02 Dec, 2024 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 Nov, 2024 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...
14 Feb, 2024 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....
08 Dec, 2023 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...
16 Apr, 2023 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...
01 Mar, 2022 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")....
10 Aug, 2021 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...
04 Nov, 2020 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...
29 Oct, 2020 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...
28 Oct, 2020 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...
22 Oct, 2020 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...