Products Liability - Revision history

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Defenses

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Defenses

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Applicability of Strict Products Liability

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 # I will share materials separately.
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 # [https://www.npr.org/2026/04/03/nx-s1-5764306/big-tech-lawsuits-verdicts-accountability-social-media-harms Shannon Bond, Verdicts against Meta and Google may bring a new era of big tech accountability, NPR (April 3, 2026)]
 # Research at least one of the cases referenced in this article -- ''including by finding and reading at least one substantive court opinion.''
 # [https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/26/everyone-cheering-the-social-media-addiction-verdicts-against-meta-should-understand-what-theyre-actually-cheering-for/ Mike Masnick, Everyone cheering the social media addiction verdicts against Meta should understand what they're actually cheering for, TechDirt (March 26, 2026)]
 # [https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/03/the-social-media-addiction-verdicts-are-built-on-a-scientific-premise-that-experts-keep-telling-us-is-wrong/ Mike Masnick, The social media addiction verdicts are built on a scientific premise that experts keep telling us is wrong, TechDirt (April 3, 2026)]
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 # Review

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 # Recall the affirmative defenses to a claim of negligence
 # Review our prior cases involving federal preemption of state tort law
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 # Restatement (Second) of Torts § 402A (1965) (including the comment)
 # Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability § 2 (1998) (including the comment)
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-# TBA
+Class 34 (including lunch)
+# [https://www.npr.org/2026/04/03/nx-s1-5764306/big-tech-lawsuits-verdicts-accountability-social-media-harms Shannon Bond, Verdicts against Meta and Google may bring a new era of big tech accountability, NPR (April 3, 2026)]
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+# Research at least one of the cases referenced in this article -- ''including by finding and reading at least one substantive court opinion.''
+# [https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/26/everyone-cheering-the-social-media-addiction-verdicts-against-meta-should-understand-what-theyre-actually-cheering-for/ Mike Masnick, Everyone cheering the social media addiction verdicts against Meta should understand what they're actually cheering for, TechDirt (March 26, 2026)]
-# TBA
+# [https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/03/the-social-media-addiction-verdicts-are-built-on-a-scientific-premise-that-experts-keep-telling-us-is-wrong/ Mike Masnick, The social media addiction verdicts are built on a scientific premise that experts keep telling us is wrong, TechDirt (April 3, 2026)]
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+# Critique "The Trustworthy Company"!
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+# I will share a draft separately.
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+# Review

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 # Williamson v. Mazda Motor of Am., Inc., 562 U.S. 323 (2011)
 # [https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2017/10/senate%E2%80%99s-automated-driving-bill-could-squash-state-authority The Senate's automated driving bill could squash state authority]
 # Optional
 ## Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 7901-03, [https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/chapter-105 available here]
-## Sarah Herman Peck, [https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/LSB10292.pdf  When Can the Firearm Industry Be Sued?] (2019)
+## Sarah Herman Peck, [https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/LSB10292.pdf When Can the Firearm Industry Be Sued?] (2019)
 == Damages ==

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-# Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. v. Bartlett, 570 U.S. 472 (2013)
+# TBA
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-# Come prepared to discuss the products liability implications of artificial intelligence generally and automated driving specifically
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-# Prepare for a discussion on confidentiality and arbitration with [https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielhinkle Daniel Hinkle], Senior State Affairs Counsel at the [https://www.justice.org/ American Association for Justice]
+# TBA
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-# Regulatory consumer protection. Materials to be sent by email.
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-# Counsel for plaintiffs. Materials to be sent by email.
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-# Counsel for defendants. Materials to be sent by email.
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-# In (1) a sentence and (2) a paragraph, explain multidistrict litigation (MDL).
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 # Oberdorf v. Amazon.com Inc., 818 F. App'x 138 (3d Cir. 2020)
 # Oberdorf v. Amazon.com Inc., 237 A.3d 394 (Pa. 2020)
-# Amazon.com Conditions of Use (May 21, 2018) [https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GLSBYFE9MGKKQXXM]
+# Amazon.com Conditions of Use [https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GLSBYFE9MGKKQXXM]
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 # Recall Restatement (Second) of Torts § 402A comment f (1965)
 # Iowa Code Ann. § 613.18
-# Council Directive 85/374/EEC [https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=celex%3A31985L0374]
+# Directive (EU) 2024/2853 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2024 on liability for defective products and repealing Council Directive 85/374/EEC [https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32024L2853]
 # Prepare arguments

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-# MDL
+# In (1) a sentence and (2) a paragraph, explain multidistrict litigation (MDL).
-# Government-contractor defense
+# In (1) a sentence and (2) a paragraph, explain the government-contractor defense.
-# Student-directed review
+# Prepare any questions you have about products liability (the subject) and Products Liability (the course).

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-# U.S. ex rel. Moldex-Metric v. 3M Co., [https://newlypossible.org/courses/products/EarplugsQuiTamComplaint.pdf Original Complaint Filed in Camera], 3:16-cv-01533-DCC Doc. 1 (D.S.C. May 12, 2016)
+# TBA
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-# In re: 3M Combat Arms Earplug Products Liability Litigation, [https://newlypossible.org/courses/products/EarplugsMDLComplaint.pdf Master Long Form Complaint and Jury Trial Demand], 3:19-md-02885-MCR-GRJ Doc. 704 (N.D. Fla. September 20, 2019)
+# Materials to be sent by email
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-# In re 3M Combat Arms Earplug Prod. Liab. Litig., 474 F. Supp. 3d 1231 (N.D. Fla. 2020)
+# TBA
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-# Prepare for a discussion on the 3M combat arms earplug litigation and on products liability generally with [https://www.rpwb.com/attorneys/elizabeth-middleton-burke/ Beth Middleton Burke], Member at Rogers, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman LLC
+# Government-contractor defense