Tort & Products Liability

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In re First Reserve Management, L.P.

November 18, 2022

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Texas Supreme Court to dismiss corporate veil-piercing claims against investors based on ordinary private-equity oversight practices. Previously,...

Delaware v. Monsanto Co.

November 14, 2022

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Delaware Supreme Court to affirm traditional limits on public-nuisance liability and reject such claims for sale of lawful products.

Carson v. Monsanto Co.

November 14, 2022

U.S. Chamber resubmits coalition amicus brief in support of renewed motion for rehearing en banc, following panel’s revisions to its opinion.

Carson v. Monsanto Co.

October 28, 2022

Eleventh Circuit vacates and withdraws its opinion, substituting a new opinion concluding that state failure-to-warn claims are not preempted by the registration requirements of the Federal...

MSP Recovery Claims, Series LLC v. Coloplast Corp.

October 26, 2022

Florida Court of Appeal affirms denial of “pure bill of discovery” seeking to launch abusive fishing expedition to identify potential claims under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act. The U.S....

Clark v. Eddie Bauer LLC

October 20, 2022

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Oregon Supreme Court to hold that advertising a higher reference price does not by itself cause consumers any ascertainable loss cognizable under...

M.T. v. Walmart Stores, Inc.

October 14, 2022

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Kansas Court of Appeals to recognize the PREP Act’s broad preemption of state tort liability for certain businesses on the front lines of fighting COVID-19...

Kuciemba v. Victory Woodworks

October 12, 2022

U.S. Chamber submits coalition amicus brief urging California Supreme Court to hold that lawsuits by employees’ family members for Covid-19 injuries are barred by the derivative-injury rule and...

Gilead Sciences, Inc. v. Superior Court

October 4, 2022

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging California Court of Appeal to reject novel theory of products liability for non-defective products. The U.S. Chamber previously filed an amicus...

Dudley v. API Industries, Inc.

September 21, 2022

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging New York Appellate Division to reinforce traditional limits on negligence and private nuisance law, as well as class certification, in case...