“Too Anti-Business for New York”: ATRA Calls on Illinois Gov. Pritzker to Veto SB 328
Experts say bill would allow out-of-state lawsuits in Illinois courts, threaten 208,000 jobs, and spark constitutional challenge
Burningham v. Wright
(Utah, filed October 5, 2018): The brief addressed the unavoidably unsafe exception to strict liability in design defects recognized in the Restatement (Second) of Torts and whether it applies to implanted medical devices.
On September 5, 2019, the Utah Supreme Court quickly dispensed with any discussion of comment k and PMA-approved devices because state law tort claims concerning those devices are preempted.
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