State-to-State Variability of Product Liability Laws

When a retailer can be sued as a manufacturer I often hear different business tell me of their belief that, as a product distributor, they have less liability than the manufacturer.  The truth is that this is correct in most…

A Strong Case for Having a Product Recall Plan

Better safe than sorry I just read about Graco’s recall of six million car seats. It’s possible they’ll be subject to punitive damages because they may not have notified the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration within the required five days. Punitive damages…