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New Jersey Strict Product Liability

Marshall Dennehey

NJ Court Rules Lack of Optional Driver-Assistance Tech Does Not Constitute Design Defect Under Products Liability Law

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Berkoski v. Honda Motor Company, et al., (App. Div. 2025) - The New Jersey Appellate Division was presented with a question about what constitutes a defective product or design under the New Jersey Products Liability Act when...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

District of New Jersey Finds Amazon to be “Seller” of Hoverboard under NJ Product Liability Act

The District of New Jersey has held that Amazon may be sued under New Jersey law for defective products sold by third-party sellers through its online marketplace. The dispute in New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Group...more

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Amazon Can be Held Strictly Liable as a Product Seller in New Jersey

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On June 29, 2022, in N.J. Mfrs. Ins. Grp. a/s/o Angela Sigismondi v. Amazon.com, Inc., 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 115826 (Sigismondi), the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey held that Amazon.com, Inc....more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Breast Implant Multidistrict Litigation Claims Pared Down by New Jersey Federal Court

In a mass tort product liability, class action and consumer fraud consolidated litigation involving Allergan's Biocell textured breast implants and tissue expanders, Allergan moved to dismiss plaintiffs' complaints on...more

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Can You Really Be Liable For a Product You Didn’t Make? In New Jersey, the Answer is Yes

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New Jersey has recently expanded liability for product distributors and manufacturers to products that the distributor/manufacturer did not make or sell. This alert discusses this new law and steps that distributors and...more

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