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Product Liability

Jun. 19, 2014

A new frontier: wearable technology and product liability

Until recently, most high-tech companies have succeeded in defeating product liability claims in the traditional tort world. By Mort Hartwell and Lyndsey Heaton


By Mort Hartwell and Lyndsey Heaton


Until recently, most high-tech companies have succeeded in defeating product liability claims in the traditional tort world because the products they offer and the way those products are used differ from traditional consumer products. The recent influx into the market of wearable technology products has the potential to alter that trend and in turn the legal issues that high-tech companies face. As these companies increasingly ...

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