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Litigation

Mar. 23, 2007

Limits on Liability

Focus Column - By Peter C. Meier and Kamon D. Naddaf - A recent decision puts some reason back into California consumer law.

FOCUS COLUMN

By Peter C. Meier and Kamon D. Naddaf
     
      Until recently, one who makes, distributes or sells a product purchased in California faced a conundrum that could be explained only with the well-worn phrase "only in California." Where else could a manufacturer or seller potentially be liable for breach of express warranty even though the plaintiff's product did not fail during the warran...

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