Product Liability
Mar. 8, 2016
Overturn decision expanding strict product liability law
A recent Court of Appeal decision gave the asbestos personal injury a bar a huge gift. The decision means that some service providers in the construction industry. By Kim Stone
Recently, a Court of Appeal in Los Angeles gave the asbestos personal injury bar a huge gift: The court expanded strict product liability law to cover service providers in the construction industry. The court's decision means that some service providers may now be subject to liability even when they have not acted negligently. In the past, California and other courts had refused to extend the permissive standard of liability that appl...
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