Taser company to soon unveil new Taser X3

(Illinois Injury Lawyer Blog)
Taser International Inc.'s newest law enforcement stun gun is about to be unveiled, but the company is keeping quiet about the technology specifics. The company has been the subject of numerous product liability and wrongful death lawsuits over the use of its stun guns. To read more about the new stun gun.
July 3, 2009 11:34 am

CDT, EFF and PK File Brief in Ringtones Case

(Center for Democracy and Technology)
... musical ringtones for mobile phones. The brief urges the court to reject ASCAP's argument that ringtones are "public performances" under copyright law simply because a phone may ring when the user happens to be in a public place. ASCAP's position implies that numerous ordinary mobile phone users are copyright infringers and would expand copyright liability in ways that would chill innovation in products far beyond the relatively narrow context of ringtones.
July 2, 2009 07:43 pm

Georgia Supreme Court nominees

(Atlanta Injury Law " Civil Litigation Blog)
... are, in no particular order: - David E. Nahmias - U.S. Attorney; Northern District of Georgia, who was on Harvard Law Review, clerked for Justice Scalia, practiced at Hogan & Hartson in Washington, and was US Deputy Attorney General responsible for ... Board of Trial Advocacy. Mr. Shigley has extensive experience representing parties in trucking and bus accidents, products liability, catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, brain injury, spinal cord injury and burn injury cases. Currently ...
July 2, 2009 05:51 pm

Four people burn to death in crash on I-75 near Valdosta

(Atlanta Injury Law " Civil Litigation Blog)
... one vehicle, then came to rest on top of a third vehicle, according to Mike Morris in the AJC. The fire was so intense that law enforcement officers were initially unable to even identify the make and model of the car under the truck. When ... National Board of Trial Advocacy,. Mr. Shigley has extensive experience representing parties in trucking and bus accidents, products liability, catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, brain injury, spinal cord injury and burn injury cases. Currently he ...
July 2, 2009 04:23 pm
Kenneth Ross (Adjunct Minnesota & Products Liability Prof Blog) and J. David Prince (William Mitchell & Products Liability Prof Blog), in a recent article in the Brooklyn Law Review, provide an overview of post-sale duties in the Restatement (Third) of...
July 2, 2009 08:21 am
... Jobs was so ill he required a liver transplant certainly is material. But, again, my certainty is not a product of pointing to a "law" and having you nod your head in agreement. I have to look at the specific evidence regarding Apple, ... of rules under which a publicly traded company is obligated to disclose "material" information to the public or face criminal and civil liability, but the definition of "materiality" is the same under all of them. One is a regulation known in the trade as "Rule 10b ...
July 2, 2009 06:48 am
Preparation of Initial Documents: After an Alabama personal injury lawyer identifies his/her theories of liability and defendants he/she must then decide where is the appropriate and/or best place possible to file the ... events surrounding the accident itself. Request for production are similar to interrogatories in that they are request by one party to another asking the other party to produce documents that may be relevant to the issues in the lawsuit. Under Alabama law, if the Plaintiff serves ...
July 2, 2009 05:25 am

Whither The Heeding Presumption?

(Drug and Device Law)
... to comment j indicates that we will not stray from the principle that the plaintiff carries the burden of production of the element of causation"). Coincidentally, Allison is the case where, when the votes of a splintered court are added together, ... , 287 (N.Y.A.D. 2007). Accord Sosna v. American Home Products, 748 N.Y.S.2d 548, 549 (N.Y.A.D. ... there are quite a few states that adopted heeding presumptions - mostly during product liability law's "free lunch" period in the 1970s and 1980s - there's ...
July 2, 2009 05:18 am

Consumer Law & Policy Roundup

(Consumer Law " Policy Blog)
... between the bankruptcy reform law and the First Amendment.) Auto bankruptcies and consumers' future claims. Chris Jensen at the Times had a story today on the different treatment of consumers' future products claims in the two ... soliciting comments on protecting consumers in debt collection litigation and arbitration, in anticipation of a roundtable discussion at Northwestern Law School next month. Interested parties are "highly encouraged" to submit written comments or original research through ...
July 1, 2009 10:03 pm
... because they aren't wearing seat belts. The Florida Highway Patrol says the new law is expected to prevent 6,200 serious auto accident injuries and save 262 ... belt you were using was defective or malfunctioned, you may be able to file a Florida products liability claim against the vehicle maker or the seat belt manufacturer. Examples of sea belt ... belt failure • Poor seat belt design or placement • Seat belt system failure Law enforcement plans 48-hour seat belt blitz, Sun-Sentinel.com, June 30, ...
July 1, 2009 03:07 pm

GM Concede on Product Liability Question (Somewhat)

(California Car Accident Lawyers - California Personal Injury Blog)
... well as state attorneys general, who had stringently voiced their opposition to those plans. The abandonment of all liability by the new company for defects in vehicles manufactured by the older pre-bankruptcy automaker would place consumers at a ... wrongful death claims each year. The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of product liability. Please visit our website at trlglaw. ...
July 1, 2009 02:34 pm
... , [and] will not stop speaking up until GM takes full responsibility for injuries caused by all GM cars." Hurley, McKenna & Mertz in Chicago handles product liability cases against automakers when severe injuries are involved. I feel strongly as both an American consumer and a personal injury lawyer that filing for bankruptcy should not give companies a free ticket to abandon those previously injured by their products.
July 1, 2009 01:54 pm
Recently, President Obama signed the FDA tobacco regulation bill into law. The law allows the FDA to require specifications on warning labels and advertising. Additionally, the law specifically states that no provision of the Act modifies or otherwise affects any action or liability under the product liability law of any state. To read more about the tobacco regulation law.
July 1, 2009 11:24 am
... are never any fees until we recover for you. These cases against Ducati were the rise under the law of Products Liability. There are a number of theories to proceed under but these cases involve a defective design or a defective ... ,000.00 in expenses even though we obtained documents from the company regarding the specific failure in the case which labeled the product as a defect. Of course when catastrophic injuries come into play, these companies are always quick to try and evade responsibility ...
July 1, 2009 10:14 am

SPERM A PRODUCT?

(Illinois Lawyer Blog)
... New York. In addition, he found that Idant's screening of the semen also took place in New York. Consequently, New York law would apply to Donovan's claims. O'Neill's ruling was particularly critical as to the products case. New York, unlike many other states, does not have a broad "blood shield law" excluding providers of sperm from product liability actions. According to New York University law professor Mark Geistfield, O'Neill's decision is ...
June 30, 2009 09:54 pm
... used to paint homes and other buildings, the toxic paint is still be found in many older homes in the US. Products Liability Lawsuits Product manufacturers are supposed to make sure that their toys, paint, and other products do not contain levels of lead that are dangerous enough to cause serious injury to people. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. Examples of products that may contain toxic levels of lead: • Paint • Drinking water • Painted furniture • Painted toys Utica family ...
June 30, 2009 09:25 pm
... disks in her neck. The defense doctor testified she was fine and not hurt from the accident. A trial on liability for the accident was held in June 2000 and the Nassau County jury found the driver 100% at fault for the ... future pain and suffering damages was inappropriate. This case is one of many in which jury verdicts appear to be inconsistent - either the product of confusion or perhaps too jurors' refusal to follow instructions from the trial judge. In this case, another factor may have been ...
June 30, 2009 05:59 pm
... she couldn't otherwise get - forcing someone to honor an expired warranty or take back a product they don't like. We are all happy that hospitals count the sponges before ... for summary judgment. Such judgments are based on a claim that there is no evidence showing liability, so it is unfair to send the case to trial. When you file such a motion, there is ... mind based on some arcane rule of which I am not aware [I am a family law lawyer, and this is really out of my league - I haven't filed such a ...
June 30, 2009 09:29 am
... are challenging GM's bankruptcy plan in court, claiming it would essentially deprive consumers of their legal right to pursue a product liability claim. The bankruptcy and sale to Fiat also means that none of the Chrysler vehicles sold before June 10th will ever ... look at these lost personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits, click here for the full story. Fears | Nachawati is a Texas law firm handling personal injury and wrongful death claims. Contact us today for a free legal consultation.You ...
June 30, 2009 09:12 am

FDA will not protect tobacco companies from tort liability

(West Palm Beach Personal Injury Lawyer)
... to a tobacco product shall be construed to modify or otherwise affect any action or the liability of any person under the product liability law of any State." More succinctly, the regulatory system that the FDA will establish will not ... and manifest purpose of Congress." As the intent of the newly passed legislation was to weaken the tobacco industry, it is unlikely that an argument that the law gave new protection to big tobacco would succeed. With this in mind the recent successes of the Engle ...
June 30, 2009 08:03 am
 
 

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