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

  • July 23, 2026

    US Seeks Mandatory Recall Of Immersion Water Heaters

    The U.S. government is leaning on a rarely used provision of consumer protection law as it urges a Washington, D.C., federal court to block the importation and sale of Lakkzoom immersion water heaters, which have allegedly sparked hundreds of fires in consumer homes.

  • July 23, 2026

    Suit Over Kitten's Container Death Proceeds Sans Fraud Claims

    A Pennsylvania federal court has trimmed a pet owner's proposed class action against Iris USA Inc., the maker of an airtight pet food container that allegedly trapped and suffocated the woman's three-pound kitten, allowing most of the suit to remain intact.

  • July 23, 2026

    Swiss Airline Hid Plane's Risks, Families Of Crash Victims Say

    The families of six passengers killed in a July 2024 plane crash in Wyoming alleged that the single-engine aircraft's manufacturer and related companies masked the plane's hazardous aerodynamic characteristics to obtain Federal Aviation Administration certification, according to a lawsuit in Colorado state court.

  • July 23, 2026

    Red States Back DOT In DC Circ. Immigrant Driver Rule Fight

    Florida and 22 other GOP-leaning states have urged the D.C. Circuit to uphold the U.S. Department of Transportation's new restrictions on commercial drivers' licenses for foreign truckers, saying motorists and highways must be protected from threats posed by large commercial vehicles driven by unqualified truckers.

  • July 23, 2026

    CGL Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2026

    Heading into the back half of 2026, insurance attorneys can expect federal and state courts to interpret how general liability policy language applies to some of the industry's biggest emerging risks. Law360 Insurance Authority breaks down three CGL-related cases.

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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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  • Judges and court staff across the U.S.
  • Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
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