WTK Connect
This blog provides updates and important insights about products liability, commercial, and consumer litigation. It aims to educate our audience on the developments in these areas as well as to provide the audience with unique perspectives from seasoned defense attorneys. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- California Supreme Court Grants Review of Collateral Source Rule Affecting Medical Damages in Tort Cases
Jan 1, 2010 | Topics: Business Litigation, Class Actions, Product Liability
Briefs are currently being filed in the California Supreme Court to seek a final opinion on whether full charges for medical expenses should be payable to tort plaintiffs as damages even where those expenses have been partially paid by an insurer or written off by a provider.
Continue reading... - Component Parts Doctrine Defense Continues to Solidify
Jan 1, 2010 | Topic: Product Liability
Recent California appellate court decisions have affirmed that component parts manufacturers cannot be successfully sued in this state for strict products liability simply because a finished product incorporates their component
Continue reading... - Heightened Pleading Standard Being Applied
Jan 1, 2010 | Topics: Class Actions, Product Liability
Trial courts throughout California are applying the heightened factual pleading standards of Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 129 S.Ct. 1937 (2009) and Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (2007) to dismiss conclusory, nonspecific tort allegations by plaintiffs:
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