Back in the dark ages of tort law a person injured by a defective product had no recourse absent privity of contract with the seller. That changed in the 1960s with the development of strict liability ...

Judge Eduardo C. Robreno of the National Asbestos Products Liability Multidistrict Litigation Docket of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted the defendant ...

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In Bolger v. Amazon.com LLC (No. D075738, filed 8/13/2020), Plaintiff Angela Bolger (“Plaintiff”) sued Amazon.com LLC (“Amazon”) for strict liability arising out of injuries she sustained from a ...

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Amazon argues that it shouldn’t be held liable for defects in products sold by others on its third-party marketplace, even when it holds and ships them from fulfilment centers such as this one.

The Weitz Firm expands its personal injury services to include product liability, offering free consultations for victims of ...

The original version of this story was published on The Legal Intelligencer Back in the dark ages of tort law a person injured by a defective product had no recourse absent privity of contract with ...