Arizona Supreme Court rejects plaintiffs’ “secondary, or “take-home” liability theory and holds employers do not owe a “duty” to those with whom a traditionally recognized common law relationship does not exist
Massachusetts’ highest court rules that state courts have personal jurisdiction over out-of-state defendant to compel document production in connection with Attorney General’s investigation
Pennsylvania Supreme Court, citing the Chamber’s amicus brief, limits liability under Clean Streams law for Pennsylvania businesses and landowners in ongoing discharge case
Maryland Court of Appeals determines that statute of repose for improvements to real property does not bar asbestos claims where last exposure occurred before 1970
California Supreme Court accepts “innovator liability” theory, imposing tort liability on brand-name drug manufacturers for injuries caused by generics
