Crafting the perfect medical device is never an exact science—but a patient should never suffer because of defects in a product that was intended to improve their quality of life. Determining whether ...

Product liability comprises a number of laws and court rulings that apply to any business that makes or sells a product. Businesses that make or sell products are responsible for ensuring that those ...

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Given the significant costs associated with litigating product liability claims, product manufacturers should expend time and resources to reduce product liability risks and react quickly to product ...

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3-D printing has enabled a variety of new manufacturing processes that will blur fundamental distinctions in the law of product liability — potentially exposing companies to liability they did not ...

April 11, 2025 - Patrick Reilly, Eldin Hasic and Nikolas Spilson of Faegre Drinker discuss the European Union's new product liability directive, which makes substantive changes that impact ...

In very simple terms, product liability holds a person or company legally and financially liable for harm that is caused when their product is defective. In the U.S. in 2020, nearly 11 million people ...

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In 1977 Esther Kociemba began wearing the "Cu-7," a copper intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD) manufactured by G.D. Searle & Co. A year and a half later, hoping to become pregnant, she removed the ...