DraftKings, FanDuel Cases Push Bounds of Design Defect Case Law

DraftKings Inc. and FanDuel Inc. are the latest apps targeted in a surge of consumer lawsuits seeking liability for what they ...
Law

Will Connecticut Supreme Court Re-Invent Design Defect Law at Expense of Consumers?

Will Connecticut Supreme Court Re-Invent Design Defect Law at Expense of Consumers? The Restatement (Second) of Torts § 402A, cmt. c has been the law in Connecticut for half a century. It is supported ...
Law

Family Awarded $124.5M Verdict Against Volkswagen for Design Defect

After a monthlong trial and two and half days of deliberations, a San Antonio jury issued this month a $124.5 million verdict against German auto manufacturer Audi AG and its parent company and ...
Reason

Tort Law vs. Privacy: Ride-Share Services May Have Duty to Prevent Anonymous Riders

So the Missouri Court of Appeals concludes, in allowing a negligence/design defect case to proceed against Lyft, based on a driver's having been murdered by riders who "fraudulently and anonymously ...
Bizcommunity

Meta and Google just lost a landmark social media addiction case. A tech law expert explains the fallout

Social media platforms Instagram and YouTube have a design defect which means they are addictive, a jury in the United States has ruled. The Los Angeles jury took nearly nine days to reach its verdict ...
Reuters

Ethicon, pelvic mesh plaintiffs clash over design-defect law

Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon and plaintiffs suing it over pelvic-mesh devices are at odds over whether a recent decree signals that West Virginia's highest court recognizes a different ...