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Product Liability Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on product liability law. Coverage includes tort-related lawsuits and class actions, multidistrict litigation, product recalls, and product safety enforcement, as well as related policy developments.
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Latest News in Product Liability
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March 21, 2025
11th Circ. Declines To Disturb Tesla Crash Suit Dismissal
The Eleventh Circuit on Friday affirmed a Florida federal court's dismissal of a Tesla battery deflect suit brought by the father of a teenager killed in a crash, ruling there is no evidence the teen would have survived but for the lack of a fire retardant in the car's batteries.
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March 21, 2025
Buyers' Gripe Is With Timber Sector, Not Charmin, P&G Says
A false advertising lawsuit accusing Procter & Gamble of overhyping the forest-friendly bona fides of Charmin toilet paper should be dismissed, the company told a Washington federal judge, arguing that the buyers' suit is misdirected at P&G when their actual disappointment is with the "forestry industry."
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March 21, 2025
Boeing's Ex-CEOs, Suppliers Escape 737 Max Family's Claims
An Illinois federal judge on Friday dismissed a suit from an Ethiopian Airlines crash victim's family alleging former Boeing CEOs were personally liable for the company's negligence, holding the complaint lacks facts regarding what the CEOs knew about the jet's overall safety after another crash five months earlier.
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March 21, 2025
Evenflo To Pay $3.5M In Booster Seat MDL Settlement
Parents who purchased "Big Kid" vehicle booster seats are asking a Boston federal judge to grant preliminary approval on a $3.5 million deal that would end multidistrict litigation against baby product maker Evenflo Co., which was accused of overstating the safety of its boosters.
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March 21, 2025
Fla. Whistleblower Suit Filed Over Deadly Theme Park Ride
A technician who worked at a Florida amusement park has filed a whistleblower lawsuit over trying to report the unsafe conditions on a ride that led to the death of a 14-year-old boy, alleging unlawful termination after refusing to falsify maintenance records at the behest of supervisors.

Areas of Coverage
- LITIGATION
- Lawsuits over potentially unsafe, hazardous, or defective products, including drugs and medical devices, food and beverage products, dietary supplements, and other consumer goods
- Product-related class actions and multidistrict litigation
- Liability suits over drugs and medical devices, including off-label marketing, false advertising, and failure-to-warn claims
- Tobacco-related litigation
- Auto defect suits
- Toxic torts, including asbestos-related litigation
- Personal injury and wrongful death suits involving major organizations and events
- Alien Tort Statute cases
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- State product safety regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act
- CFederal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
- CProduct safety and consumer protection controls
- ENFORCEMENT
- Product recalls
- Food and drug safety actions
- Vehicle safety actions
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of product liability practices
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- Mass tort and product liability lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys at consumer goods companies
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals