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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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November 21, 2025
Garmin Systems Triggered 2022 Wash. Plane Crash, Suit Says
The families of four people who died when a 2022 Cessna test flight crashed in Washington are blaming Garmin, alleging in a lawsuit the GPS giant designed faulty aircraft systems that wrestled control from the pilot and led to the plane's right wing falling off midair.
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November 21, 2025
Lemon Law Attys Urge Court To Kill Ford's 'Chilling' RICO Suit
Attorneys representing three lemon law firms urged a California federal judge Friday to dismiss a racketeering suit Ford Motor Co. brought against them alleging they engaged in fraudulent billing practices, with one saying the "chilling" litigation could open every lawsuit to similar claims.
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November 21, 2025
Honda Must Face Lawsuit Over Alleged Brake Defects
A California federal judge on Thursday preserved some claims from a proposed class action alleging that the automatic emergency braking system in some Honda Motor Co. models is unsafe, finding that drivers who leased a vehicle didn't have full access to the manual.
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November 21, 2025
E-Cig Companies, NYC Agree On $1K Fines For Flavored Vapes
New York City has settled claims with two e-cigarette wholesalers that have agreed to stop pushing flavored vapes within the five boroughs and to pay $1,000 fines for future violations, while litigation continues against other companies that are accused of flooding the market with illegal products.
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November 21, 2025
Tesla's Runaway Acceleration Led To Fatal Crash, Suit Says
A Tesla Model 3 accelerated on its own, crashing into a utility pole and exploding into an inferno that killed a Washington woman and left her husband with serious injuries, according to a lawsuit filed on Friday in federal court.
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