Product Liability

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

  • November 09, 2026

    Seattle Area Residents Aim To Relaunch Airport Pollution Suit

    Washington residents are seeking a federal judge's permission to revamp their proposed class action over alleged flight path pollution near the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, with the goal of bringing federal claims against the airport operator and major airlines after the Ninth Circuit ruled out their previous state law claims.

  • November 09, 2026

    British Columbia Says OpenAI Shooting Suit Must Stay In US

    OpenAI shouldn't be allowed to escape a California federal court lawsuit accusing it of encouraging an 18-year-old to commit a mass shooting at a British Columbia school, the Canadian province argued, saying the most important evidence, the shooter's chat logs and company internal review records, are in the United States.

  • November 09, 2026

    Tesla Asks 11th Circ. To Vacate $243M Fatal Crash Verdict

    Tesla Inc. is urging the Eleventh Circuit to vacate a $243 million verdict against it in a fatal crash involving one of its vehicles, saying the driver's recklessness, not any defect in the vehicle, caused the collision in the Florida Keys.

  • November 09, 2026

    Detroit Can't Claim Immunity In Crumbling Curb Injury Suit

    A Michigan appellate panel ruled that governmental immunity does not protect Detroit from premises liability claims brought by a man who sustained serious injuries when a curb crumbled beneath his foot outside a liquor store.

  • November 09, 2026

    Ex-Eli Lilly Rep Fights Firing After Flagging Mounjaro Abuse

    A former pharmaceutical sales representative on Monday told a Texas federal court that Eli Lilly and Co. wrongfully fired her after she blew the whistle on the company's practice of offering its lucrative drug Mounjaro as a weight loss drug, saying Eli Lilly asked her to breach the law.

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Product Liability

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

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  • 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