Last week, the Missouri legislature passed comprehensive changes to the assessment of punitive damages in Missouri.

The federal preemption defense for manufacturers in pharmaceutical product liability cases suffered a huge and potentially fatal blow in the U.S. Supreme Court's recent 6-3 decision in Wyeth, Levine, released on March 4, 2009.

In April 2008, California joined the growing list of jurisdictions recognizing the sophisticated user exception to a manufacturer's duty to warn users of potential dangers of its products.

On March 27, 2020, the bipartisan federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security ("CARES") Act was enacted with the goal of providing economic aid to families...

Construction will never be accident proof which is why good construction contracts should always allocate the risks posed by potential jobsite accidents.

The restaurant business, a staple of American life. Eating out offers the opportunity to skip the cooking, be waited on and enjoy a variety of foods you would not otherwise prepare at home.

It seems that nearly every day you can open the newspaper and read about another state working towards the legalization of cannabis use, and surely cannabis activists and advocates rejoiced...

The breadth of releases executed under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C § 51 et seq. ("FELA" or the "Act") continues to be a point of contention between courts and practitioners.

Following September 11, the United States Customs and Border Protection ("CBP") agency was charged with the mission of developing anti-terrorism programs to help secure U.S. borders.

While e-cigarette smoking, or vaping, as an alternative to smoking traditional cigarettes is generally regarded as a healthier option.

Damages recoverable under the Illinois Wrongful Death Act, 740 ILCS 180/2, have been expanded to include emotional components that, until now, juries were instructed not to consider.

Did the plaintiff’s attorney realize that he was unleashing the longest running mass tort litigation in U.S. history when he filed the case of Borel v. Fiberboard Paper Products Corporation, 493 F.2d 1060 (5th Cir. 1973)? After the Fifth Circuit affirmed the judgment of $68,000 for Mr. Borel’s asbestosis, the rush to file cases was on.

There is no special magic to the application of liability insurance policy notice provisions to product liability claims. In a product liability claim, like all other liability insurance claims, notice is an important component of the insurance contract.