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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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February 03, 2026
Uber Should Pay $144M For Sex Assault By Driver, Jury Told
Uber should pay more than $144 million in compensatory and punitive damages for choosing "profit over safety," leading to the rape of a 19-year-old woman by a rideshare driver, her lawyer told an Arizona federal jury at the close of a landmark bellwether trial on Tuesday.
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February 03, 2026
J&J Beats Proposed Class Action Over Band-Aid PFAS
A New Jersey federal judge on Monday tossed claims by a proposed class of consumers alleging that Kenvue Inc. and Johnson & Johnson hid the presence of a group of chemicals known as PFAS in Band-Aid products, saying the consumers hadn't shown that they were harmed.
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February 03, 2026
Resort, Expedia Sued Over Guests' Carbon Monoxide Deaths
The families of three young women who died of carbon monoxide poisoning allegedly due to a negligently installed and faulty water heater lodged a suit in Massachusetts federal court on Tuesday, blaming a Belize resort, its Canadian developer, and travel booking website Expedia for their deaths.
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February 03, 2026
Online Betting Co. Beefs Up Penalties For Harassing Athletes
Online betting platform BetMGM will now suspend the accounts of users who harass or direct abuse toward an athlete, coach or other participant in a sporting event, potentially solving a problem leagues and players have tried to address recently.
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February 03, 2026
5th Circ. Unsure Child Online Safety Law Tramples Speech
A Fifth Circuit panel appeared skeptical Tuesday of a tech media trade group's stance that a Mississippi internet safety law is unconstitutional, suggesting that the challenged statute may not implicate speech.
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