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The Risk in Making "GMO-Free" or "BSE-Free" Certification
Robert G. Hensley of Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Concerns over food products classified as genetically modified organisms (ÂGMOÂ) have lead to a surge in items on the grocery shelf that are labeled as ÂGMO-Free.Â ItÂs time for business people everywhere to sit up and take notice. Food and livestock related diseases and issues are getting major publicity, which gets the attention of product liability lawyers. The lawyers are circling and if you do not take protective measures, this time the carcass may be your business.
Potential Y2K Products Liability Litigation
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
The nightmare scenario: an embedded chip exists in an intake/filtration device at a water-treatment facility. Th.
Breast Cancer False Positives Are Possible
Patrick A. Salvi of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, P.C.
Recently, the New England Journal of Medicine published results of a study indicating that a woman who has an annua.
Strict Products Liability and Property Damage Claims
Hughes Watters Askanase, LLP
Although Strict Products Liability is most often associated with personal injury claims, it can also be asserted in.
Latex Glove Verdict of $1 Million Upheld by Wisconsin Appellate Court
Jon L. Gelman of Law Office of Jon L. Gelman
In affirming a $1 million verdict a Wisconsin appellate tribunal recognized the "horrendous pain and suffering" end.
What is a Products Liability Case?
Sieben, Grose, Von Holtum & Carey, Ltd.
If you are hurt because of a defective product, you may have a right to collect damages from the manufacturer.
New Warnings About Product Liability
Motschenbacher & Blattner LLP
Two new court cases show that you can't rely on product warnings alone to protect your company from liability. T.
Releases and Product Liability Claims
Laura L. Horton of Hewitt & Truszkowski
Release and assumption of risk agreements are now commonplace in the recreational community. Insurance companies .
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Long v. Tokai Bank of California, 682 N.E.2d 1052 (Ohio App. 9/20/96). PRODUCT LIABILITYÃÂIn a pre-UCC 2A case, a.
Avoiding Tort Claims for Defective Hardware & Software
Diane W. Savage 1 of Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
This article discusses the 100 percent financing of software structure in which software is financed pursuant to a software program agreement.
Product Liability in Texas

Introduction Sargenti Paste, an electric blanket, and a pneumatic nail gun, what do these things have in common.
Car Seat Heater Burn Injury Cases
Arthur C. Johnson of Johnson, Clifton, Larson & Schaller, P.C.
Car seat heaters are commonplace but these very heaters that offer comfort to many of us, are often the cause of severe, permanent burn injuries to paraplegics, quadriplegics or others that have lower body sensory deficits. Many of the electric car seat heaters are defective and overheat in spots, with temperatures running well above the safe level, often to 135 even as high as 160 degrees.
The Texas Supreme Court Levels Consumer Playing Field
Greenberg Peden P.C.
Twenty-nine years ago, Texas adopted the theory of strict products liability. Six years later, the Texas legislature adopted the Texas Deceptive Trade PracticesÃÂConsumer Protection Act, ÃÂ§l;ÃÂ§l;17.41-17.63 of the Texas Business and Commerce Code (the "DTPA").
Flammable Upholstered Furniture: Is there a deadly time bomb in your couch?
Foster & Foster
An unsupervised child defeats a child proof lighter and ignites the family couch. His parents are asleep. The fri.
How Flammable Is The Mattress You Sleep On?
Foster & Foster
Did you know that most prisoners sleep on safer mattresses than you do? Years ago, the government studied the hig.
Products Liability Law in Japan
Wayne B. Mason of Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP
JapanÃÂs 1995 product liability statute has yet to spawn a U.S.-like flurry of plaintiffsÃÂ litigation. But the legislation has ushered in a new social consciousness of manufacturer culpability - and ÃÂDavid vs. GoliathÃÂ lawsuits are gaining momentum.
Disarming the Defense
John C. Cabaniss of Cabaniss Law Office
Early in my career I tried a products liability case in federal court against a ladder manufacturer. I had no e.
What is Products Liability?
Sikov and Love, P.A.
”The laws that hold manufacturers accountable for the design and distribution of unsafe products.”

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