The National Law Journal has this article on the future of products liability claims against Chrysler and GM. The United States Supreme Court has not yet ruled on the petition of consumers and plaintiffs’ lawyers concerning the Chrysler bankruptcy. Chrysler has 160 pending cases and GM has about 300.
Here is an article from The Hill that gives more information on how existing products liability claims against GM and Chrysler will be handled. Bottom line: claimants will be unsecured creditors, and will be thrown into the pot with all of the other unsecured creditors. Of course, to the extent…
Here is an interview with two plaintiffs’ lawyers who are actively involved in seeking monies for tort claimants who have claims against Chrysler and General Motors. I have also included an article from www.HispanicBusiness.com that says "Fiat will be protected from any product liability lawsuits arising from claims of flaws…
I have read Judge Gonzalez’s Order of June 1 concerning the sale of substantially all of the assets of Chrysler to Fiat, and it certainly appears to me that the sale will cut off future products liability claims. Here is the key language Pages 42 – 44 of the Court’s Order.…
The United States Supreme Court denied cert in Flax v. DaimlerChrysler Corporation, the products liability, punitive damages, and negligent infliction of the emotional distress case decided by the Tennessee Supreme Court last year. Here is my post from last July on the decision by the Tennessee court.
If you are breathing and can read, you know that Chrysler has filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition. I am not a bankruptcy lawyer. I am not a corporate lawyer. But the filing has some immediate consequences readily apparent to the reasonably prudent tort lawyer. 1. Pending Cases. All tort…
A mentally retarded 13-year old girl has been permitted to purse a claim against a sperm bank that sold her mother sperm 14 years ago. She has claimed that the sperm had a genetic defect that caused her mental retardation. The case is Donovan v. Idant Laboratories. Read more about…
Here is a list of the peanut and peanut butter products that have been recalled.
Please don’t rush to New York and file a lawsuit over yesterday’s crash. There is no reason to inject a lawsuit into the middle of the celebration over the wonderful outcome from what could have been a horrific tragedy. So, don’t embarrass plaintiff’s lawyers or the legal system by an immediate…
The Department of Transportation has a site dedicated to car safety. The site gives information about safety recalls, defect investigations, and early warning reports. Want to learn more? Go here.