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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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March 16, 2026
Deere Parking Brake Too Easy To Activate, Suit Claims
An Allegheny County Parks Department worker is suing Deere & Co. Inc. in Pennsylvania state court, alleging the parking brake on the backhoe he was using was too easy to activate by accident, leading to his injuries when the machine stopped abruptly while he was using it.
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March 13, 2026
Trump Orders Restart Of Calif. Coast Oil Operations
The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday invoked the Cold War-era Defense Production Act directing Sable Offshore Corp. to restart a pipeline in Southern California that was shuttered in 2015 following a massive oil spill, drawing the ire of environmental groups that say the "defective" pipeline is too dangerous.
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March 13, 2026
Child Abuse Material Is Too Easy To Find On Meta, Jury Hears
Jurors in New Mexico's social media trial saw deposition testimony Friday in which counsel for Meta questioned an expert hired but not called by the state attorney general's office regarding his review of child abuse material on the company's platforms, which he said was "publicly available for anybody."
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March 13, 2026
Stihl Escapes Insurer's NJ Fire Coverage Suit
Chainsaw manufacturer Stihl Inc. can't be held liable on claims that one of its batteries caused a house fire, a New Jersey federal judge ruled, ending the case because the plaintiff's experts could not prove that the battery was defective or rule out other causes of the garage fire.
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March 13, 2026
DuPont Can't Trim Lead Exposure Case, Judge Advises
A DuPont company and Hammond Group Inc. shouldn't be allowed to whittle down a proposed class action accusing them of exposing Indiana children to lead for decades, according to a federal magistrate judge's recommendations that rejected arguments that the plaintiffs, who say they have lead in their bones, were not injured.
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