involving major organizations and events
- Alien Tort Statute cases
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- State product safety regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act
- CFederal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
- CProduct safety and consumer protection controls
- ENFORCEMENT
- Product recalls
- Food and drug safety actions
- Vehicle safety actions
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of product liability practices
Readership
- Mass tort and product liability lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys at consumer goods companies
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals