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Latest News in Product Liability
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July 24, 2026
In one of the most-watched cases for product liability so far this year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that failure-to-warn claims about the alleged cancer risks of Monsanto's widely used pesticide Roundup are barred by federal law. Social media titans were also rocked by the first verdicts delivered in cases alleging mental health harms to youth.
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July 23, 2026
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.
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July 23, 2026
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.
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July 23, 2026
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.
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July 23, 2026
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.
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