Cass Sunstein has been appointed to run the OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, which reviews major federal rules. While business has quietly applauded this move, liberals are worrying that Sunstein will not sufficiently support the rescinding of pro-business regulations enacted by the Bush administration or champion new ones pertaining to health and safety.
Sunstein, a prolific author and public intellectual, was [...]
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Business Quietly Applauds Sunstein Appointment
Posted in Consumer, Consumer Law, Government, Politics, Products Liability, Tort, Trial lawyer, Workplace, tagged Cass Sunstein, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Rena Steinzor, University of Chicago on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Posted in Elder, Health Care, Miscellaneous, Products Liability, Tort, tagged Boston Globe, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Crib, Mesh, Minnesota, Nursing Home on January 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Although I have been out of commission during the past week or so, seeing that it is the holidays, there have in the meanwhile been tragic accidents that have occurred as a result of unsafe products, insufficient warnings, and corporate negligence. Bringing them to your attention, I realize, is in a way Scrooge-like and the antithesis of spreading holiday cheer, but for [...]
Faulty Jury Instructions Warrant Retrial in Ford Explorer Rollover Case
Posted in Consumer, Products Liability, tagged Comparative Negligence, Ford Explorer, Ford Explorer Rollover, Jury Instructions, Paredes v. Ford Motor Co. on December 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A New Jersey Appeals Court ruled last week that the plaintiff in a rollover case involving a 2000 Ford Explorer who lost at trial will have a second bite at the apple since the trial judge gave improper instructions to the jury.
More specifically, the trial judge refused to give a limiting instruction that evidence of the [...]
Ten Worst Toys List for 2008
Posted in Consumer, Products Liability, tagged Children, Consumers, Edward Swartz, Frivolous Lawsuits, James Swartz, Products Liability, Ten Worst Toys on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, Boston attorneys Edward and James Swartz released their annual “Ten Worst Toys List.” The Letterman-esque list, for those unfamiliar with it, cites the most dangerous toys that are on the market each holiday season.
The AAJ conducted an analysis finding that 57 percent of products recalled so far this year were produced in China. As has been reported in the news, [...]
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