A divided Ninth Circuit has reversed a key piece of a summary judgment win for Robinson Helicopter Company, holding that GARA's rolling provision restarts the eighteen-year statute of repose whenever a replacement par...
A divided Ninth Circuit has reversed a key piece of a summary judgment win for Robinson Helicopter Company, holding that GARA's rolling provision restarts the eighteen-year statute of repose whenever a replacement part is installed — no substantive alterati...
The Utah Supreme Court reversed a district court ruling that shielded a construction company from liability after a fatal underride trailer crash, holding unanimously that a broad statutory duty to operate safe equipment on roadways already applied and that...
The Mississippi Supreme Court has reinstated summary judgment in favor of general surgeon Jeffrey Doolittle in a wrongful-death medical malpractice case, ruling that the trial court properly excluded the plaintiff's proposed expert witness. The court held i...
Albertsons has reached an agreement in principle with a coalition of state attorneys general to pay up to $773,787,782.93 to eligible state and local governments to resolve claims over its alleged role in the opioid epidemic, California Attorney General Rob...
A federal judge in the Eastern District of Louisiana denied Amazon's bid to dismiss warranty and federal consumer-protection claims brought by a Louisiana woman whose Baseus magnetic power bank caught fire in her vehicle, while dismissing her negligence cou...
A federal judge in South Florida held that genuine factual disputes over whether a Zimmer Biomet spinal disc was defectively manufactured — and whether that defect caused a patient's injuries — must go to a jury.
Judge Amos L. Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas denied Toyota’s motions to dismiss and strike class allegations in a putative nationwide class action regarding defective door lock actuators, resolving key procedural hurdles for Rule 23 certification.
The Eastern District of Michigan has denied a motion to sever claims in a multi-year, statewide class action involving defective General Motors valve-train systems, keeping the litigation involving Active Fuel Management and Dynamic Fuel Management engines...
A federal judge ruled that Jeep Wrangler and Gladiator owners cannot pursue unjust enrichment claims over a paint-bubbling corrosion defect because their own warranties explicitly excluded the very damage they alleged — but the court allowed plaintiffs to s...