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Products liability – Virginia law – Blender
Where a plaintiff was injured in Virginia while using a blender manufactured by the defendant, summary judgment should be awarded to the defendant under Virginia law because the purported defect was open and obvious.
Woman with in-home ceramic studio dies of mesothelioma
The decedent was 72 when she was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma.
Products liability – Standing – Overpayment
Where plaintiffs have brought a putative class action alleging defective smoke alarms in recreational vehicles they purchased from the defendants, the plaintiffs’ allegations that the defendants’ representations inflated the prices of the RVs the plaintiffs purchased are sufficient to establish standing at the motion to dismiss stage.
Verdicts & Settlements
- Injury during baby’s adenoidectomy leads to stroke
- Construction worker’s hand caught in cement mixer
- Worker trapped in freezer, dies during steam cleaning
- Pedestrian, 69, hit by motor vehicle while in crosswalk
- Four-vehicle pileup leaves driver with spinal cord injury
- Nursing home staff blamed for kidney-failure death
- Pharmacy’s late delivery blamed for patient’s death
- Man, 25, drowns after swimming lesson at fitness club
Opinion Digests
- Jurisdiction – Forum selection clause – Non-signatory
- Criminal – Responsibility
- Attorneys – Lien
- Landlord and tenant – Default judgment
- Zoning – Constructive grant – Comprehensive permit
- Fraud – False Claims Act – Settlement share
- Civil practice – Discovery – Cybersecurity
