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Keith P. Ellison rules that liability cases filed against Transocean can move forward under the Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act; and that the Limitation of Liability Act of 1851 does not apply (Transocean had sought to cap its liability at $27 million for the value of its contracts on the Deepwater Enterprise). [81] [82] June 15
The Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill resulted in an onslaught of litigation. Litigation commenced almost immediately after the explosion and oil spill. By May 27, 2010, Transocean, which owned the Deepwater Horizon, said in testimony before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee that it was defendant in 120 lawsuits, of which more than 80 were class actions seeking payment for financial ...
Pages in category "Product liability case law" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
As a sprawling liability case takes shape following the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, the owner and manager of the container ship Dali are seeking to deflect ...
However, in the case of vicarious liability, the employer is liable without personal fault. The fault in question is the employee's. The employer thus stands fully in the shoes of the negligent employee as regards both aspects of responsibility: see Dubai Aluminium Co Ltd [2002] UKHL 48, [2003] 2 AC 366 at paras 47 and 160.
Accordingly, the Supreme Court's decision in Greenman v Yuba Power Products was applied to the later case of Cronin v JBE Olson Corp., which further extended the definition of a defective product with respect to negligence to include design defects of a product as well, thereby increasing the burden on manufacturers in product liability cases. [14]
The case is one of about 1,000 similar lawsuits around the country, which have raised alarm from doctors who say the litigation could threaten the formulas' availability or affect medical decisions.
The LAPD has created several task forces to crack down on organized retail theft, and occasionally deploys "blitz operations" that involve sending teams of both undercover and uniformed officers ...