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October 17, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Recent Developments With Personal Jurisdiction in Aviation Accident Products Liability Litigation

Cases arising from aviation accidents present unique jurisdictional challenges. Two recent cases from the U.S. Supreme Court have expanded the scope of both general and specific jurisdiction to expand a plaintiff's options of favorable fora to bring products liability claims against an aviation manufacturer.
15 minute read
June 10, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Product Defects Can Be Proven Based Upon Design Changes Made After the Date of Sale

Because the focus of a strict liability case is on the product, the relevancy of post-manufacture changes is quite germane and necessary for the jury to fairly assess the proffered alternative design and proximate causation.
8 minute read
April 09, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Aviation Deaths on the High Seas: Continuing Questions and Recent Developments

This article focuses on one important maritime statute: the Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA), including its all-important Commercial Aviation Exception. It also analyzes two unresolved procedural issues in DOHSA cases: whether and when they are removable to federal court and whether a DOHSA plaintiff has a right to a jury trial.
16 minute read
February 21, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

'Baseless 3-Year Vendetta': Lawyer Accuses Blank Rome of Backing Frivolous Suit Against Her

The plaintiffs allege that the defendants' intent with the suit was to "financially ruin Ms. Turner and destroy her reputation by bringing the resources of a large law firm to bear against her."
3 minute read
October 12, 2023 | The Recorder

Family of Man Killed in October 2021 Plane Crash Files Product Liability Lawsuit Against Textron

While no specific defect was identified in the complaint, it alleges that the plane suffered "a sudden and catastrophic mechanical failure" during its normal flight, "causing the aircraft not to perform as safely as an ordinary consumer would have expected it to perform during its flight on October 11, 2021."
4 minute read
July 18, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

Marshall Dennehey Shareholder Enters Appearance for Pep Boys in Asbestos-Related Product Liability Claim

This case was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
3 minute read
June 29, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Admissibility of Preventability: A Refresher for Your Trucking, Commercial Vehicle Clients

The decision to conduct a self-critical analysis after a commercial vehicle crash must weigh the safety benefits with the potential consequences in litigation.
13 minute read
May 25, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Allegedly Defective Plane Part Leads to Wrongful Death Suit

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read
March 30, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Back to the Future: NLRB Reinstates Significant Restrictions on Severance Agreements

On Feb. 21, the NLRB issued its decision in McLaren Macomb, 372 NLRB No. 58, reinstituting its pre-2020 precedent that severance agreements cannot contain: confidentiality agreements precluding the employee from discussing the terms of the severance; and nondisparagement clauses.
8 minute read
March 28, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Autopsy, Cremation and the Spoliation of Evidence in Wrongful Death Cases

But what happens when an autopsy is performed, in anticipation of litigation, and the body is subsequently cremated? Regardless of whether the autopsy is performed by a county coroner or an independent pathologist, I would argue that cremation of the body is tantamount to the intentional destruction of evidence in a wrongful death case.
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