1/14/2025 4:17:59 PM My bad. Here is ATRF's most recent "Judicial Hellholes" report, with a new top10 list and more. By Paul Benson I have a mea culpa. About a month ago I posted about The American Tort Reform Foundation’s (ATRF) 2023-2024 Judicial Hellholes Report and...
12/2/2024 3:50:07 PM ATRF's 2024 "Judicial Hellholes" report is out, populated by familiar jurisdictions and a tie at the top. By Paul Benson Every year The American Tort Reform Foundation publishes its Judicial Hellholes® report which highlights prominent jurisdictions across...
11/11/2024 4:05:25 PM In follow up to Reese's Law, CPSC proposes more requirements on products with button cell or coin cell batteries. By Paul Benson About a year ago (October 15, 2023) I posted about the impending March 2024 deadline for manufacturers of products including children's...
2/14/2024 6:11:24 PM Defense Verdict in Take-Home Asbestos Exposure Case in Utah By Melinda Morgan After an 11-day trial, a jury returned a defense verdict yesterday afternoon in the Larry Boynton matter brought by the Nemeroff firm....
12/8/2023 4:27:59 PM PFAS is everywhere. We've all been exposed to it. But what are the risks? By Paul Benson I've been a product liability and toxic tort litigator for over 30 years. Throughout my career, I've often been asked what I think the...
4/16/2023 5:10:53 PM Early wins in PFAS false labeling lawsuits provide little comfort to food and beverage companies. By Paul Benson A federal judge in the Northern District of Illinois recently ruled that reasonable consumers would not be deceived by the labels on two...
3/1/2022 11:37:45 PM Lesson learned: failure to timely report to CPSC results in $6.5 million fine for fitness company. By Paul Benson Clients will often ask whether they should report an actual or suspected safety issue to the Consumer Product Safety Commission ("CPSC")....
8/10/2021 12:00:00 AM Utah Supreme Court Extends Liability for Premises Operators in Take-Home Exposure Decision By Melinda Morgan Last week, the Utah Supreme Court issued a sweeping decision regarding a premises operator’s duty of care for take-home exposure to...
11/4/2020 12:00:00 AM Judge defers to OSHA in dismissing suit against Amazon over COVID safety. By Paul Benson In a setback for plaintiffs in the ever-growing litigation against employers for failure to protect workers at their places of...
10/29/2020 9:48:41 PM First glyphosate and now chlorpyrifos. The filing agriculture-related toxic tort cases continue. By Paul Benson If you're wondering how Charleston, West Virginia and the central valley of California are connected, the answer is toxic tort...
10/28/2020 12:00:00 AM How does this happen? CPSC has no idea how its "guidance" document got published? By Paul Benson I do not consider myself particularly tech savy, and I marvel at how the IT group at my firm controls and protects the information we...
10/22/2020 12:00:00 AM Ex-Blue Bell CEO indicted for cover-up and failure to recall ice cream By Paul Benson You may have heard the maxim: "the cover-up is worse than the crime." That certainly proved true for Paul Kruse, the former president of...