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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

  • November 04, 2026

    Delta Can't Toss Flyers' Windowless 'Window' Seat Fee Suit

    Delta Air Lines Inc. cannot shutter a proposed breach of contract class action brought by flyers who accuse it of charging premium fees for windowless seats that are misleadingly advertised as having windows, a New York federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying their claims are not preempted by federal law.

  • November 04, 2026

    Boeing Blowout Plaintiffs Can't Restore Punitive Damages Ask

    A Washington federal judge said Wednesday that he won't revisit a decision nixing a mother and son's bid for punitive damages in their negligence lawsuit against Boeing and supplier Spirit AeroSystems over a 737 Max door plug blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight.

  • November 04, 2026

    Pharmacy Worker Says Dosage Machine Cut Off Fingertip

    A pharmacy worker suffered a "traumatic" finger amputation when a machine that dispenses liquid medication caught her index finger and ripped part of it off, according to a lawsuit in Pennsylvania state court that accuses medical device manufacturer, Precision Products Group Inc., of defective design.

  • November 04, 2026

    Humm Kombucha Hit With Suit Over 'Zero Sugar' Labels

    A maker of probiotic kombucha products faces a proposed class action claiming its "zero-sugar" drinks are deceptively marketed and actually contain a substance that federal food regulators have "repeatedly" called a sugar, according to a complaint filed in California federal court.

  • November 04, 2026

    7th Circ. Probes Milwaukee Tool's Forced-Labor Liability

    Seventh Circuit judges grappled Wednesday with whether a federal anti-trafficking law allows a former Chinese prisoner to sue Milwaukee Tool over allegations it sold gloves made with forced prison labor in China, questioning the international consequences of allowing private lawsuits over foreign conduct and probing whether the company's alleged profits from that labor in the United States are sufficient to keep the case alive.

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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

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