Tort & Products Liability

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Younkin v. Blackwelder

October 14, 2021

Florida Supreme Court allows discovery into any financial relationship between a defendant’s expert witnesses, liability insurer, and law firm. The Court declined in this case to revisit its...

Dodgen v. Grijalva

October 14, 2021

Florida Supreme Court allows discovery into any financial relationship between a defendant’s expert witnesses, liability insurer, and law firm. The Court declined in this case to revisit its...

Qaadir v. Figueroa

October 12, 2021

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging California Supreme Court to review lower court decision that erodes limitations on medical damages for insured plaintiffs.

California v. Johnson & Johnson

September 27, 2021

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging California Court of Appeal to hold that California’s Unfair Competition Law does not require sellers to warn users of all conceivable harms that...

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company v. McCall

September 21, 2021

Georgia Supreme Court declines to overrule its precedent holding that mere business registration in Georgia subjects a corporation to general personal jurisdiction in that state. The U.S. Chamber...

Laramie v. Philip Morris USA Inc.

September 15, 2021

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court holds that prior state settlement did not bar punitive damages award for conduct that caused a plaintiff’s specific harm. The U.S. Chamber filed a coalition...

Nemirovsky v. Daikin North America LLC

September 14, 2021

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief arguing against expanding strict liability for a defective product to the manufacturer of a mere component part that was not itself defective. The U.S. Chamber...

Sandoval v. Qualcomm, Inc.

September 9, 2021

California Supreme Court reaffirms rule that hirers who fully and effectively delegate work to a contractor owe no tort duty to that contractor’s workers. The U.S. Chamber filed a coalition...

See’s Candies, Inc. v. Ek

August 30, 2021

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging California Court of Appeal to hold workers’ compensation is the exclusive remedy for derivative injury Covid-19 claims. The U.S. Chamber also...

Gonzalez v. Mathis

August 19, 2021

California Supreme Court holds that a hirer is not liable for injuries to a contractor that result from a known hazard on the premises. The U.S. Chamber filed a coalition amicus brief supporting...