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

  • September 22, 2026

    Hydropower Plant Needs More Monitoring, Wash. Panel Says

    A Washington appeals panel broadly upheld the state's certification of a hydroelectric power project near the Columbia River on Monday, although the court said officials need to impose additional monitoring and reporting requirements to address potential leakage into the surrounding watershed.

  • September 22, 2026

    Bad Recordkeeping Kills City's Railroad Indemnity Defense

    A Missouri city must cover financial damages Norfolk Southern suffered when it settled lawsuits stemming from a train crash that killed one city worker and injured another, a federal judge ruled, slamming the city's shoddy recordkeeping and the unreliable testimony of its official.

  • September 22, 2026

    CVS Beats Malpractice Suit Over Pharmacy Mix-Up

    A California appeals court on Tuesday upheld the dismissal of a suit accusing a CVS pharmacy of negligently giving the wrong prescription medication to a woman, which allegedly caused years of seizures, citing flawed expert testimony from plaintiff's expert.

  • September 22, 2026

    Uber, Lyft Asked To Explain Duty To Drivers In Ohio Injury Suit

    Uber, Lyft and a man who blames them for his injuries when one of their drivers rear-ended him have been asked by an Ohio federal judge to explain whether the companies are the legal proximate cause of his injuries.

  • September 22, 2026

    Ford Seeks To Toss F-150 Oil Consumption Class Claims

    Ford Motor Co. has asked a Michigan federal judge to dismiss claims brought by seven Ford F-150 owners who allege the automaker concealed an oil consumption defect, arguing that the drivers have failed to plausibly allege Ford knew about the purported problem when they bought their trucks.

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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