The Second Department reinstated strict products-liability claims because Honda did not eliminate factual disputes about an airbag system’s design, manufacture, and warnings.
First Department reverses denial of summary judgment in toxic tort case, finding plaintiffs failed to establish general causation linking defendants’ solvent products to Myelodysplastic Syndrome.
Appellate Division addresses products liability and parental supervision claims after toddler was seriously injured by fondant sheeter in commercial bakery, examining allocation of fault between manufacturer and mother.
The Court of Appeals of Georgia affirmed the trial court’s grant of a new trial in an asbestos-talc ovarian cancer case against Johnson & Johnson, holding that conflicting expert testimony on causation prevented the evidence from ‘absolutely demanding’ the defense verdict.