Eugene Polyak | Smith Currie & Hancock | December 24, 2015 In Aubin v. Union Carbide Corp., 40 Fla. L. Weekly S596 (Fla. Oct. 29, 2015), the Florida Supreme Court recently resolved an important conflict between Florida’s intermediate appellate courts with respect to the test used in adjudicating design-defect claims in product liability cases. While working… Continue reading “Consumer Expectations” Test In Design Defect Products Liability Case
Tag: Defective Design
Sixth Circuit: A Michigan Collapse Extension Overrides Exclusions for Cracking and Defective Design
Dick Bennett | Cozen O’Connor’s Property Insurance Law Observer | July 15, 2015 In Joy Tabernacle — The New Testament Church v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 2015 WL 3824733, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 10707 (6th Cir., Jun. 22, 2015), a unanimous panel of the federal Court of Appeals recently held that a collapse extension… Continue reading Sixth Circuit: A Michigan Collapse Extension Overrides Exclusions for Cracking and Defective Design
Missouri Court Clarifies what Constitutes an Ensuing Loss
Richard C. Bennett | Cozen O’Connor | June 9, 2015 Last week in Performance Arts Cmty. Improvement Dist. v. ACE Amer. Ins. Co., 2015 WL 3491292, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 71592 (W.D. Mo., June 3, 2015), a federal court in Missouri shot down an insured’s arguments that a wall collapse caused by the excluded peril… Continue reading Missouri Court Clarifies what Constitutes an Ensuing Loss
Missouri Court Clarifies What Constitutes An Ensuing Loss
Dick Bennett | Cozen O’Connor’s Property Insurance Law Observer | June 9, 2015 Last week in Performance Arts Cmty. Improvement Dist. v. ACE Amer. Ins. Co., 2015 WL 3491292, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 71592 (W.D. Mo., June 3, 2015), a federal court in Missouri shot down an insured’s arguments that a wall collapse caused by the… Continue reading Missouri Court Clarifies What Constitutes An Ensuing Loss
California Supreme Court to Address Design Professionals and Duty of Care to Third-Party Purchasers
Gregory T. Hanson – June 5, 2014 On May 7, the California Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Beacon Residential Community Assn. v. Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill LLP, a case that will have a huge impact on design professional liability in California when third-party purchasers sue a designer alleging defective designs. The Beacon is a mixed-use… Continue reading California Supreme Court to Address Design Professionals and Duty of Care to Third-Party Purchasers