Data is arguably the products liability issue of the future. Dealing with data is often already a critical part of products liability lawsuits, but with the rise of artificial intelligence and ...

(Reuters) - Some of the most closely watched U.S. product liability cases, including mass torts over opioid painkillers and the heartburn medicine Zantac, began to wind down in 2022. Others, however, ...

Inspecting and testing physical evidence is useful, if not necessary, in many product liability cases that involve direct evidence of a specific product defect. From simple to complex cases, a product ...

An influx of cases asserting product-type claims—grounded in the use of AI tools and “defects” in their development—is changing how these technologies are treated in litigation. For decades, software ...

Few products present as immediate and lethal a risk when defective as a firearm. In an industry where precision, reliability, and safety should be paramount, even the smallest design flaw, ...

In very simple terms, product liability holds a person or company legally and financially liable for harm that is caused when their product is defective. In the U.S. in 2020, nearly 11 million people ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Learn what joint and several liability means, how it works in law, and the impact of state restrictions. Understand your ...