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Bruce Newman
Bruce Newman Brown Paindiris & Scott, LLP
Products Liability Litigation Managing Complex Cases
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Products Liability Litigation: Managing Complex Cases

The seminar will provide a relatively in-depth immersion into the salient principles of strict product liability law; individual and class action/mass tort claims; and principles governing the cause of action and its intersection with breach of warranty and duty to warn actions. It will also set forth relevant defenses typically interposed to these cases, and the evolving nature of the law in various states. Settlements of certain large product liability class actions such as the Phillips C-Pap litigation, PFAs (forever chemicals) and various motor vehicle class action settlements will also be discussed.

Topics covered include:
Agenda:
  • Introduction and Overview
    • Why these cases are complex and plaintiff vs. defense perspectives
    • Manufacturing vs. design defects and mass tort/class vs. individual claims
  • Categories of Product Liability: Design, Marketing Liability, Specific Products
  • Motor Vehicle Claims: From Ford to Takata Airbags and GM Faulty Ignition to Toyota Floor Mats
  • Marketing Claims: How Products Are Marketed and How This May Demonstrate Liability
  • Various Types of Consumer Products: Overview
  • Duties To Warn
  • Pre-Emption Doctrine and Black Box Warnings
  • Causation Issues and How They Play Into Cases
  • Feasible Alternative Designs, as a Requirement and Risk/Utility Analysis
  • Current Litigation and Developing Law
  • Q&A (As Time Permits)
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Duration of this webinar: 60 minutes
When: Premieres in 34 days | November 4, 2026 10:00 AM PT
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Speaker
Bruce Newman
Bruce Newman Partner
Brown Paindiris & Scott, LLP

Attorney Bruce Newman has been practicing law for over 30 years and concentrates his practice in the areas of product liability, wrongful death, consumer injury, and class actions where he has served as lead counsel, plaintiff’s class counsel and liaison counsel. He is a Lifetime Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, which is composed of a select group of lawyers who have achieved million dollar verdicts and settlements in personal injury and wrongful death cases. Read More ›

Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Credits

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Alabama CLE

Status: Approved

Format: Live (Virtual)

Credits: 1.00 General

California CLE

Status: Approved

Format: Live (Virtual), On-Demand

Credits: 1.00 General

Hawaii CLE

Status: Approved

Format: Live (Virtual), On-Demand

Credits: 1.00 General

Illinois CLE

Status: Approved

Format: Live (Virtual), On-Demand

Credits: 1.00 General

Missouri CLE

Status: Approved

Format: Live (Virtual)

Credits: 1.20 General

Nevada CLE

Status: Approved

Format: Live (Virtual)

Credits: 1.00 General

New Jersey CLE

Status: Approved

Format: Live (Virtual), On-Demand

Credits: 1.20 General

North Carolina CLE

Status: Approved

Format: Live (Virtual)

Credits: 1.00 General

Ohio CLE

Status: Approved

Format: Live (Virtual)

Credits: 1.00 General

Pennsylvania CLE

Status: Approved

Format: Live (Virtual), On-Demand

Credits: 1.00 Substantive Law, Practice, and Procedure

Texas CLE

Status: Approved

Format: Live (Virtual)

Credits: 1.00 General

Vermont CLE

Status: Approved

Format: Live (Virtual), On-Demand

Credits: 1.00 General

West Virginia CLE

Status: Approved

Format: Live (Virtual)

Credits: 1.20 General


This presentation is approved for one hour of General CLE credit in Alabama, one hour of General CLE credit in California, one hour of General CLE credit in Hawaii, one hour of General CLE credit in Illinois, one hour of General CLE credit in Missouri, one hour of General CLE credit in Nevada, one hour of General CLE credit in North Carolina, one hour of General CLE credit in Ohio, one hour of Substantive Law, Practice, and Procedure CLE credit in Pennsylvania, one hour of General CLE credit in Vermont, and one hour of General CLE credit in West Virginia. This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 1.20 hours of total CLE credit. This course has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of Texas Committee on MCLE in the amount of 1.00 credit hours.

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