Latest Product Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Product Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Internet Firms Must Face Defective Product Liability Suit Over Buffalo Mass Shooting
Mar 20 2024 // A New York state judge has allowed a case seeking to hold social media companies liable in the tragic mass killing at a Buffalo supermarket in 2022 to go forward on grounds of product liability. Erie County Supreme Court...
Tesla to Fix Software in 8,700 vehicles in China Product Recall, Regulator Says
Feb 27 2024 // China’s market regulator said on Friday that Tesla Inc. would fix software in 8,700 vehicles to reduce the chance of accidents. The action involving 1,071 imported Model S and Model X and 7,629 China-produced Model 3...
Product Recall Specialist MGA BluNiche Launches UK Unit for SME Businesses
Nov 28 2023 // BluNiche, a London-based managing general agent (MGA) that specializes in product recall insurance, announced the launch of BluNiche UK to target small and medium sized businesses across the UK. BluNiche UK is led by Ed...
People Moves: BHSI Promotes Meyer to Head of Product Liability, North America; Forte Named President of Berkley Public Entity
Oct 3 2023 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it has promoted Angela Meyer to head of Product Liability in North America. She was previously head of Life Sciences in North America. Meyer joined BHSI in 2014 as...
Product Liability Cases on the Rise: Lex Machina
Sep 19 2023 // Product liability cases are increasing, according to Lex Machina’s annual Product Liability Litigation Report, with 5,826 such cases in federal courts in 2022. The data analyzed by Lex Machina, a LexisNexis company,...
People Moves: Lockton Taps Swiss Re’s Wright to Lead UK Commercial Wholesale, Succeeding Lee; MS Amlin Names Ross From Sedgwick as Product Recall Senior U/W
Jul 31 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Lockton and MS Amlin. A summary of these new hires follows here. Lockton Taps Swiss Re’s Wright to Lead UK Commercial Wholesale, Succeeding...
Product Recalls Hit Four-Year High in First Quarter 2023: Sedgwick
Jun 19 2023 // Data from the first quarter of 2023 shows that the number of product recalls in the U.S. increased 14.2% from the previous quarter. According to Sedgwick brand protection’s latest U.S. product recall index report...
Product Recalls Hit Four-Year High in First Quarter 2023: Sedgwick
May 30 2023 // Data from the first quarter of 2023 shows that the number of product recalls in the U.S. increased 14.2% from the previous quarter. According to Sedgwick brand protection’s latest U.S. product recall index report —...
People Moves: Lewis Brisbois Expands Midwest Products Liability Capabilities; Alera Group Promotes Floyd to SVP
Feb 16 2023 // Lewis Brisbois Expands Products Liability Capabilities in Midwest with Experienced Litigation Team in St. Louis Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Rick Mueller and Heather F. Counts to its St. Louis, Missouri office as...
People Moves: Marshall & Sterling New Senior Leadership; Rock Hired as Trium Cyber Claims Chief; Nexus Nabs Product Recall Specialist Darlea
Jan 24 2023 // Marshall & Sterling Names New Senior Leadership Team Marshall & Sterling Enterprises, Inc., has appointed Eric Diamond as chief executive officer. Prior to joining Marshall & Sterling in 2009, Diamond was...
Unilever Adds to Growing List of U.S. Products Recalled Due to Benzene
Oct 26 2022 // Unilever issued a voluntary recall of dry shampoo aerosol produced before October 2021 and sold nationwide because they may contain benzene, a human carcinogen. New Jersey-based Unilever U.S. said the list of products...
Record-Breaking Pace for U.S. Product Recalls, Says Sedgwick
Sep 5 2022 // The number of U.S. products recalled this year has already surpassed 1 billion, according to the U.S. product recall index released by Sedgwick’s brand protection division. Only two other years on record have seen...
Record-Breaking Pace for U.S. Product Recalls, Says Sedgwick
Aug 19 2022 // The number of U.S. products recalled this year has already surpassed 1 billion, according to the U.S. product recall index recently released by Sedgwick’s brand protection division. Only two other years on record...
MGA Incubator NuVenture Launches Product Recall MGA BluNiche
Aug 4 2022 // NuVenture International, which incubates and supports managing general agents (MGAs) in the UK insurance markets, has announced the launch of its third MGA, product recall insurance specialist BluNiche. BluNiche was...
Court Agrees With Insurer: Amazon Can Be Sued Under New Jersey Product Liability Law
Jul 26 2022 // Online marketplace Amazon can be sued under New Jersey product liability law for defective products sold by third-party sellers on its website. The federal district court in New Jersey sided with the New Jersey...
U.S. Product Recalls Reach 10-Year High in Q1
Jun 1 2022 // Over 900 million units were recalled during the first quarter in the United States in the automotive, consumer products, food and drink, pharmaceutical, and medical device industries according to Sedgwick’s latest...
People Moves: Great American Promotes Mulvey; Rivera Succeeds Lubrano at Berkley Product Recall; Fusion Names U.S. Team for M&A
May 27 2022 // Great American Promotes Mulvey to Divisional President Great American Insurance Group recently announced the promotion of Michael B. Mulvey to divisional president within its FCIA, the division that underwrites trade...
Marijuana Testing Lab Sues Michigan Over Major Product Recall
Nov 29 2021 // A marijuana testing lab filed a lawsuit against Michigan regulators after a major product recall and allegations of unreliable results. Viridis Laboratories, with operations in Lansing and Bay City, said the...
Takeaways from Our Conversation about Cannabis Product Liability Suits Worth Watching
Aug 16 2021 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv If you ask just about any insurance pro or risk manager to list the top exposures for a company, being sued is likely to be right up there. And if you boiled that down into another list,...
U.S. Lawsuit Could Open ‘Giant Can of Worms’ in Amazon’s Fight Against Product Recalls
Jul 23 2021 // A U.S. safety regulator’s decision last week to sue Amazon.com Inc. could bring clarity to a question that has long befuddled courts and state legislatures nationwide: Who is responsible when a product bought from...
